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High-temperature gasification of carbon-containing raw materials with the use of electric-arc energy and calorific capacity of the gas fuel

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Disposal of carbon-containing wastes in a plasma furnace is studied. The influence of the plasma generator power on gasifier efficiency is found for different waste humidities; dependences of specific energy consumption on the waste humidity and air flow rate are obtained. Experimental results are in good agreement with calculations. Sawdust gasification is performed in an electric-arc furnace with an additional heater. The composition of the resultant synthesis gas is analyzed, and the heater performance is determined. It is demonstrated that burning some part of the resultant gas in the heater allows energy consumption to be reduced by 20–25%, as compared with purely plasma gasification.

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  1. Lavrent’ev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    A. V. Pinaev

  2. Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    V. A. Faleev & A. E. Urbakh

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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 59–65, March–April, 2011.

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Pinaev, A.V., Faleev, V.A. & Urbakh, A.E. High-temperature gasification of carbon-containing raw materials with the use of electric-arc energy and calorific capacity of the gas fuel. Combust Explos Shock Waves 47, 179–184 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010508211020067

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