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Simulation of the organic-waste processing in plasma with allowance for kinetics of thermochemical transformations

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Kinetic calculations of the plasma processing/utilization process of organic waste in air and steam ambient were carried out. It is shown that, during the time of waste residence in the plasma reactor, 0.7 and 1.2 s, at the exit from the reactor there forms a high-calorific fuel gas with a combustion heat of 3540 and 5070 kcal/kg, respectively. In this process, 1 kg of waste yields 1.16 kg of fuel gas at air gasification of waste and 0.87 kg of pure synthesis gas at steam gasification. The energy efficiency of the waste gasification process, defined by the ratio between the calorific value of the resultant fuel gas and the initial calorific value of the waste amounts to 91 % in air plasma and 98 % in steam plasma. A comparison between the results of kinetic and thermodynamic calculations has revealed their good agreement.

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  1. Institute of Combustion Problems, Almaty, Kazakhstan

    V. E. Messerle

  2. Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

    V. E. Messerle

  3. NTO Plasmotekhnika Ltd., Almaty, Kazakhstan

    A. B. Ustimenko

  4. Research Institute of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Almaty, Kazakhstan

    A. B. Ustimenko

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Education of the Russian Federation within the Subsidy Agreement No. 14.607.21.0118 (unique project identifier RFMEF160715X0118).

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Messerle, V.E., Ustimenko, A.B. Simulation of the organic-waste processing in plasma with allowance for kinetics of thermochemical transformations. Thermophys. Aeromech. 24, 605–614 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869864317040126

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