Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-01309, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Mostaghimi, Javad (University of Toronto), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : As traditional waste repositories, such as landfills, become less and less available, treatment of waste in an environmentally_x000D_
responsible manner has become one of our central problems. Since many types of waste are organic, incineration has been_x000D_
increasingly used for reduction of the waste volume. However, high off-gas flow rates and the consequent high cost of off-gas_x000D_
clean-up, as well as the production of residues containing hazardous materials, mean that incineration does not offer a complete_x000D_
answer to the waste problem. Furthermore, many wastes have a low heating value, and their combustion requires additional_x000D_
sources of fuel._x000D_
Thermal plasma offers an attractive alternative to incineration for waste treatment . The principal advantages that a plasma offers_x000D_
to treatment processes are :_x000D_
(a) high energy densities and high temperatures which allow for rapid heating and reactor start-up; high heat and reactant transfer_x000D_
rates; smaller installation size for a given waste throughput; melting of high temperature materials; and,_x000D_
(b) use of electricity as the energy source which results in decoupling of the heat generation from combustion and hence the_x000D_
volume of air required; lower off-gas flow rates and consequently lower gas cleaning costs._x000D_
The proposed project is on the manufacture and testing of a 75-kW DC plasma torch for waste treatment. Our industrial partner,_x000D_
Aplas, has made the preliminary design of the torch._x000D_
_x000D_, program purpose french : As traditional waste repositories, such as landfills, become less and less available, treatment of waste in an environmentally_x000D_
responsible manner has become one of our central problems. Since many types of waste are organic, incineration has been_x000D_
increasingly used for reduction of the waste volume. However, high off-gas flow rates and the consequent high cost of off-gas_x000D_
clean-up, as well as the production of residues containing hazardous materials, mean that incineration does not offer a complete_x000D_
answer to the waste problem. Furthermore, many wastes have a low heating value, and their combustion requires additional_x000D_
sources of fuel._x000D_
Thermal plasma offers an attractive alternative to incineration for waste treatment . The principal advantages that a plasma offers_x000D_
to treatment processes are :_x000D_
(a) high energy densities and high temperatures which allow for rapid heating and reactor start-up; high heat and reactant transfer_x000D_
rates; smaller installation size for a given waste throughput; melting of high temperature materials; and,_x000D_
(b) use of electricity as the energy source which results in decoupling of the heat generation from combustion and hence the_x000D_
volume of air required; lower off-gas flow rates and consequently lower gas cleaning costs._x000D_
The proposed project is on the manufacture and testing of a 75-kW DC plasma torch for waste treatment. Our industrial partner,_x000D_
Aplas, has made the preliminary design of the torch._x000D_
_x000D_, agreement title english : A Holow Cathode DC Plasma Torch for Waste Treatment, agreement title french : A Holow Cathode DC Plasma Torch for Waste Treatment, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-22, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada