2. Alternate Method to SWM (Plasma Gasification)
Plasma Gasification is one of the most recent and efficient method for SWM. It involves gasification
of solid waste using plasma arc treating the exhaust gases and employing syngas to run “Integrated Gas
Combined Cycle” to produce electricity, using the vitreous slag as a by-product in real estate industries
and harnessing toxic gasses like sulphur for laboratory and pharmaceutical. Thus ensuring zero emission
in the environment and using all the constituents including calorific value of the solid waste for the
benefit of mankind.
The nuts and bolts of the process are as follows-
2.1. Plasma
Plasma is a superheated column of electrically conductive gas. In nature, plasma is found in lightning
and on the surface of the sun. Plasma torches burn at temperatures approaching 10,000°F (7) and can
reliably destroy any materials found here on earth with the exception of nuclear waste, since radioactive
isotopes are not broken down by heat.