Mobile Hazardous Material Treatment Unit CustomisedSolutions Prof. Alfred Mosse, CEO, Format MK, Dr. Yaugen Ryzhykau, Senior Consultant, HZS Group Olivier Mattmann, CEO, HZS Group CWD2017
Waste treatment by Plasma technology Why? Universality for different type of waste Cost competitive Environmentally friendly Produces no harmful emissions or toxic waste/slag Meets regulatory requirements worldwide Simple to operate and requires low maintenance Proven to be safe Production of clean alloyed slag which could be used as construction material Produces energy and value - added products
Plasma Reactor Compared to Traditional Combustion Furnace Much higher degree of hazardous material destruction with the simultaneous decrease of the exhaust gasvolume Much higher degree of control of the process Much lower weight and dimensions of the reactor and the installation Less costlymaintenance Much faster process activation and easy to shutdown Increased safety
Recent Applications Mixed waste treatment facilities (USA) Medical waste vitrification facilities (USA) Incinerator ash vitrification facilities Europe and Japan Plasma Arc Shipboard Waste Destruction System (PAWDS) U.S. Navy Warships (NSWCCD) Plasma Arc Hazardous Waste Treatment System (PAHWTS) U.S. Naval Base, Norfolk, VA (Office of Naval Research, Environmentally Sound Ships Program) Plasma Ordnance Demilitarization System (PODS) Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, IN (Defense Ammunition Center) Plasma Waste Treatment System (Pyrotechnics and Energetics) Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant, NV (Armament Research and Development Engineering Center) Plasma Energy Pyrolysis System (PEPS) Demonstration Facility (Medical Waste and Blast Media), Lorton, VA U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (CERL) Mobile PEPS Demonstration System, U. S. Army CERL
Needs for universal and mobile destruction technology Large varaites of toxic waste Remote location Abcence of comersial waste treatment facilities Limited technological and technical capabilituies Limited timeframe and finance to builed full scale facility
Movable plasma waste destruction systems
MHTMTU Complete mobile plasma plant for treatment of hazardous materials Configured and optimized for destruction and conversionof: Solid and/or liquid material Chemical waste, including, pesticides, highly toxic chemicals, including chemical warfare agents, etc. Medical and bio waste Radioactive waste Industrial sludge Mobile Hazardous Material Treatment Unit (MHMTU)
Process diagram of plasma unit for toxic waste destruction 1 air compressor, 2 plasma reactor, 3 burning camber, 4 plasma torch, 5 power supply system, 6 centrifugal bubble apparatus (scrubber), 7 - ion-exchange filter, 8 smoke-stack, 9 tank with scrubber water, 10 radiator, 11 water supply system, 12 tank with waste
Final technological scheme can be adjusted to the user specific requirements Can be powered from the grid or by diesel generator for complete operational independence Hotzone TechnologiesMHMTU Modular design: can be shipped and assembled from parts Small footprint: fits standard 20 feet general purpose shipping container or other appropriate platform/truck
MHMTU: True Mobility Side Panels On a Trailer Power Supply
Plasma Torch in Action Characteristics of plasma torch: Current: 110 А 210 А Voltage: 200 V 320 V Power: 50 kw Total plasma forming gas (air) consumption: 15 m 3 /h 18 m 3 /h Inlet cooling water temperature: 15 C Outlet cooling water temperature: 50 C 65 C Plasma flow temperature: 4000 C - 5000 C Efficiency: 75%
Counter Flow Plasma Reactor Characteristics Outlet cooling water temperature: 58 C 70 C Capacity: up to 50,0 kg/h Power: 35 kw 40 kw Quenching air consumption: ~100 m 3 /h Exhaust gas from Reactor temperature, depending on waste composition: 120 C 500 C Exhaust gas speed: 14,7 m/s Exhaust gas amount: 1265 m 3 /h
Hazardous Material Feed to the Reactor/Furnace Pneumatic jet for feed Plasma furnace (batch type) Counter flow plasma reactor
Shaft type furnace under development 1 feeding unit 2 shaft 3 waste melting part 4 receiver of slag 5 plasma torch 6 Slag discharge assembly 7 syngas outlet 2.5 m high 1.5 m diameter 4.5 tonnes weight
Reactor/Furnace Products Waste gases burned and cooled in the special afterburning chamber by feeding additional air Before release, the gas is purified by combination of scrubber and ion-exchange filter (no dioxins and furans) Solid waste materials (if present) discharged
Plasma unit operating parameters: Electric arc current in plasma torch 110-210 A Voltage 200-320 V Plasma forming gas (air) consumption 15-18 m 3 /h Cooling water in plasma torch and reactor consumption 715 g/s Productivity (waste processing) 8.0-50.0 kg/h (depending on waste composition) Quenching gas (air) consumption 100 m 3 /h Off gas temperature at the inlet of scrubber 120-500 0 C (depending on waste composition) Exhaust gas velocity 14.7 m/s Design parameters of plasma unit are following: Electric power is 40-70 kw Test conditions Heat power transferred to plasma flow is 35-40 kw Plasma flow temperature is 3500-5 000 0 C
Liquid wastes used in tests 1. Diesel fuel and water at a ratio 60:40 model mix 2. Simulated sewage water. Mixtures of toxic waste and manufactured sewage water from epoxide resin production. Density is 1.1-1.2 g/sm 3. It contains : toluene 2 000 mg/l; epichlorohydrin 400 mg/l; sodium chloride 15 000 mg/l; tarry matters 700 mg/l; suspended matters 250 000 mg/l; 3. Isopropyl alcohol (with toxic components) and water at ratio 50:50; 4. Мethylene chloride (CH 2 Cl 2 ) 5. Methyl chloride (CH 3 Cl) 6. BU heavies are processed by chemical industrial enterprises in industrial scale. Total atomic composition of BU heavies is С = 90.17 %, Cl = 0.11 %, F = 0.12 %, H = 9.37 %, O = 0.15 %, N = 0.09 %. Xylene is a solvent 7. RU heavies are processed by chemical industrial enterprises in industrial scale. Total atomic composition of RU heavies is С = 78.8 %, Cl = 1.8 %, F = 7.7 %, H = 7.0 %, O = 3.2 %, N = 1.4 %. Toluene is a solvent
Chemical composition 1 Mixture of diesel oil and water at ratio 60:40%% 2 Mixtures of toxic waste and manufactured sewage water from epoxide resin production. 3 Mixture of isopropyl alcohol and water at ratio 1:1 4-7 Exhaust gas analysis Test results Мethylene chloride, Methyl chloride, BU and RU heavies Gas analyzer Expert Universal Analysis of exhaust gas composition CO = 200-2140 mg/m 3 ; NO = 80-650 mg/m 3 ; NO 2 = 0-460 mg/m 3 ; NOх = 130-1450 mg/m 3 ; SO 2 = 240-280 mg/m 3 ; H 2 S = 0-54mg/m 3 ; CH = 0 284 mg/m 3 CO = 0 mg/m 3 ; NO = 450-500 mg/m 3 ; NO 2 = 300-390 mg/m 3 ; NOх = 1000-1300 mg/m 3 ; SO 2 = 160-220 mg/m 3 ; H 2 S = 45-160 mg/m 3 ; CH = 12 14 mg/m 3 CO = 730-1500 mg/m 3 ; ;NO=120-200mg/m 3 ;NO 2 =5-50mg/m 3; NO x =190-360mg/m 3, CH = 10 16 mg/m 3 CO 2 =200-730 mg/m 3 ; CO=2,0-3,0 mg/m 3 ; NO x =27,0-77,0 mg/m 3, CH=260-290 mg/m 3, HF and NOx below detection limits
Test of plasma furnace for solid hazardous waste Solid waste type Test conditions Test result 1 Biomedical waste (BMW) bone (7 kg bags) 2 Solid waste (SW) containing cytotoxic drugs and antibiotics (10 kg bags) 3 Used/old rubber gasmasks (10 masks per bag) 4 Methyl parathion mixture with soil 10% (5 kg bag) (CH 3 O) 2 P(S)OC 6 H 4 NO 2 DC plasma torch - 30 kw Furnace volume 70 L Time of test 15 min Furnace temperature 3500C 0 DC plasma torch - 70 kw Furnace volume 100 L Time of test 20 min Furnace temperature 4000C 0 DC plasma torch - 50 kw Argon-hydrogen injection Furnace volume 100 L Time of test 20 min Furnace temperature 3500C 0 DC plasma torch - 70 kw Furnace volume 100 L Time of test 20 min Furnace temperature 4000C 0 Gas at the outlet of the plasma box furnace (vol.%): CO - 63.4, H 2-6.2, N 2-29.6, S - 0.8. The total concentration of synthesis gas (CO + H 2 ) is 69.6%, which agrees well with the thermodynamic calculation. No toxic substances in the final products Gas analysis showed the following composition of the gas at the exit of gas purification unit, (vol.%): СO 26.5, H 2 44.6, N 2 28.9. The total concentration of the syngas was 71.1%, which agreed well with the thermodynamic calculations. No harmful impurities were found Gas analysis showed the following composition of the gas at the exit of gas purification unit, (vol.%): СO 6.5, H 2 12,5, N 2 10.5, C 2 H 2 7.0, CH 4 2,0, C 2 H 4 1.0, СO 2 2.0, SO 2 28.3,NO 2 30,2. The total concentration of the syngas was 31.0%, which agreed well with the thermodynamic calculations. No toxic substances in the final products Gas analysis showed the following composition of the gas at the exit of gas purification unit, (vol.%): СO 11.5, H 2 2.5, N 2 23.0, C 2 H 2 3.0, CH 4 1,0, C 2 H 4 1.0, СO 2 1.5, SO 2 23.5,NO 2 33.0. The total concentration of the syngas was 20.5%. No toxic substances in the final products
MHMTU: True Mobility
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New MHMTU fully integrated system
HZS offers plasma reactors/furnaces Waste Municipal Solid Waste Biomass Scrap Tires and Plastic Waste Medical and Biological Waste Chemical and Industrial Waste Sludge and Power Plant Fly Ash Low - Level Radioactive Product Plasma Furnace 500 kg/hour Plasma Furnace 500 kg/hour Plasma Furnace 500 kg/hour Plasma Furnace 50-150 kg/hour Plasma Reactor 50-150 kg/hour Plasma Furnace 50-150 kg/hour Plasma Furnace 100 150 kg/hour
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Summary Depending on the decision taken all chemicals and wastes may be disposed onsite using mobile equipment without complicated transportation of aggressive/toxic chemicals for long distance to the stationary industrial facility Hotzone Solutions Group, Kronenburg BV and Format MK are planning to produce new fully integrated Mobile Hazardous Materials Treatment Units, custom's tolerated requirement and purposes
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