Plasma, its role in Waste Processing: a Decision Maker's Guide

NEW - February, 2010
Completely revised and updated second edition of this popular report
Five completely new sections
Over 20 additional pages (now 70 pages in length)

Management Briefing
This updated report is a comprehensive overview of the role that plasma technologies can play in waste processing.

The report examines whether or not plasma processes can meet market expectations; assesses the technology; considers the business potential; and provides an objective up-to-date assessment of the capabilities of plasma waste processing.

What’s in the Briefing?
This is the most comprehensive overview available of plasma technology in the public domain.  It analyses the current status of the technology and examines the issues which would be of most interest to potential customers.  It includes the following:

• Lists the main plasma companies
• Provides a simple guide to plasma for waste treatment
• Explains the four main types of plasma process: plasma pyrolysis; plasma combustion; plasma vitrification and plasma gasification.
• Gives the advantages and disadvantages of plasma processes, with a comparison to other more established waste processing technologies
• Compares the proveness of plasma against other thermal waste technologies for solid waste

Examples of specific potential issues identified and discussed within the report include:

• Are plasma technologies proven?
• What is the energy recovery potential of a plasma system?
• Are plasma technologies economically viable?
• Are the outputs valuable resources or secondary wastes?
• Are all plasma outputs marketable?
• Does plasma generate lower emissions than other waste processing technologies?

Table of contents

• Why consider plasma?
• A simple guide to plasma for waste treatment
  What is plasma?
  
• The different types of plasma processes
• Which wastes are best suited for plasma processes?
  Are plasma processes suitable for processing large volumes of MSW?
• Outputs: their marketability and environmental footprint
  the energy recovery potential of plasma systems
• Market Opportunities
  Market drivers
  Which are the most promising markets?
  The scale of the opportunity
• Plasma gasification to produce added-value products
  Can plasma gasification generate clean syngas?
• Companies developing systems for waste applications
  Types of configuration by supplier
• Are key claims justified?
  How real are the advantages associated with the high temperature of plasma?
  Reliable technology?
  Are the emissions lower than for competitive technologies?
  Are plasma technologies proven?
  Are plasma technologies economically viable?
• Juniper's Opinion
  Our analysis of claimed advantages and disadvantages
  Our conclusions

Date published: February, 2010
Price: 385 UK pounds
Number of pages: 70

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