Alter Nrg / Westinghouse
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| Juniper's independent review of this process for managing various waste streams |
This is an invaluable, independent review that is essential reading for anyone interested in the Westinghouse plasma technology and AlterNrg’s integration of this into waste processing concepts or, more broadly, the use of plasma gasification to generate energy or resources from waste and biomass.
Westinghouse Plasma Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alter Nrg, a publicly traded company on the TSX Venture Exchange. AlterNrg, a Canadian corporation, acquired the Westinghouse plasma gasification technology (considered to be a world leader in plasma torch systems) and has subsequently developed a number of commercial waste processing configurations. As such, the company is attracting considerable attention worldwide.
The Westinghouse technology has two reference plants in Japan and a pilot facility in Waltz Mill in the USA which Juniper visited in May 2008 to assess the performance of the technology. These facilities are aimed at producing power, via IGCC, steam, ethanol and other added value products from feedstocks including MSW; MSW and tyres; coal and wood; petcoke, and hazardous wastes.
This report is based on analysis conducted throughout 2008 and assessments of the Utashinai and Mihama-Mikata plasma gasification plants in Japan and the Waltz Mill pilot facility in the USA. It is the most comprehensive, up-to-date independent assessment of this key technology and reports our assessment of the performance of the reference plants; evaluates the new process concepts being marketed by AlterNRG; and describes the reasons why the technology concept is of interest. It also identifies key milestones that need to be achieved. It summarises our overall independent perspective of this technology relative to competitive approaches.
Table of Contents
- Historical Development
- The Process Concept being promoted by Alter Nrg
Waste handling and pre-treatment
Plasma gasification reactor
Air separation unit
Syngas cleaning
Energy production and utilisation
Waste water treatment
Material and energy balance
Thermal efficiency of the process
- Current Commercial Status
Waste to Energy projects
Commercial orders
Economics
- Process Performance
Operating plants processing MSW
Operational performance
- Business Focus and Market Strategy
Market strategy
Project delivery
Strategic relationships
Syngas conversion to added-value products
Co-gasification of coal and biomass
Gasification of MSW to ethanol
Gasification of petcoke
Coal to liquids(CTL)
Date of publication: November 2008
Price: 220 UK Pounds
Number of pages: 62
Format: Downloadable pdf.
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