Steam Plasma Treatment of Organic Substances for Hydrogen and Syngas Production

0474361 - ÚFP 2018 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Hrabovský, Milan - Hlína, Michal - Kopecký, Vladimír - Mašláni, Alan - Živný, Oldřich - Křenek, Petr - Serov, Anton - Hurba, Oleksiy
Steam Plasma Treatment of Organic Substances for Hydrogen and Syngas Production.
Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing. Roč. 37, č. 3 (2017), s. 739-762. ISSN 0272-4324. E-ISSN 1572-8986
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA15-19444S
Institutional support: RVO:61389021
Keywords : Plasma gasification * Thermal plasma * Steam plasma * Syngas * Organic waste
OECD category: Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
Impact factor: 2.658, year: 2017

Gasification of several organic materials in steam plasma generated in a special plasma torch with a water-stabilized arc was investigated. Thermal plasma with very high enthalpy and low mass flow rate is produced in an arc discharge which is in direct contact with water. Biomass and several types of solid and liquid organic waste were gasified by plasma aided reactions of materials with water, carbon dioxide and oxygen. Composition of produced gas, energy balance of gasification process and gasification efficiency were determined from measured data. Synthesis gas with high content of hydrogen and carbon monoxide and very low content of carbon dioxide, light hydrocarbons and tar was obtained for all tested materials. Comparison of measured data with results of theoretical computations confirmed that steam plasma gasification produces syngas with composition which is close to the one obtained from thermodynamic equilibrium calculations.
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