SBIR PHASE II: Hybrid Steam-Plasma Torch

*9710441 Farrar这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目将探索一种具有广泛商业应用的新型蒸汽等离子体炬。第一阶段确定了各种设计参数，并进行了实验室可行性试验，其中电极磨损小得可以接受。第二阶段包括原型SPT的设计和示范测试，并将重点放在一种坚固的SPT上，该SPT将作为先进化学转化应用中的等离子喷涂设备，具有效率和成本效益。SPT的商业应用主要包括化学转化和材料加工。此外，预计在危险废物销毁、废物转化为能源(如加工化学工业焦油和污泥残渣)、将甲烷转化为乙炔、粉末合成以及金属和陶瓷热喷涂方面将有新的应用。***

*** 9710441 Farrar This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will explore a novel steam-plasma torch (SPT) that has broad commercial applications. Phase I identified various design parameters and conducted a laboratory feasibility test in which electrode wear was acceptably small. Phase II includes design and demonstration test of a prototype SPT and will focus on a robust SPT that will be efficient and cost-effective as a plasma spray device in advanced chemical conversion applications. Commercial applications of SPT include principally chemical conversion and materials processing. In addition, new applications are anticipated in hazardous waste destruction, waste to energy conversion (such as processing chemical industry tar and sludge residuals), conversion of methane to acetylene, powder synthesis, and thermal spraying of metals and ceramics. ***