Among the new technologies able to treat
halogenated substances, the plasma-arc process
appears to be one of the most interesting. The
recent industrial techniques based on the use of
thermal plasmas show a higher destruction efficiency due to the attainment of more elevated
temperatures and also reactivity in large volumes
with a high process flexibility. Besides these
processes assure environmental safety conditions
and could offer, in some cases, pure energetic
recovery (hydrocarbon light fuels formation).
Therefore, the thermal plasma reactors offer
peculiar advantages for the destruction of hazardous wastes