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mudra 04-03-2010 10:08 AM

Re: Love and beauty are pervading our world...
 
The Prophet of Garbage

The Plasma Converter ... can consume nearly any type of waste—from dirty diapers to chemical weapons—by annihilating toxic materials in a process ... called plasma gasification. A 650-volt current passing between two electrodes rips electrons from the air, converting the gas into plasma. The plasma arc is so powerful, it disintegrates trash into its constituent elements by tearing apart molecular bonds. The system is capable of breaking down pretty much anything except nuclear waste. The only by-products are an obsidian-like glass [and] a mixture of primarily hydrogen and carbon monoxide that can be converted into a variety of marketable fuels, including ethanol, natural gas and hydrogen. Perhaps the most amazing part of the process is that it’s self-sustaining. Once the cycle is under way, the 2,200°F syngas is fed into a cooling system, generating steam that drives turbines to produce electricity. About two thirds of the power is siphoned off to run the converter; the rest can be used on-site for heating or electricity, or sold back to the utility grid. Even a blackout would not stop the operation of the facility. New York City is already paying an astronomical $90 a ton to get rid of its trash. According to Startech, a few 2,000-ton-per-day plasma-gasification plants could do it for $36. Sell the syngas and surplus electricity, and you’d actually net $15 a ton. But the decision-making bureaucracy can be slow, and it is hamstrung by the politically well-connected waste-disposal industry. Startech isn’t the only company using plasma to turn waste into a source of clean energy. A handful of start-ups—Geoplasma, Recovered Energy, PyroGenesis, EnviroArc and Plasco Energy, among others—have entered the market in the past decade.

Read the inspiring article written about this here :
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/articl...rophet-garbage

Love Always
mudra

mudra 04-04-2010 08:46 PM

Re: Love and beauty are pervading our world...
 


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mudra

Logout 04-07-2010 10:07 AM

Re: Love and beauty are pervading our world...
 
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Originally Posted by mudra (Post 261680)
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mudra

Thank you mudra really astonishing. Remembered my own schooltime and helped me to look in a new way about everyday school life and beyond. Had also a very popular schoolmate, i met him once later at the train station. Talked bit small talk. Short after i got to know he was found dead in his room. With such a compassionate project here maybe a lot things would be different, beautiful. :tears::wub2:


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