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Plasma gasification of carbonaceous wastes: thermodynamic analysis and experiment

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Thermodynamic calculations of the plasma gasification process of carbonaceous wastes in air and steam ambient were carried out. A maximum yield of synthesis gas in such processes is predicted to be achieved at a temperature of 1600 K. On a specially developed plasma facility, plasma gasification experiments were performed for carbonaceous wastes. From the organic mass of carbonaceous waste and from its mineral mass, respectively, a high-calorific syngas and a neutral slag consisting predominantly of ferric carbide, calcium monosilicate, silica and iron, were obtained. A comparison between the experiment and the calculations has shown a good consistency between the data.

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  1. Institute of Combustion Problems, Almaty, Kazakhstan

    V. E. Messerle

  2. Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

    V. E. Messerle

  3. A.V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute NAS, Minsk, Belarus

    A. L. Mosse

  4. Research Institute of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Almaty, Kazakhstan

    A. B. Ustimenko

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This work was supported by the Ministries of Science and Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation under Subsidy Agreement No. 14.607.21.0118 (unique project identifier RFMEFI60715X0118).

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Messerle, V.E., Mosse, A.L. & Ustimenko, A.B. Plasma gasification of carbonaceous wastes: thermodynamic analysis and experiment. Thermophys. Aeromech. 23, 613–620 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869864316040144

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