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Plasma for environment

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, , Citation G Van Oost 2017 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 941 012014 DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/941/1/012014

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Abstract

Human activity is associated with the permanent emergence of a very wide range of waste streams. The most widely used treatment of waste is thermal processing such as incineration. An alternative environmentally friendly process is based on thermal plasma technology which is a very flexible tool because it allows to operate in a wide temperature range with almost any chemical composition of waste and chemicals needed for processing this waste. It allows the conversion of organic waste into energy or chemical substances as well as the destruction of toxic organic compounds in a scenario that for each specific type of waste can be considered optimal, both in terms of energy efficiency and environmental safety.

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10.1088/1742-6596/941/1/012014