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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
卷 46, 期 57, 页码 29108-29125出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.12.069
关键词
Plasma gasification; Medical waste; Waste-to-energy; Hydrogen production; Sustainability; Covid-19
资金
- Anadolu Plasma Technology Energy Center
The proper disposal of medical waste has become crucial in infection control in hospitals, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Utilizing gasification technologies to convert waste into energy is essential for sustainability and can help alleviate energy pressure.
In terms of infection control in hospitals, especially the Covid-19 pandemic that we are living in, it has revealed the necessity of proper disposal of medical waste. The increasing amount of medical waste with the pandemic is straining the capacity of incineration facilities or storage areas. Converting this waste to energy with gasification technologies instead of incineration is also important for sustainability. This study investigates the gasification characteristics of the medical waste in a novel updraft plasma gasifier with numerical simulations in the presence of the plasma reactions. Three different medical waste samples, chosen according to the carbon content and five different equivalence ratios (ER) ranging from 0.1 to 0.5 are considered in the simulations to compare the effects of different chemical compositions and waste feeding rates on hydrogen (H2) content and syngas production. The outlet properties of a 10 kW microwave air plasma generator are used to define the plasma inlet in the numerical model and the air flow rate is held constant for all cases. Results showed that the maximum H2 production can be obtained with ER = 0.1 for all waste samples. (c) 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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