Advanced Plasma Power - Advanced Plasma Power ( APP )

Advanced Plasma Power (APP) Limited is the world’s first waste-to-energy company using breakthrough Gasplasma® technology able to treat a wide range of feedstocks. Gasplasma® is based on proven sub-systems that offer an effective solution to two of the world’s most significant environmental issues: the need for low carbon renewable energy and the need for cleaner, environmentally sustainable, waste management solutions.

Advanced Plasma Power has successfully developed and operates a comprehensive Gasplasma® facility in Swindon. As a group we are experts in the use of Plasma; a clean, controllable, omnivorous technology that the group has been supplying since 1964 with 80 installations.

APP’s Gasplasma® technology economically converts waste fuels into two products:

I. A clean, hydrogen rich synthesis gas (syngas), capable of generating high heat and power output
II. An inert aproduct (Plasmarok®) that can be reused as a building material

The technology is patented nationally and internationally.

Why Advanced Plasma Power?

• High net electrical efficiency
• Efficient heat recovery in CHP mode
• No residual ash
• Plasmarok® – product not waste
• Local low impact solution – standard sized industrial buildings
• Complementary to recycling
• Negative carbon footprint
• Future proofing – syngas with multiple applications
• Proven equipment and validated
• Patented globally
 

Energy from Waste from MSW and C&I Wastes

Using APP’s Gasplasma® technology in an energy from waste plant, MSW and C&I is processed to remove recyclates and the residual material is then fed to a two-stage thermal process, comprising gasification and plasma treatment, where conditions are controlled to maximise energy conversion from the prepared SRF/RDF to a synthesis gas (syngas).

APP’s Gasplasma process produces a clean hydrogen-rich syngas with a high calorific value and low levels of residual tars, heavy metals and acid gases. The clean syngas can be used to generate significant quantities of power, or be used as a feedstock to liquid fuel or other chemical processes.

The ash residues associated with many thermal processes for treatment of MSW and C&I wastes, are transformed within the Gasplasma® technology into an environmentally inert vitrified product called Plasmarok®, with a variety of applications.

Mining Landfills to Generate Energy from Waste

Using Advanced Plasma Power’s Gasplasma® technology, treated mined landfill is fed to the two-stage thermal process, comprising gasification and plasma treatment, where conditions are controlled to maximise energy conversion from the solid mined landfill to a synthesis gas (syngas).

APP’s Gasplasma process produces a clean hydrogen rich syngas with a high calorific value and low levels of residual tars, heavy metals and acid gases. The clean syngas can be used to generate significant quantities of power, or be used as a feedstock to liquid fuel or other chemical processes.

The ash residues associated with mined landfill wastes, are transformed within the Gasplasma® technology into an environmentally inert vitrified product called Plasmarok®, with a variety of applications, such as secondary construction aggregate, thus allowing additional value to be extracted from the waste.

The patented Gasplasma® technology of Advanced Plasma Power is proven for a range of mined landfill materials. APP is working with Group Machiels, the Belgian environmental services company on their Enhanced Landfill Mining project to dig up and valorize 16 million tonnes of landfilled waste.

“The energy plant that we will build together with APP is one of the key elements for the success of our plans.”  Louis Machiels, Chairman of Group Machiels
 

APP’s Gasplasma process is unique in that it produces a clean hydrogen-rich syngas with a high calorific value which has low levels of residual tars, heavy metals and acid gases. The clean syngas can be used to generate significant quantities of power, or be used as a feedstock to liquid fuel or chemical processes.

Ash residues associated with ASR are transformed in the Gasplasma® technology into an environmentally inert vitrified product, with a variety of applications such as secondary construction aggregate, thus allowing additional value to be extracted from the waste.

Additional revenue streams:

An additional benefit of the Gasplasma® technology is that significant additional quantities of copper and ferrous metals are released by the breakdown of the ASR components during processing, meaning these materials can be recovered and provide additional potential revenue streams and increased recovery rates.

Why Advanced Plasma Power?

• Easily processes difficult and varied ASR materials
• Complete gasification and conversion of the ASR
• Recovery of valuable material resources
• Generation of synthetic gas stream suitable for power generation or use as a chemical substrate
• Encapsulation of fly ash and bottom ash within the Plasmarok® phase
• Environmentally compliant

Advanced Plasma Power’s Gasplasma® technology is a two-stage thermal process, comprising gasification and plasma treatment, where conditions are controlled to maximise energy conversion from the largely organic fraction of the C&D waste to a clean synthesis gas (syngas).

The hydrogen-rich syngas possesses a high calorific value and has low levels of residual tars, heavy metals and acid gases and can used to generate significant quantities of power, or be used has a feedstock for liquid fuel or other chemical processes.

The ash residues associated with many thermal processes for treatment of C&D waste, are transformed within the Gasplasma® technology into an environmentally inert vitrified product called Plasmarok®. Plasmarok® can be employed in a range of applications, such as simple construction aggregate, thus enabling customers to extract additional value from their waste.

The patented Gasplasma® technology of Advanced Plasma Power is well proven for a range of C&D wastes.

Waste to Energy: Hazardous and Special Wastes

Using Advanced Plasma Power’s Gasplasma® technology, certain hazardous wastes can be fed either solely or in combination with another hazardous material or another calorific material to a two-stage thermal process, comprising gasification and plasma treatment, where conditions are controlled to ensure complete thermal degradation of the hazardous component.

An added advantage of the Gasplasma® technology is that the chemical energy of the hazardous waste can be effectively converted into a hydrogen-rich synthesis gas (syngas) possessing a high calorific value, and with low levels of residual tars, heavy metals and acid gases. The clean syngas can used to generate significant quantities of power.

Within the Gasplasma® process ash residues associated with hazardous materials are transformed into an environmentally inert vitrified product, called Plasmarok®. Plasmarok® can be employed in a range of applications, such as simple construction aggregate, thus enabling customers to extract additional value from their waste.

The patented Gasplasma® technology of Advanced Plasma Power is proven for a range of hazardous waste types.

Why Advanced Plasma Power?

• Recovery of valuable resources
• Ability to handle organic liquids, sludges and gases either solely or in combination with other waste streams
• Very efficient thermal breakdown of organic pollutants within the waste
• Complete gasification and conversion of the hazardous waste stream
• Generation of a high calorific value synthetic gas stream suitable for power generation or use as a chemical substrate
• Robust technology that is able to deal with a broad range of hazardous waste compositions
• Immobilisation of heavy metals, fly ash and bottom ash within the Plasmarok® phase.
• Environmentally compliant