Pyrogenesis is working on so many uses for plasma! It is going to be a multi billion dollar company once the world sees its potential for phasing out high GHG producing processes in favour of this green option! Thanks for the video.
You guys rock! Thank you for making this process understandable. Visual aids certainly help, and the way you all described the processes was excellent!
This reaction needs to be treated in the perspectives of the quantum chemistry along with the classical chemistry. The materials recovery would pay for the process in the long-run. The electronics waste materials recovery alone would be a huge bonus alone.
Really good explanation. I live in a small remote community. It doesn't sound like this would work in our situation? We are lucky (sort of) that our waste get trucked out somewhere.
As we continue to require more land and energy to maintain the world's growing population, rising hydro rates and land values will drive the waste-to-energy revolution. The question is how long it will take for investors and researchers to bring down the start-up costs for these plants so they are economically favourable in most arenas.
Steven Paolasini Hello Steve. Thank you for the awesome video. I was hoping you could list some companies that are at the forefront of bringing this technology to the market? Also any papers or publications that go even more in depth into the technology. Thank you very much once again.
Genki Dama Hi Genki, thank you for the comment. I can think of two companies off the top of my head; Pyrogenesis and Plasco (both located in Canada). My alma mater is McGill University and they perform significant plasma research in the Department of Chemical Engineering. They have produced many papers. Search for the PPL (Plasma Processing Lab) at McGill on Google and you should find plenty of literature that can guide you in that direction. Steve
@@StevenPaolasini syntechglobal.com is the distributor for goldsealindustries.com. they make a 100 ton and 25 ton, and provide all of the infrastructure for a power plant. their process is lower C as well so they to not smelt. so harvesting items for commodity products like carbon black from tires has additional resale value.
What I concern most is the energy efficiency when we treat fly ash and slag using plasma torch. the totally energy efficiency is lower than 40%, only a little bit higher than the fuel.
Plasma gasification is a great idea even if there is no net profit because it reduces waste safely and more economically than recycling, it provides energy and recovery of elements. However, wastewater treatment plants and irrigation facilities are still essential for public health and economic growth around the world especially where inadequate sanitation is a problem. Water is essential for life. Irrigation from desalination and water treatment plants/management, not just reducing water consumption is the solution to the worldwide problem. WE NEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (like plasma arc technology) TO PROVIDE THE ESSENTIALS FOR LIFE AND KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT SAFE! The Gates foundation DOES NOT care about public health and they are more interested in low flow toilet systems (which can lead to clogs and other plumbing system issues) and low tech energy systems like windmills and solar panels!!!
Gilarte Fernandez couches his argument as if only an economic motive will kick off the needed "space race," but he is enthusiastic about colonizing the Moon. Rare metals such as uranium-3, which turns out to be a fuel for nuclear fusion and which could provide energy for our civilization for the next 10,000 years, " he wrote. Larouchepac.com
