Integrated Mobile Waste-to-Energy Process Technology for Marine Infrastructures

The field of plastic waste management is essential for a sustainable society that utilizes plastic waste for energy production and environmental safety. Plastic waste’s land filing and incineration have large environmental impacts due to greenhouse gas emissions. The mentioned challenges could be eliminated using a more reliable and controllable thermal source such as an inductively coupled thermal plasma torch, direct current plasma torch and microwave plasma torch. In this project, advanced torches will be simulated, designed and constructed to generate a thermal plasma jet and integrated into a processing tank on a lab-scale to enhance the chemical reactivity and produce clean gasoline and diesel fuels suitable for usage in ignition engines from plastic waste from marine vehicles. This integration shall improve the quality of end-products, eliminate tar and wax content, provide better temperature control in chemical reactors, as well as enhance the chemical reactivity and thermal cracking reaction parameters.

Faculty Supervisor:

Hossam Gaber

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy and Utilities; Oil and Gas; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program: