The Future of Garbage: Plasma Frying.

[bboyer]

Theres another thread on this somewhere. It was brought up on the old forum as well.After hurricane Katrina N.O. used these to deal with all the debris. The waste is useful as well.

I don't think we were able to recover the thread that mentioned it. But for any interested, the name of the company is StarTech Environmental:

Startech - the internationally recognized Award-winning Environment and Energy Company

Startech Environmental is an environment and energy industry company engaged in the production and sale of its innovative, proprietary plasma processing equipment known as the Plasma Converter System™.

Startech Mission

Startech's mission is to change the way the world views and employs discarded materials, what many would now call waste. The Company will achieve this mission by strategically marketing a series of products and services emanating from its core Plasma Converter ™ technology, resulting in saleable fossil fuel alternatives while creating a safer and healthier environment.

This paradigm shifting strategy, wherein waste becomes a desirable resource rather than an insurmountable problem, will be implemented through the use of Startech's enhanced business model that provides for joint development projects, engineering services, and direct equipment sales with after-sales support and service.

http://www.startech.net/

Disclaimer: This is a publicly-traded company. I am not affiliated with the company, nor do I own any of its stock. Posted for informational purposes only.

[MGmirkin]

Maybe now they could at least run their collection trucks on the recovered oil.

Why am I reminded of the idea from Back to the Future: Mr. Fusion?

Just toss in your garbage and power your vehicle... In this case it would be more like "pile in your used plastic stuff, microwave it, separate out the diesel and then run the truck off it." Heck of a lot less refueling, eh? *wink* Probably to hard to engineer and impractical due to power requirements, but still amusing! Would be cool though!

~Michael

[Lloyd]

* Below are excerpts from: http://www.iaons.org/pages/Superplasmic_Gen.shtml.
THE SUPERPLASMIC FIELD GENERATOR©

The heart of the Phoenix Remediation Park and retrieval process is the superplasmic field generator. Using unique metal-infused ceramics enables direct current (DC) plasma of high-current capabilities to be formed and sustained by the high-voltage alternating current (AC) half-wave for AC component that is used to carry a high-current DC carrier of the same potential of the half-wave for AC component. This forms a superplasmic arc similar to a lightening bolt that is safely contained for continual use.

The Superplasmic Field Generator© does not use conventional electrodes. A linear ion-array process is used to form a super-conductive cooling system with a combination of water and chemicals to carry the current, sustain the plasmic field, and redistribute the heat generated back into the retrieval process.

Virtually any substance may be retrieved using this technology. Outside of the retrieval process, energy and pure carbon atoms are the main exhausts. The pure micro-carbon is collected on a series of electrically charged grab-grids and recycled into various industrial uses. The excess energy can be utilized in society and no pollution is released into the environment.

THE SUPERPLASMIC FIELD GENERATING PLANT ©

(DIAGRAM 2)

Final waste gases from the Retrieval Process (1) are brought into high temperature region near the plasmic field (3) causing their molecular structures to separate and generating heat that is absorbed by the coolant (6 and 7) and distributed back into the retrieval process. The remaining carbon ash is collected on an electronic Grab Grid (2) on the other side of the plasmic field. The alternating current (4) and the direct current (5) use the coolant as a conductor creating the superplasmic field in the interaction between them. (See Operational Synopsis for more operational details).

Since the system has low voltage requirements that can be met by a number of DC storage means, the Superplasmic Field Generator© is portable. It can be situated in virtually any site, on land or sea.