Plasma Gasification Technologies, LLC.
Plasma Gasification
www.PlasmaGasification.com

Tel. (832) 758 - 0027
Email:  info@PlasmaGasification.com

Plasma Gasification, Engineering, Feasibility Studies 
and Consulting Services

Plasma Gasification Technologies. LLC. is a privately-held company that was founded by two of the board members from the Renewable Energy Institute. 

We presently have multiple renewable energy, waste to energy and waste heat recovery project opportunities now available for qualified joint venture partners interested in owning and operating renewable energy energy systems.    

To learn more about us, our technologies for reducing or completely eliminating greenhouse gas emissions, or our joint venture partnership opportunities, contact us at 832 - 758 - 0027 or by email:  info@PlasmaGasification.com

While Plasma Gasification may be the "ultimate" solution to pollution and energy problems, and while there are many companies and universities trying to solve the problems of overcoming the economics, Plasma Gasification isn't ready for prime time.... unless the client is willing to pay exorbitant tipping fees - often exceeding $70.00/ton.

Until an economical and reliable Plasma Gasification system can be deployed, we will offer Plasma Gasification engineering and feasibility studies, but will be referring our clients to a proven, and economic solution that is as good as Plasma Gasification at solving pollution and energy problems - and ready to be deployed. That technology is called "Biomass Gasification."

Please see the website: 

www.BiomassGasification.com  

for more information on Biomass Gasification. 

What is "Plasma Gasification?"

Plasma Gasification - also called "Plasma Pyrolysis" - is the thermal disintegration of carbonaceous material into fragments of compounds in an oxygen-starved environment. 

Plasma Gasification renders most waste streams, including medical/hospital waste, chemical waste, hazardous waste, and even low-level radioactive waste, completely safe and inert.  Plasma Gasification is the "ultimate" solution for handling most every waste stream that is now going into landfills. In fact, Plasma Gasification plants will soon be built next to landfills, and take the waste that would have gone into the landfill, and be processed by Plasma Gasification.  Eventually, the waste and contents of landfills will be recovered and processed with Plasma Gasification plants. 

Plasma Gasification Technologies

Plasma Gasification Technologies provides "vendor-neutral" Plasma Gasification engineering and economic feasibility studies and consulting services.  Our lead engineer has nearly 30 years experience in "Waste to Energy" solutions.  Plasma Gasification Technologies is focused on generating "Carbon Free Energy" and "Pollution Free Power" using Plasma Gasification technologies, from waste streams typically going into landfills.  We can even take hospital and medical wastes and process them via Plasma Gasification, forever eliminating the problems and liability incurred with such waste streams.

There are Multiple Environmental and Economic Benefits for 
Installing Plasma Gasification Plants:

Plasma Gasification plants generate numerous economic and environmental dividends:

• Generation of "Carbon Free Energy" and "Pollution Free Power" from your city/county's MSW.

• A very beneficial and economic byproduct of the Plasma Gasification process is the production of Synthesis Gas - a fuel which can then be used in a cogeneration or trigeneration power plant.

• The production of "green energy" via Plasma Gasification qualifies your facility for additional revenue streams in the form of a Renewable Energy Credit, Carbon Dioxide Credits and/or other Greenhouse Gas Emissions credits. 

• CLOSE YOUR LANDFILL!  A Plasma Gasification plant takes ALL MSW that is presently going to a landfill, and forever removes the need for landfills!  We even have a "Landfill Reclamation" program wherein we will remove the contents of existing landfills and process the contents through Plasma Gasification.  

• Face it, landfills fail.  You can remove the liability of your landfill through Plasma Gasification. Plasma Gasification eliminates air pollution as well as surface and groundwaters and nutrient runoff from your existing landfill.  

• Better neighbors.... Plasma Gasification plants are much better neighbors than a landfill due to the elimination (or significant elimination) of air and water pollution caused by typical landfills.
  

Your Company (or City) Should Consider us if 
You are Considering Plasma Gasification, as we are:

• vendor neutral in terms of equipment selection.

• our lead engineer has over 28 years experience in "Waste to Energy" technologies such as; Anaerobic Digesters, Biomass Gasification, Wastewater Treatment Plants, Landfills, and Landfill Gas to Energy engineering, project development and feasibility studies.

• We know and understand the "Waste to Energy" process.  This includes Anaerobic Digesters, Biogas Plants, Biogas-to-Biomethane, Biomethane Optimization, Cogeneration and Trigeneration power plants.

• Our knowledge and expertise will insure maximum efficiency of your new Plasma Gasification plant for many years to come. 

• Our team can provide the turnkey solutions for your Plasma Gasification plant, including; design, engineering/feasibility studies, finance, legal, operations, maintenance and through our strategic partner, EPC services for the new Plasma Gasification plant.   

Plasma Gasification:  The Ultimate Solution for Multiple Waste Streams now Going into our Landfills

A plasma gasification plant ends the need for landfills - and their problems by converting the free "fuel" that would have been placed in the landfill, in the form of municipal sold waste, and hazardous waste. The plasma gasification plant "converts" carbonaceous (carbon-containing) materials such as municipal solid waste and even hazardous waste such as biowaste from hospitals, into two useful and beneficial byproducts; 

1. an energy-rich fuel called synthesis gas, which is used to generate "green electricity" from a sustainable and renewable resource.

2. a commercially useful, inert solid, referred to as “slag”. The slag can be used for road aggregate and building materials.

Plasma Gasification provides for a sustainable waste solution for all types of waste streams, including MSW , hazardous wastes, and even low-level radioactive waste, which delivers tangible economic and environmental benefits.

• Plasma Gasification does not produce hazardous bottom ash and fly ash.

• Plasma Gasification is "fueled" by the "free" waste, and is "powered" by electricity, and can be turned off with the flip of a switch.

• Plasma Gasification unit does not need to be brought up to temperature over 24/36 hours burning expensive fuel oil as does mass burn incineration.

• Plasma Gasification systems require very little maintenance and unlike traditional power plants, do not need to be shut down for weeks at a time for cleaning and maintenance while waste-streams back-up.

• Plasma Gasification is just as efficient in smaller-scale systems (25 and 50 TPD units) as large-scale systems.

• Plasma Gasification can provide a high degree of flexibility over the longer term and it can operate at less than 100% of capacity so there is flexibility when waste-stream decline.

Plasma Gasification: Two Approaches
Plasma Arc and Plasma Torch

Plasma Gasification is able to get the energy it needs from waste-streams such as municipal solid waste (MSW) and even hazardous and toxic wastes, without the need to bury these wastes in a landfill.

There are two methods used in plasma gasification - the first one is a "plasma arc" and second is called a "plasma torch."

A "plasma arc" plasma gasification plant operates on principles similar to an arc-welding machine, where an electrical arc is struck between two electrodes. The high-energy arc creates a high temperature, highly ionized gas. The plasma arc is enclosed in a chamber. Waste material is fed into the chamber and the intense heat of the plasma breaks down organic molecules (such as oil, solvents, and paint) into their elemental atoms. In a carefully controlled process, these atoms recombine into harmless gases such as carbon dioxide. Solids such as glass and metals are melted to form materials, similar to hardened lava, in which toxic metals are encapsulated. With plasma arc technology there is no burning or incineration and no formation of ash. 

"Plasma arc" plasma gasification plant have a very high destruction efficiency. They are very robust; they can treat any waste with minimal or no pretreatment; and they produce a stable waste form. The arc melter uses carbon electrodes to strike an arc in a bath of molten slag. The consumable carbon electrodes are continuously inserted into the chamber, eliminating the need to shut down for electrode replacement or maintenance. The high temperatures produced by the arc convert the organic waste into light organics and primary elements. 

Combustible gas is cleaned in the off-gas system and oxidized to CO2 and H2O in ceramic bed oxidizers. The potential for air pollution is low due to the use of electrical heating in the absence of free oxygen. The inorganic portion of the waste is retained in a stable, leach-resistant slag. 

In "plasma torch" systems, an arc is struck between a copper electrode and either a bath of molten slag or another electrode of opposite polarity. As with "plasma arc" systems, plasma torch systems have very high destruction efficiency; they are very robust; and they can treat any waste or medium with minimal or no pre-treatment. The inorganic portion of the waste is retained in a stable, leach-resistant slag. The air pollution control system is larger than for the plasma arc system, due to the need to stabilize torch gas.

Limitations and Concerns about Plasma Arc Technology

A chief concern about plasma arc technology is ensuring that gaseous emissions are kept to a minimum and cleaned before being released to the atmosphere. 

Limitations and Concerns about Plasma Torch Technology 

Concerns have been raised regarding the reliability of "plasma torch" technology as the water-cooled, copper, "plasma torch" must be replaced periodically to prevent burn-through at the attachment point of the arc and a subsequent steam explosion due to rapid heating of the released cooling water.

Applicability of Plasma Arc Technology

The plasma arc can be used for organic and inorganic wastes. It is being studied for mixed radioactive waste treatment, because it separates the organic from the inorganic portion of the waste. It is also being studied to reduce explosive compounds and unexploded ordnance in place of traditional technologies, such as open burning and open detonation, that produced toxic emissions and hazardous ash.

Technology Development Status

Both plasma arc systems are developed and commercial applications exist for both hazardous and radioactive waste.

We Provide Plasma Gasification Design, 
Engineering and Feasibility Studies

Plasma Gasification Initial Design, Engineering & Feasibility Study

We provide Plasma Gasification Design, Engineering and Feasibility Study for new clients interested in Plasma Gasification. 

Through a strategic partner, we also provide "turnkey" Plasma Gasification plants.

Our fee for the Plasma Gasification Feasibility Study varies, and is based on a negotiated Scope of Services Agreement that matches the client's requirements and goals.   This "vendor neutral" review and initial evaluation provides a basic foundation in our client's decision-making process and whether your facility is a viable candidate for a Plasma Gasification plant.

In the event you decide to move forward with our Plasma Gasification Feasibility Study and Engineering Study, we require a 50% deposit to begin work.

More About Plasma Gasification

Plasma gasification is what we call the "holy grail" of waste management.  Plasma Gasification replaces the need for landfills and turns waste, and what would have gone into a landfill, into green energy!

The process Plasma gasification is "self-sustaining" and a sustainable energy and environmental solution. 

Plasma is the "4th state of matter."  

Plasma technologies have been around for years.  Using Plasma Gasification as a solution or handling waste was not considered before as landfills were less expensive. With the recent successes of Plasma Gasification in other countries for handling their waste streams, as well as the proven economical and environmental solutions, we believe that Plasma Gasification is now ready for application here in the U.S.   

How does Plasma Gasification Work? 

The basics of plasma and plasma creation is simple and straightforward. 

First of all, a high-voltage current is passed between two plasma arc electrodes which creates a high-intensity "plasma arc."  This in turn pulls electrons from the surrounding air and converts the gas into plasma or a field of intense and radiant energy.

This is the same process behind fluorescent lighting and neon lighting - wherein low voltage electricity passes between electrodes in a sealed glass tube that contains an inert gas - which in turn excites the electrons in the gas. The gas then releases radiant energy which then lights the tube.  

A Plasma Arc can get so hot that it can melt metal and is used in metal cutting. 

Plasma Gasification & "Waste to Energy"

In our Plasma Gasification plant, the waste streams (i.e. garbage) is augered to a machine that shreds the waste into smaller pieces. These smaller pieces of waste are then fed into the plasma chamber.  Some refer to this as the "plasma reactor."  The plasma chamber is a sealed, stainless steel vessel filled with either nitrogen or atmospheric air. An electrical current is passed between the two plasma electrodes which converts electrons from the air into plasma.

A continuous flow of electricity through the plasma maintains this field of very intense energy - this is powerful enough to disintegrate the shredded garbage into its component or basic elements. The byproducts are a "slag" or glass-like substance used as raw materials for high-strength asphalt or household tiles and Synthesis Gas.

Synthesis gas (or "syngas") is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide and syngas is used as a fuel just like hydrogen, natural gas, biomethane, biodiesel or ethanol is - i.e. fuel for a cogeneration or trigeneration power plant. 

Syngas leaves the converter at a temperature of around 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit and then goes to a cooling system which generates steam. The steam is then used to drive one or more steam turbines which generates electricity - part of which is used to power the plasma gasification plant, while the rest can be used for the plant's heating or electrical needs, or sold to the utility grid.

Apart from the initial power supply from the community's electrical grid, the plasma gasification plant can produce the electricity it needs for operations. 

Bottom line, plasma gasification eliminates the need for landfills and will generate profits for its users.

Current and Future Applications of Plasma Gasification

The benefits of the system are evident. It is self-sustaining after the initial electrical charge is used; it is environmentally friendly; and it produces materials that have commercial applications or use and thus can generate profit.

Aside from disposing of newly-produced garbage, the system can also be used to dispose of accumulated landfill garbage so land reclamation is entirely possible. Another application planned is using the syngas as a base for producing hydrogen in commercial quantities, which will be used as fuel for hydrogen-powered vehicles.

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