Gasification of municipal solid waste in the Plasma Gasification Melting process

Qinglin Zhang, Liran Dor, Dikla Fenigshtein, Weihong Yang and Wlodzmierz Blasiak

Applied Energy, 2012, vol. 90, issue 1, 106-112

Abstract: A new waste-disposal technology named Plasma Gasification Melting (PGM) was developed. A pilot PGM reactor was constructed in northern Israel. The reactor is an updraft moving-bed gasifier, with plasma torches placed next to air nozzles to heat the incoming air to 6000°C. The inorganic substances of the feedstock are melted by the high-temperature air to form a vitrified slag in which undesirable materials such as heavy metals are trapped. The residual heat in the air supplies additional heat for the gasification process.

Keywords: Gasification; Plasma; Melting; Waste; Syngas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.01.041

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