title: Production of high quality syngas from argon/water plasma gasification of biomass and waste.
abstract: Extremely hot thermal plasma was used for the gasification of biomass (spruce sawdust, wood pellets) and waste (waste plastics, pyrolysis oil). The plasma was produced by a plasma torch with DC electric arc using unique hybrid stabilization. The torch input power of 100-110 kW and the mass flow rate of the gasified materials of tens kg/h was set up during experiments. Produced synthetic gas featured very high content of hydrogen and carbon monoxide (together approximately 90%) that is in a good agreement with theory. High quality of the produced gas is given by extreme parameters of used plasma--composition, very high temperature and low mass flow rate.
authors.affiliation: Thermal Plasma Department, Institute of Plasma Physics AS CR, v.v.i, Za Slovankou 1782/3, 182 00 Prague, Czech Republic. Electronic address: hlina@ipp.cas.cz.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hlina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hrabovsky
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kavka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Konrad
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels; D018533:Biomass; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D004867:Equipment Design; D005740:Gases; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010969:Plastics; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D062611:Solid Waste; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D005740:Gases; D010969:Plastics; D062611:Solid Waste; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D006859:Hydrogen
keywords: Biomass; Gasification; Plasma; Tar