An electronic device incorporating a high voltage power supply connected to a pair of metal plates spaced to maintain a continuous high current arc of electricity creating an Ion Plasma discharge for the purpose of vaporizing documents placed between the plates. Magnetic containment coils around the outside of the metal plates are phase synchronized to the magnetic field created by the Ion Plasma arc to maintain the position of the arc between the plates and to direct the position of the arc in a predetermined pattern to search for any material between the plates that has not been disintegrated.

A device for chemical destruction of at least one feed comprising at least one organic compound are provided. In one aspect, the device comprises at least one inductive plasma torch, means for introducing at least one plasma-forming gas into the torch, optionally when the plasma gas(es) comprise(s) no or little oxygen, means for bringing oxygen gas into the plasma or into the vicinity of the plasma, means for introducing the feed into the torch, a reaction enclosure capable of allowing thermal destruction of the gases flowing from the torch, a device allowing mixing of the gases flowing out of the reaction enclosure to be carried out, means for introducing air and/or oxygen gas into the mixing device, a device allowing recombination by cooling of at least one portion of the gases from the mixing device, the torch, the reaction enclosure, the mixing device and the recombination device being in fluidic communication.

The present invention relates to a plasma furnace capable of separating and discharging different kinds of molten material, which comprises a furnace body 110; and a heating portion 140 for heating the lateral discharge gate 120, 130, wherein the furnace body comprises a melt discharge portion formed through a lower portion of the melting chamber 101 provided for accommodating molten material; and at least two lateral discharge gates 120, 130 provided at different heights capable of discharging molten material.

The invention relates to devices for disposal of waste in solid, liquid and gaseous state thereof, in particular, it relates to devices for providing waste disposal by plasma-chemical destruction. A technical effect obtained by this invention is implementation of a reactor providing destruction of both organic and inorganic substances of residential solid and/or liquid waste. The technical effect is obtained by a reactor provided in form of a closed cavity having an input orifice connected to a waste feed apparatus and an output orifice for outputting gaseous products of destruction. Inner surfaces of the cavity are made electrically conductive entirely or partially and an electrode is inserted into the reactor. The electrode is isolated from the conductive surfaces and connected to a source of high-voltage pulses, and size of a gap between the electrode and the conductive surfaces of the cavity provides formation of plasma streamers by corona discharge.

The present invention relates to a sealed plasma melting furnace for treating low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste, which allows the secondary pollutants to be minimized. The sealed plasma melting furnace includes: a waste supply chamber communicatively provided with a hopper; a pyrolysis chamber channel communicatively coupled with the waste supply chamber; a pyrolysis chamber having a burner mounted thereon; a melting chamber channel guiding the waste transferred from the pyrolysis chamber communicatively provided therewith to fall down; a melting chamber provided with a furnace interior portion accommodating a molten substance on a bottom surface thereof; a processed molten substance discharge channel discharging the processed molten substance generated in the melting chamber; a secondary combustion chamber channel inducing and exhausting an off-gas flow generated in the melting chamber; and a secondary combustion chamber inducing complete combustion of the off-gas input from the secondary combustion chamber channel.

The present invention relates to a plasma furnace which can efficiently treat various types of waste in large amounts. The plasma furnace comprises a melting chamber 101 for accommodating a melt, an upper surface forming the upper portion of the melting chamber 101 with a horizontal upper surface 111 and an inclined upper surface 112 having a slope with respect to the horizontal upper surface 111, a melt discharge portion 130 formed through a bottom surface of the melting chamber for discharging molten material therethrough, and an input apparatus 120 having a slope for inputting waste into the melting chamber 101, and the mixed type plasma torch 191, 192 provided on the inclined upper surface 112 with a slope for generating melting heat in the melting chamber 101.

An electronic device incorporating a high voltage power supply connected to a pair of metal plates spaced to maintain a continuous high current arc of electricity creating an Ion Plasma discharge for the purpose of vaporizing documents placed between the plates. Magnetic containment coils around the outside of the metal plates are phase synchronized to the magnetic field created by the Ion Plasma arc to maintain the position of the arc between the plates and to direct the position of the arc in a predetermined pattern to search for any material between the plates that has not been disintegrated.

A method of generating syngas as a primary product from renewable feedstock, fossil fuels, or hazardous waste with the use of a cupola. The cupola operates on inductive heat alone, chemically assisted heat, or plasma assisted heat. Cupola operation is augmented by employing carbon or graphite rods to carry electrical current into the metal bath that is influenced by the inductive element. The method includes the steps of providing a cupola for containing a metal bath; and operating an inductive element to react with the metal bath. A combination of fossil fuel, a hazardous waste, and a hazardous material is supplied to the cupola. A plasma torch operates on the metal bath directly, indirectly, or in a downdraft arrangement. Steam, air, oxygen enriched air, or oxygen are supplied to the metal bath. A pregassifier increases efficiency and a duct fired burner is added to a simple cycle turbine with fossil fuel augmentation.

The invention relates to an apparatus which comprises a pyrolytic plasma reactor (1) with: a conical head (8), on which are mounted: inlets (2, 3, 4); a first plasma torch (6); and first gas outlet (5); a cylindrical reaction chamber (9), under the head (8), and which comprises: a side wall (11) with a refractory covering (12); and a bottom (16), o with a decreasing cross-section, for receiving lavas; a base (10), for supporting the head (8) and the reaction chamber (9); and discharge means in the reaction chamber (9) and/or in the base (10) for discharging the lavas. By keeping the first torch (6) lit, the method comprises directing solid, liquid and gaseous hazardous waste towards the central portion of the plasma jet from the first torch (6), with no contact between the various types of hazardous waste. The dissociation conditions are improved by the invention.

Provided is a combustion system, and in particular a thermal decomposition system and plasma melting system, with which superheated steam is generated in an energy-efficient manner and the combustion structure has an improved combustion efficiency. A combustion system for making hot water coming from a boiler (11) into superheated steam with a superheated steam generation device (20) and supplying the superheated steam to a combustion structure (50) is provided with the following: the combustion structure (50) which combusts a fuel and a carbonaceous solid at 350 to 1,000 C.; a heat storage device (70) for storing waste heat from the combustion structure; and a heat exchange water tank (12) that is connected so as to allow heat exchange, through a heat transport medium, with heat from the heat storage device (70), and that heats water that is supplied to the boiler (11). The combustion system is provided with an oxyhydrogen gas supply structure (40) for heating the water supplied to the boiler (11) and also supplying an oxygen/hydrogen mixed gas, and a mixer (30) for mixing the superheated steam generated with the superheated steam generation device (20) and the oxygen/hydrogen mixed gas from the oxyhydrogen gas supply structure (40). The superheated steam is mixed with the oxyhydrogen gas and supplied to the combustion structure (50).