Energy Production

PFE Brochure

WPC Plasma Technology provides a uniquely flexible process for the conversion of opportunity fuels, such as, Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), coal, petroleum coke and biomass, into synthesis gas ‘syngas’ that can be transformed into a variety of energy products including electricity, transportation fuels and many others using readily available technologies.

“Power generation with Plasma Gasification reduces emissions far below conventional coal plants.” – NRG Energy

WPC Plasma Gasification technology and its plasma torch systems when compared to incineration or traditional gasification offer the following benefits:

Feedstock Flexible	Ease of Operation	Environmental Benefits	Flexible Product Delivery
A wide range of opportunity fuels can be accepted with limited preprocessing requirements	The Gasification Reactor Operates at ambient pressures allowing for simple feed system and online maintenance of the plasma torches	Operation is environmentally responsible creating a syngas with very low quantities of NOx, SOx, Dioxins and Furans	Syngas composition (H2 to CO ratio, N2) can be matched to downstream Process equipment by selection of oxidant and torch power consumption
Multiple Feedstocks can be combined	Plasma Torches have no moving parts resulting in high reliability. Torch consumables are quickly replaced off line by plant maintenance personnel	Inorganic components get converted to glassy slag safe for use as a construction aggregate	Multiple gasification reactors are used for larger projects increasing availability of the gasification system
Difficult fuels such as Tires and Municipal Solid Waste can be easily treated	Plasma power can be easily adjusted to match the gasification process requirements	Air can be used as an oxidant eliminating the need for added capital and operational costs required for air separation plants

Waste-to-Energy: converting waste material such as municipal solid waste, wood waste, tires, electronic waste and industrial waste into clean energy products like power and liquid fuels.

WPC Plasma Gasification technology is superior to conventional technologies – incineration, landfills, other gasification technologies since:

• It has been commercially proven 1989
• WPC Plasma Gasfication Reactors Are Matched to the Project Size. Capacities of 500-750 tons per day of waste can be processed in one reactor
• More Environmentally responsible – producing clean energy and reducing greenhouse gas emission while eliminate the need for landfilling
• 1,500 tones per day of MSW can power up to 24,000 homes in combined cycle power generation

For more advantages please check the Frequently Asked Questions section.

Coal Power Plant Retrofit: retrofitting older coal fired power plants with gasification to reduce emissions and extend facility life.

Retrofitting existing coal power plants with plasma gasification results in modernized clean energy facilities extending their life and eliminate the need to construct expensive new facilities. Westinghouse Plasma Corporation technology converts coal into syngas which can be burned in the existing boilers in a cleaner combustion process allowing old facilities to meet increasingly stringent regulatory and environmental standards.

“Coal has increased its leading position as the predominant Gasifier feedstock, now accounting for 55% of syngas capacity generated from all feedstocks, compared to 49% in 2004” – US Department of Energy, Gasification World Database 2007

Repowering of older coal-fired facilities with WPC technology:

• Allows old facilities to meet current environmental standards through a 95% reduction in SO₂ and Mercury, a 60% reduction in NO_x
• Allows biomass and other carbon neutral fuels to be mixed with coal to reduce CO₂ emissions
• Enhances power generation at on Brownfield sites in areas of high power demand
• Makes it unnecessary to abandon older power plants, the people who operate them, the vendors who sell goods and services to them, and the communities who benefit from them
• Is a more time and cost efficient solution than building new facilities

For Coal retrofit projects in North America please contact NRG Energy Corp.