Thermal Plasma Solid Waste and Water Treatments: A Critical Review
J. S. Chang
McIARS and Department of Engineering Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Abstract
In this work, the principle and application of thermal and non-thermal plasma water and solid waste treatments are reviewed. For the solid waste treatment such as incinerator ash and low radiation level nuclear waste treatment, the technology was already commercialized by oxidation principle. However, the potential for the reduction approaches are also introduced. For the drinking and waste water treatments, remote-plasma techniques such as ozone water treatment and indirect-plasma techniques such as UV disinfections are already commercialized but advanced direct-plasma techniques still in the small scale studies and now extended to the pilot test stage. All of these recent developments will be critically reviewed.
Keywords - Solid Waste, Drinking Water, Waste Water, Thermal Plasma, Electrohydraulic Discharge
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