Plasma-Chemical Reactor PLASGAS

In the Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP) AS CR, in cooperation with the Ghent University (Belgium), Belgian company EnviTech S.A., and Czech company ATEKO a.s., was designed and built plasma-chemical reactor for the research of gasification of organic and vitrification of inorganic materials in the controlled atmosphere at high temperatures. Harmful waste substances or biomass are converted into simple compounds or elements and inorganic substances are vitrified in the slag. As the source of the thermal energy the plasma jet is used, generated in the unique device, hybrid plasma torch, designed in the IPP AS CR. In the torch, during the interaction of the electric arc discharge burning in the channel with the water stabilizing wall, hydrogen-oxygen plasma is created with extremely high temperature, high energy density and enthalpy. The chemical composition of the plasma is very convenient for the process effectiveness. The results should lead to the development of new plasma-based technologies for ecological waste treatment or for the biomass gasification for the electricity production as well as for chemical production.