Sewage Sludge-to-Power

Author

Matveev, I.B. ; Serbin, S.I. ; Washchilenko, N.V.

Author_Institution

Appl. Plasma Technol., LLC, McLean, VA, USA

Volume

42

Issue

12

fYear

2014

fDate

Dec. 2014

Firstpage

3876

Lastpage

3880

Abstract

This paper presents the results of modeled investigations of a developed sewage sludge (biosolids) plasma treatment complex. This includes a multistage plasma sewage gasifier, high-efficient heat recovery system, and power generation unit based on a gas engine. Investigations of the treatment complex efficiency are carried out, critical parameters of the process, including specific power consumptions for the own needs, are defined for operation on sewage sludge with 24.6% humidity. Obtained results are planned to be used for the plasma gasifier geometry optimization and further system prototyping.

Keywords

fuel gasification; humidity; plasma torches; sewage treatment; sludge treatment; biosolids; critical parameters; gas engine; high-efficient heat recovery system; humidity; multistage plasma sewage gasifier; plasma gasifier geometry optimization; power generation unit; sewage sludge operation; sewage sludge plasma treatment complex; sewage sludge-to-power; specific power consumptions; system prototyping; Combustion; Plasma temperature; Power demand; Production; Water heating; Biosolids; gas engine; plasma; plasma torch; sewage sludge gasification; sewage treatment; synthesis gas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2014.2352275

Filename

6899682