Limitless Appetite?

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. So governments' programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to ETERNAL LIFE we'll ever see on this earth.

Ronald Reagan "A TIME FOR CHOOSING (The Speech – October 27, 1964)"

"Similar to the government and it's LIMITLESS APPETITE, the Plasma Arc Gasification plant consumes ALL the waste that is delivered to a landfill. The plant itself works 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. When we have used up all the newly delivered trash we go back to the landfill and remove a number of tons per week from the trash reservoir to keep the plant running."

Bill H. -President and CTO  (ASRF)

The Plasma Arc Gasification Plant

Why is it needed?

The Plasma Arc Gasification Plant is the heart of American Standard Renewables Fuels energy centers. It is a closed loop system, which consumes all forms of municipal waste in a very low oxygen environment. So, there is NO burning of any kind, no emissions, and it eats up everything we throw in there. The only waste we cannot consume is nuclear waste. Everything else you can imagine is vaporized by our system.     

What is the technical process?

A "plasma arc" gasification plant operates on principles similar to an arc-welding machine, where an electrical arc is struck between two electrodes. The high-energy arc creates a high temperature, highly ionized gas. The plasma arc is enclosed in a chamber. Waste material is fed into the chamber and the intense heat of the plasma breaks down every manufactured product into basic elemental molecules. In a carefully controlled process, these atoms recombine into gases such as carbon dioxide. The heat from the gas generates electricity and waste heat is used to preheat boiler feed-water which improves the efficiency of that process. With plasma arc technology there is no burning or incineration and no formation of ash.

The Plasma Arc Gasification plant has very high destruction efficiency. They are robust and they can treat any waste with no pretreatment, and they produce a stable nontoxic slag.. The consumable carbon electrodes are continuously inserted into the chamber, eliminating the need to shut down for electrode replacement or maintenance. The high temperatures produced by the arc convert the waste into light organics and primary elements.

Combustible gas is cleaned in the off-gas system and oxidized to CO₂ and H₂O in ceramic bed oxidizers. The potential for air pollution is low due to the use of electrical heating in the absence of free oxygen. The inorganic portion of the waste is retained in a stable, leach-resistant slag.

The layman’s version:

The trash trucks arrive at our facility, which is in the same area the haulers have been taking all the trash to anyway. They dump everything into our hopper on the tipping floor. The trash is then processed through a crusher/shredder, kind of like your office paper shredder. The shredded trash then goes into another hopper which literally sprinkles this shredded trash over a wide band of electricity. This band of electricity runs at about 25,000 to 30,000 degrees Fahrenheit and turns most everything into a superheated vapor. This vapor is then run off to the boilers to run the generators and make electricity. Any of the trash that does not vaporize comes out in the form of a molten vitrified glass. This vitrified glass is used in road building; it is also used in the grinding industry, for strengthening concrete, and for making Rockwool insulation. A small amount of HCL is made and that goes back to the ethanol plant to help process the biomass material. Sulfur is a byproduct which is sold to the agricultural community to condition farm soil. Some distilled water is made and again used in the ethanol process. The main product we generate is our own electricity. We produce enough electricity above our needs that we have a lot (at least half of what we produce) left over to sell back to the local power company.

Why ASRF approach to the technology differs significantly from anyone else?

The Plasma Arc Gasification Plant has a limitless appetite and uses almost anything as fuel. We use all of the plant material (lignin) left over from the ethanol plant. We can even take in large quantities of animal waste which acceptable disposal of is a problem in all farming communities. A final benefit of the Plasma Arc Gasification Plant is that new just collected trash is normally delivered to our facility 5 days per week from morning to evening. The plant consumes all the waste that is delivered. The plant itself works 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. When we have used up all the newly delivered trash we go back to the landfill and remove a number of tons per week from the trash reservoir to keep the plant running. Over a number of years we even use up all the stored trash and thus restore the land to its original condition or turn it into a park or other useful facility.

WILTON, Conn., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Startech Environmental Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: STHK), a fully reporting, Award-winning Environment and Energy Company, announced today that the EnviroSafe Industrial Services Corporation of San Juan, Puerto Rico has expanded its original plans for its new recycling-facility and its location to now include its intention to install three Plasma Converters Systems, purchased last year from the Company, in an existing, former pharmaceutical-industry-facility also located in Puerto Rico. Steve Landa, Startech VP, said, "The Converters being manufactured now will be used by EnviroSafe to process various wastes including pharmaceutical-industry waste with the resulting Plasma Converted Gas used to make various Alternative Fuels. It is important to note here that in this first-of-its-kind facility, the Alternative Fuels will be produced from waste as the feedstock and not from food-crops."