Friday, November 14, 2008

Using plasma to turn garbage into electricity

Recently St. Lucie County in Florida announced that it has teamed up with Geoplasma to develop the United States’ first plasma gasification plant. The plant will use super-hot 10,000 degree fahrenheit plasma to effectively vaporize 1,500 tons of trash each day, which in turn spins turbines to generate 60MW of electricity - enough to power 50,000 homes!

http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/12/plasma-plants-vaporize-trash-to-generate-energy/

http://www.geoplasma.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_arc_waste_disposal

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