[GreenYes] Thermal Waste Treatment lnown outcomes of system using oxygen highly inefficent

[LWheeler45@no.address]

And economically and environmentally  unacceptable! 
This is in practice what the Star Tech and Westinghouse system  does but 
without flame or Oxygen. 
Thermal Waste Treatment: a Better Approach
Calaminus B.,  Stahlberg R.
Chemtech 1998, October, 40-46 (Eng.)
The  Thermoselect High-Temperature Recycling process  combines slow 
compression, degassing, fixed-bed oxygen blown high temperature  gasification, and 
mineral and metal residue smelting in a closed-loop system  to completely 
transform municipal, industrial and other kinds of  waste into directly usable 
products. The Thermoselect process  is presented on a diagram; the most important 
chemical reactions taking place at  each step of this process are listed on 
another diagram. The article also  contains a figure listing all steps for the 
complete Thermoselect process.  One metric tonne of waste and approximately 500 kg 
of oxygen yields: 890 kg  of synthetic gas (that could be used for conversion 
into electricity, or as a  substrate for chemical synthesis), 350 kg of water 
used for cooling, 230 kg  of carbon-free vitrified minerals (for use in 
various industrial applications),  29 kg of ferrous metal alloy granulate for 
reintroduction into the iron or  copper industry, 10 kg of industrial quality NaCl, 
3 kg of non-ferrous metal  concentrate (mainly zinc and lead), and 2 kg of 
industrial quality sulphur. The  article also gives three examples of actual 
implementation of the aforementioned  process in plants located in Karlsruhe, 
Ansbach, and Hanau, Germany. 
Presented herein in support of further informed discussion of  High heat non 
incineration method of recycle proposed earlier.
 
leonard e.  wheeler jr




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