Development of plasma-based plastic to oil process technology for industrial applications

在加拿大，每年人均产生的城市固体废物（MSW）为230公斤，加拿大政府在回收方面每人花费85美元，每年加拿大各省有2489万吨城市固体废物进入垃圾填埋场，占废物的50%，每吨城市固体废物排放37.5公斤甲烷。等离子辅助塑料到油处理技术（PAP2O）为现代世界的塑料废物管理问题提供了一个特殊的解决方案，特别是在消除垃圾填埋场和从塑料废物中提取可用燃料和石油方面。项目目标是开发基于等离子体的塑料能源解决工艺技术，用于基于后消费和后工业投入的工业应用。所提出的P2O装置由一个效率超过90%的12kw直流非转移电弧热等离子体炬、一个20-40升高压高温热化学反应室和一个先进的过程控制单元组成，该过程控制单元可用于P2O和废物转化为能源。综合考虑了3个主要结果，这是目前废物转化能源、气化和热解解决方案所缺乏的：高纯度的最终产出能源产品；不产生焦油、灰或其他负面的环境外部性；净正能量生产。转换装置是实现大规模目标的主要步骤：将直流非传递电弧热等离子炬，先进的反应室和合适的控制系统相结合，以展示使用直流非传递电弧热等离子炬进行高质量塑料转化为能源过程的简单，紧凑和经济优势。

In Canada, 230 kg per capita of municipal solid waste (MSW) is generated annually, costing the Canadian government $85 per person in recycling, and 24.89 million tons of MSW are annually deposited from the Canadian provinces into the landfills which are accountable for 50% of wastes and emit 37.5 kg of methane per ton of MSW. Plasma Assisted Plastic to Oil process technology (PAP2O) offers an exceptional solution to the plastic waste management issues of the modern world, especially in terms of landfill elimination and extracting usable fuel and oil from plastic waste. Project goal is the development of plasma-based plastic to energy solution process technology for industrial applications based on post-consumer and post-industrial inputs. The proposed P2O unit consists of a 12 kW DC non-transferred arc thermal plasma torch having more than 90% efficiency, a 20-40 Liter high-pressure high-temperature thermochemical reaction chamber, and an advanced process control unit which can be applied for P2O and waste to energy. 3 main outcomes are considered together, which are lacking in current waste-to-energy, gasification, and pyrolysis solutions: high purity final output energy products; no creation of tar, ash, or other negative environmental externalities; net positive energy production. A conversion unit is the main step towards reaching the goal on a large scale: a DC non-transferred arc thermal plasma torch, advanced reaction chamber, and suitable control system will be combined to demonstrate the simple, compact, and economical advantages of using DC non-transferred arc thermal plasma torch for high quality plastic to energy process.