Novel three-phase steam-air plasma torch for gasification of high-caloric waste

Applied Energy

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 505-514

  Rutberg, Philip G ^a   Kuznetsov, Vadim A ^a   Serba, Evgeny O ^a   Popov, Sergey D ^a   Surov, Alexander V ^a   Nakonechny, Ghennady V ^a   Nikonov, Alexey V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROPHYSICS AND ELECTRIC POWER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Electric arc; Plasma gasification; Plasma torch; Steam air plasma

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; GASIFICATION; MASS TRANSFER; PLASMA TORCHES; PLASMAS; SYNTHESIS GAS;

ELECTRIC PARAMETERS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EQUILIBRIUM APPROACHES; HIGH-VOLTAGE PLASMA; PLASMA GASIFICATION; RESEARCH RESULTS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA;

STEAM;

AIR MASS; AIRFLOW; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLASMA; PLASTIC; REFUSE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84877881706     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.03.052     Document Type: Article

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