摘要:
A waste processing apparatus for processing a column of waste in a processing chamber having one or more gas outlets at an upper part thereof and one or more plasma torches an output end thereof extending into a lower part of the chamber. The apparatus is characterised in having one or more oxidising fluid distribution and mixing chambers and one or more oxidising fluid inlet associated therewith for providing oxidising fluid to said distribution and mixing chamber from a suitable source, wherein each oxidizing and mixing chamber has a peripheral opening in substantially continuous peripheral fluid communication with a column of waste accommodated in the lower part of the chamber and in fluid communication with the oxidising fluid inlets, and further, the outer peripheral wall of the distribution and mixing chamber is formed by a lateral outward displacement of an inwardly-facing wall of the lower part of the processing chamber with respect to an inwardly-facing wall of the upper part of the processing chamber. The oxidising fluid inlets are separate from and associated with the plasma torches such that during operation of apparatus oxidising fluid flowing from the oxidising fluid inlets into said distribution and mixing chamber is directed at a high temperature zone provided by the plasma torches that are associated with the oxidising fluid inlets.
摘要:
One or more auxiliary plasma torches are provided to a waste processing plant at strategic locations within the chamber and directed towards the waste column. When a bridge forms within the chamber the auxiliary plasma torches may be operated such as to provide an additional heat source where needed, quickly heating the organic solids, which thus pass through the bituminsation and charcoal formation stages quickly. The additional heat source may be in the neighborhood of the bridge, but may also be near the bottom end of the chamber, in which case the additional temperature at the bottom of the chamber effectively moves the combustion and gasification zones for the charcoal to a higher part of the chamber, altering the temperature profile. The heat source also enables the inorganic wastes to be heated rapidly to pass beyond the melting stage relatively quickly. The debridging process may be further enhanced by providing secondary plasma torches at various levels upwards of the primary torches, the secondary torches at any level being operated as and when needed to achieve the desired effect.
摘要:
A plurality of fluxing agent inlets are provided at the lower part of a waste processing chamber to enable the direct application of fluxing agents to deposited “unprocessed solids” and/or to liquid products of high viscosity therein. Means are provided for sensing the presence of such blockages in the lower part of the chamber and for providing the fluxing agents thereto to remove the blockage.