Plasma Gasification Vitrification Reactor (PGVR)

WPC‘s proprietary Plasma Gasification Vitrification Reactor (PGVR) design, is the combination of a moving bed gasifier with WPC’s proven industrial plasma torch technology.

  • Operation at ambient pressures allowing for simple feed systems and online maintenance of the plasma torches
  • Low gas velocities allowing for greater feed flexibility and eliminating most expensive pre-treatments of feed stock
  • Environmentally friendly operation since syngas that is created has very low quantities of NOx, SOx, dioxins and furans
  • Inorganic components get converted to molten slag which is removed as vitrified by-product – safe for use as a construction aggregate
  • High reliability - plasma torches have no moving parts. Torch consumables are quickly replaced by plant maintenance personnel
  • Syngas composition (H2 to CO ratio, N2) can be matched to downstream process equipment by selection of oxidant and torch power consumption

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“Plasma Gasification can create more renewable energy than the projected energy from solar, wind, landfill gas and geothermal energies combined.”
Georgia Tech Research Institute