Publications

Selected publication  

Morvová M., Morva I., Janda M., Hanic F., Lukáč P.: Combustion and carbonisation exhaust utilisation in electric discharge and its relation to prebiotic chemistry, Int. J. of Mass Spectrometry 223 (1-3): 613-625 Jan. 15 (2003).
citations: 11  

Abstract

The municipal waste carbonisation inside high temperature combustion chamber using direct heating by exhaust gas flow in oxygen free atmosphere is an interesting alternative in waste management scenario. The process has a lot of similarities with biomass pyrolysis. At lover temperatures (~350 C) the main process is cracking, producing liquid hydrocarbons as levoglucosane and similar tar compounds, then at temperatures (~650 C) hydrogen is formed, at high temperatures (~950 C) the carbon char/active carbon is formed instead of ash. The heat from the process can be recuperated.The method for flue gas cleaning with possible application to combustion and carbonization process uses non-thermal plasma based pilot system for 50-250 m3/hour of gas flow. The applied method cleaned very efficiently the exhaust gas from variety of non-wanted compounds, utilises whole combustion exhaust. CO2 removal efficiency is as high as 40-99%. The process is connected with nitrogen fixation, removal of NOx, VOC, PAH, -SH and SOx, PCDD, PCDF and other is done with high efficiency and without wastewater production. The final solid amino acids condensation product (proteinoid) made in electric discharge seems to be convenient as nitrogen containing fertiliser.