Plasma Gasification
Of the available thermal waste to energy treatments, plasma gasification is widely accepted as an envrionmentally 'clean' process converting carbonaceous feedstocks into only two entirely benign and useful products:
1. Synthesis Gas (Syngas - primarily a mixture of carbon monoxide, hydrogen gas, carbon dioxide and methane. Syngas is itself a fuel.)
2. An inert, non-leaching glass-like 'slag'.
Widespread deployment of plasma gasification facilities has been hampered by the fact that currently available processes require upwards of 80% of the energy generated to sustain the process. Clean, but not efficient.
The ABA Process -
Energetic Efficiency: The ABA Process requires only ~15% of the net energy it generates to sustain itself, making it nearly 300% more energetically efficient than conventional plasma gasification.
(Comparative efficiencies of available thermal Waste To Energy Treatments.)
Process Efficiency: Due to the uniqueness of the ABA process, almost any carbonaceous material can be gasified while facilitating the safe removal of all feedstock constituent contaminants. The resulting pure, clean syngas allows the construction of secondary products (methane, liquid fuels, etc.) that are contaminant free, cleaning up the carbon energy cycle and reducing pollution generated by their downstream consumption. With its lower input quality requirements the ABA process becomes the ideal tool for many needed and valuable applications: industrial accident cleanup, medical waste disposal, landfill reclamation, etc.