Sustainable Development Solutions for the Medical Waste Problem Using Thermal Plasmas
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Set-Up and Procedures
2.1. Plasma Torch
2.2. Plasma Gasification Reactor
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Plasma Jet Characteristics
3.2. Conversion Process and Fuel Type from Medical Waste Treatment
3.2.1. Energy from Pyrolysis Oil
3.2.2. Electricity from Diesel Oil
3.3. Economical Vision
4. Conclusions and Outlook
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Parameter | Amount |
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Power | Direct Current |
The working active gas | Air |
Vmax | 500 V |
Imax | 250 A |
Pmax. out | 125 kW |
Tplasma jet | 500–1000 °C |
Air flow rate | 30 mg/s |
Cooling system | Inlet and outlet water |
Parameter | Amount |
---|---|
Capacity of plasma reactor | 72 × 103 t |
No. of beds in hospitals | 10,500 |
The average weight of Md.W. per bed | 270 t |
The average weight of Md.W in hospitals | 2835 × 103 t |
Amount of pyrolysis oil extracted | 2268 × 103 t |
Amount of diesel oil extracted | 1928 × 103 t |
Number of gallons of pyrolysis oil | 54,500 × 103 gallon |
Number of liters of pyrolysis oil | 205 million liters |
Energy produced from pyrolysis oil | 90 × 109 M J |
Energy produced from diesel oil | 76 × 109 M J |
The amount of sale of electricity | 21 × 106 MW·h |
Parameter | Amount |
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The unit cost of electricity sale | 12 USD/MW·h for home (2022) 17 USD/MW·h for factories (2022) |
Sale profit of electricity | USD 255 million for home (2022) USD 361 million for factories (2022) |
Price of each liter of pyrolysis oil | USD 0.042 |
Sale profit of pyrolysis oil liters | USD 8.61 million (2022) |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleGalaly, Ahmed Rida. 2022. "Sustainable Development Solutions for the Medical Waste Problem Using Thermal Plasmas" Sustainability 14, no. 17: 11045. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141711045