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ISSN Online: 1940-4360
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ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ESTIMATIONS OF PROSPECTS FOR PLASMA CHEMICAL PROCESSING OF SPENT LUBRICANTS
ABSTRACT
Plasma chemical vapor conversion (PCVC) of spent lubricants (SLs) as a closed-cycle comprehensive process is considered. The proposed systemic approach makes it possible to produce not only synthesis gas with the CO:H2 ratio suitable for methanol production, but also concentrate valuable nonferrous and rare metals in their pure form with minimized environmental damage, as well as generate electrical power from heat and material resources of the discharged flows, covering one-fourth of the plasmatron supply, thereby making this process justified in terms of cost-effectiveness.
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Messerle V. E., Mossé A. L., Paskalov G., Sitdikov Zh. Zh., Ustimenko A. B., Plasma Chemical Conversion of Spent Lubricating Materials, Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics, 94, 5, 2021. Crossref