对医疗废物等离子体气化的技术经济和可扩展性分析
Shu Wang1, Haoyang Shi2, Pingyang Wang2
1China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
|March 2, 2025
概括
等离子气化为医疗废物处理提供了一种可持续的方法,将其转化为有价值的合成气. 这项技术在经济上是可行的,废物转化为的系统仅在2.57年内就显示出利能力.
科学领域:
- 环境工程 环境工程
- 化学工程是化学工程的重要组成部分.
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 医疗废物是一个重大的环境和健康挑战.
- 等离子体气化是一种有前途的废弃物处理技术,可以破坏病原体并产生有价值的产品.
- 在等离子体火中使用作为工作气体可以减轻与氧化气体相关的问题.
研究的目的:
- 评估温度和气化剂流量比对医疗废物合成气组成的影响.
- 确定医疗废物处理的最佳气化参数.
- 提出和评估可扩展的系统,用于医疗废物利用利用等离子体气化.
主要方法:
- 在Aspen Plus开发并实施了一种混合模型,以模拟等离子体气化过程.
- 分析了四种类型的医疗废物 (塑料,,纤维,生物质).
- 对拟议的废物转化为能源和废物转化为系统进行了能源和经济分析.
主要成果:
- 该研究确定了最佳的气化温度和流量比,以最大限度地提高合成气的产量和质量.
- 提出并评估了两个可扩展的系统,即合成天然气到电力和合成天然气到.
- 经济分析显示了显著的回报,废物化系统在2.57年内实现利能力.
结论:
- 等离子气化是一种可行的,可持续的技术,用于医疗废物处理和利用.
- 两种拟议的系统都证明了经济可行性,并提供了不同的应用场景.
- 该技术为无害处理医疗废物提供了有利可图的解决方案,同时产生有价值的产品.
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