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Plasma pyrolysis/gasification systems for waste disposal

  • TANG Lan ,
  • HUANG Haitao ,
  • HAO Haiqing ,
  • ZHAO Kuangmei
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  • 1. Department of Civil Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China;
    2. Department of Environmental Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China

Received date: 2014-09-24

  Revised date: 2014-12-25

  Online published: 2015-03-27

Abstract

With efficient and reliable torches for the thermal plasma generation becoming available in recent years, the thermal plasma as an energy source for pyrolysis/gasification has attracted much attention, and a special attention is paid to the waste treatment for the resource and the energy recovery. Plasma pyrolysis/gasification systems have unique features such as the extremely high reaction temperature and the ultra-fast reaction velocity as compared to the traditional pyrolysis/gasification systems. The plasma pyrolysis/gasification emerges, therefore, as a novel pyrolysis/gasification technology with a great potential in the solid waste disposal. This paper reviews the fundamental studies of plasma pyrolysis/gasification systems including the direct current (DC) arc plasma system and the radio frequency (RF) plasma system with an emphasis on the reactor design such as the plasma fixed/moving bed reactor system, the plasma entrained-flow bed reactor system and the plasma spout-fluid bed reactor system.

Cite this article

TANG Lan , HUANG Haitao , HAO Haiqing , ZHAO Kuangmei . Plasma pyrolysis/gasification systems for waste disposal[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2015 , 33(5) : 109 -114 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2015.05.018

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