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Westinghouse Plasma Corporation...Your Partner for Plasma Technology Solutions
Operating Experience - Commercial & Pilot
Projects
Westinghouse Plasma Corporation...Your Partner for Plasma Technology Solutions
Operating Experience Commercial Project
Plasma Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in Japan
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Commissioned in 1999 at
Yoshii, Japan by Hitachi
Metals, Ltd.
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Gasification of MSW for
Production of Steam
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MARC-3A Torch
2 active, 1 spares
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Nominal Power:
Total System: 600 kW
Individual Torch: 70 300 kW
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Process Gas: Air
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Electrode Life:
Anode:
900 Hours
Cathode: 600
Hours
The Plasma Direct Melting Reactor (PDMR) at
Yoshii, Japan converts unprocessed MSW to
fuel gas and glassy slag. The dioxin and furan
emissions are less than 0.01 ng-TEQ/Nm3
Westinghouse Plasma Corporation...Your Partner for Plasma Technology Solutions
Operating Experience Commercial Project
Plasma Cupola for Geneva Steel in Provo, Utah
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Commissioned in 1996
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Supplemental Hot Metal
Production
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MARC-11H Torch
9 active, 2 spares
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Nominal Power:
Total System: 18MW
Individual Torch: 800 2400 kW
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Process Gas: Air
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Electrode Life:
Anode:
1500 Hours
Cathode:
750 Hours
Plasma-Fired Cupola at Geneva Steel in Provo,
Utah is largest in the world and is designed to
produce up to 1 million tons of molten metal per
year.
Westinghouse Plasma Corporation...Your Partner for Plasma Technology Solutions
Operating Experience Commercial Projects
Plasma Torch used in Kinuura, Japan for Ash Vitrification
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Waste-to Energy Ash Vitrification
Commissioned in 1995
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MARC-3A Torches
4 active, 1 spare
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Nominal Power:
Total System: 640 kW
Individual Torch: 60 160 kW
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Process Gas: Air
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Electrode Life:
Anode: 900 Hours
Cathode: 300 Hours
Westinghouse Plasma Corporation...Your Partner for Plasma Technology Solutions
Operating Experience Commercial Project
Plasma Torch used in Recovery Project in Jonquiere, Canada
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ALCAN Project Started in 1992
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Aluminum Dross Recovery
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MARC-11H Torch
2 active, 1 spare
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Nominal Power:
Total System: 3.4 MW
Individual Torch: 800 1700 kW
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Process Gas: Air
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Electrode Life:
Anode: 3500 Hours
Cathode: 1500 Hours
ALCAN Pilot Plant Project
Westinghouse Plasma Corporation...Your Partner for Plasma Technology Solutions
Operating Experience Commercial Project
Plasma Melter used at General Motors Plant in Defiance, Ohio
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Commissioned in 1987
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Gray Iron Foundry Process
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MARC-11H Torch
6 active, 4 spares
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Nominal Power:
Total System: 10.2 MW
Individual Torch: 800 1700 kW
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Process Gas: Air
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Electrode Life:
Anode: 1000 Hours
Cathode: 500 Hours
Westinghouse Plasma Corporation...Your Partner for Plasma Technology Solutions
O
perating Experience Commercial Project
Toxic Waste Destruction Project at Plasma Center, Madison, PA
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Project using Pyroplasma Trailer
Commenced in 1986
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Destruction of Liquid Toxic Waste
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MARC-11H Torch
1 active, 1 spare
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Nominal Power:
Total System: 800 kW
Individual Torch: 600 800 kW
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Process gas: Oxygen
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Electrode Life:
Anode: 900 Hours
Cathode: 200 Hours
Westinghouse Plasma Corporation...Your Partner for Plasma Technology Solutions
Operating Experience Pilot Plant Project
DOE-ATS Thermal Barrier Coatings Test Program
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Subcontract with Siemens-
Westinghouse Power Corp.
1996 Ongoing
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Life Cycle Tests at Turbine
Conditions
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Ultra Low Contamination of Test
Samples
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MARC-3HC Torch with Hot
Cathode
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Power: 5 80 kW
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Process Gas:
Air/Hydrogen/Argon
The test facility is fully automated
for unattended, 24-hours/day
operation
Westinghouse Plasma Corporation...Your Partner for Plasma Technology Solutions
Operating Experience Pilot Plant Project
Diamond Deposition at Plasma Center, Madison, PA
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Diamond Deposition Project for
NIST 1992 1995
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Low Cost Diamond Film
Production Process
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MARC-3HC Torch
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Hot Cathode
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Power: 5 100 kW
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Process Gas: Hydrogen/Argon
This process yielded >1000 %
reduction in carat cost and
increased operating efficiencies.
Highlights:
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CVD diamond process scaled up from 15 KW to 100 KW
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Cost per carat reduced from $300 to $22
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Diamond deposition area increased from 80 cm
2
to 750 cm
2
Westinghouse Plasma Corporation...Your Partner for Plasma Technology Solutions
Operating Experience Pilot Plant Project
Plasma Cupola Vitrifies LLW at Plasma Center, Madison, PA
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Hanford Low Level Waste Tank
Project 1994 1995
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Vitrification of Simulated
Radioactive Waste Process
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MARC-11H Torch
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Operates DC Current with Non-
Transferred Arc
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Power : 750 1550 kW
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Process Gas : Air
Created 14 tons of glass product using
plasma vitrification on low level rad waste.
Highlights:
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Processed 5700 liters of simulated LLW slurry
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7370 Kg of glass produced with 2 orders of magnitude better PCT
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Steady state operation maintained for 24 hours
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Operating Experience Pilot Plant Project
Plasma Cupola used for Landfill Reclamation at Plasma Center/Madison
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Treatment of Contaminated
Landfill Project 1987 to 1990
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MARC-11H
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Power :
750 1550 kW
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Process Gas : Air
Plasma Cupola Test Facilitystate-of-the-art high
temperature process development pilot plant.
Highlights:
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Non-hazardous slag produced containing heavy metals
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Metals recovered by byproduct (Iron, Copper)
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Steady state operation maintained for 72 hours
Westinghouse Plasma Corporation...Your Partner for Plasma Technology Solutions
Operating Experience Pilot Plant Project
Plasma Cupola Iron & Steel Project at Plasma Center in Madison, PA
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Scrap Iron & DRI Melting
Waste Oxide Smelting
Project 1983 to 1992
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MARC-11H Torch
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Power: 750 1750 kW
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Process Gas: Air
Plasma Cupola process
offers flexibility in feedstocks
never before available.
Highlights:
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Process developed to melt finer iron feed material, i.e., borings
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100% DRI feed melted and residual iron oxide smelted
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Process developed to treat steel industry waste oxides