CFD Modeling of a Lab-Scale Microwave Plasma Reactor for Waste-to-Energy Applications: A Review
Rapidly increasing solid waste generation and energy demand are two critical issues of the current century. Plasma gasification, a type of waste-to-energy (WtE) technology, has the potential to produce clean energy from waste and safely destroy hazardous waste. Among plasma gasification technologies...
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| description | Rapidly increasing solid waste generation and energy demand are two critical issues of the current century. Plasma gasification, a type of waste-to-energy (WtE) technology, has the potential to produce clean energy from waste and safely destroy hazardous waste. Among plasma gasification technologies, microwave (MW)-driven plasma offers numerous potential advantages to be scaled as a leading WtE technology if its processes are well understood and optimized. This paper reviews studies on modeling experimental microwave-induced plasma gasification systems. The system characterization requires developing mathematical models to describe the multiphysics phenomena within the reactor. The injection of plasma-forming gases and carrier gases, the rate of the waste stream, and the operational power heavily influence the initiation of various chemical reactions that produce syngas. The type and kinetics of the chemical reactions taking place are primarily influenced by either the turbulence or temperature. Navier–Stokes equations are used to describe the mass, momentum, and energy transfer, and the k-epsilon model is often used to describe the turbulence within the reactor. Computational fluid dynamics software offers the ability to solve these multiphysics mathematical models efficiently and accurately. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88e9ce0a1c894f52847a4d4d30721cc22023-11-22T18:20:13ZengMDPI AGGases2673-56282021-07-011313314710.3390/gases1030011CFD Modeling of a Lab-Scale Microwave Plasma Reactor for Waste-to-Energy Applications: A ReviewOwen Sedej0Eric Mbonimpa1Department of Systems Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2950 Hobson Way, Wrigth Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Fairborn, OH 45433, USADepartment of Systems Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2950 Hobson Way, Wrigth Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Fairborn, OH 45433, USARapidly increasing solid waste generation and energy demand are two critical issues of the current century. Plasma gasification, a type of waste-to-energy (WtE) technology, has the potential to produce clean energy from waste and safely destroy hazardous waste. Among plasma gasification technologies, microwave (MW)-driven plasma offers numerous potential advantages to be scaled as a leading WtE technology if its processes are well understood and optimized. This paper reviews studies on modeling experimental microwave-induced plasma gasification systems. The system characterization requires developing mathematical models to describe the multiphysics phenomena within the reactor. The injection of plasma-forming gases and carrier gases, the rate of the waste stream, and the operational power heavily influence the initiation of various chemical reactions that produce syngas. The type and kinetics of the chemical reactions taking place are primarily influenced by either the turbulence or temperature. Navier–Stokes equations are used to describe the mass, momentum, and energy transfer, and the k-epsilon model is often used to describe the turbulence within the reactor. Computational fluid dynamics software offers the ability to solve these multiphysics mathematical models efficiently and accurately.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-5628/1/3/11microwave plasma gasificationwaste-to-energypyrolysiscomputational fluid dynamicsnumerical modelingcombustion |
| spellingShingle | Owen Sedej Eric Mbonimpa CFD Modeling of a Lab-Scale Microwave Plasma Reactor for Waste-to-Energy Applications: A Review Gases microwave plasma gasification waste-to-energy pyrolysis computational fluid dynamics numerical modeling combustion |
| title | CFD Modeling of a Lab-Scale Microwave Plasma Reactor for Waste-to-Energy Applications: A Review |
| title_full | CFD Modeling of a Lab-Scale Microwave Plasma Reactor for Waste-to-Energy Applications: A Review |
| title_fullStr | CFD Modeling of a Lab-Scale Microwave Plasma Reactor for Waste-to-Energy Applications: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | CFD Modeling of a Lab-Scale Microwave Plasma Reactor for Waste-to-Energy Applications: A Review |
| title_short | CFD Modeling of a Lab-Scale Microwave Plasma Reactor for Waste-to-Energy Applications: A Review |
| title_sort | cfd modeling of a lab scale microwave plasma reactor for waste to energy applications a review |
| topic | microwave plasma gasification waste-to-energy pyrolysis computational fluid dynamics numerical modeling combustion |
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