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Thread: An open letter

Started 1 month, 1 week ago by eudaimon6
To any engineers, technical people and trend watchers who might happen to be around. What do you think of this technology? Would you want it in your backyard. Please discuss and share. http://www.westinghouse-plasma.com/markets_applica tions/wast...
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ShortyShortpants replied 1 month, 1 week ago
Too scrolly. -shorty, engineer, technical person

JonathanRoth replied 1 month, 1 week ago
Don't have an opinion about the technology. However, the piles of rubbish necessary to feed the plant isn't welcome in my back yard. (First to call NIMBY!)

chk999 replied 1 month, 1 week ago
It looks no more dangerous than any other medium industrial plant. If they put it where the trash collection and sorting yard is now it would be fine.

anuvaka replied 1 month, 1 week ago
A plasma flame will turn anything into an inert cinder. They produce electricity (co-gen) from the heat. I don't see what other nasty by products are being turned out, and there are better less energy intensive ways to deal with sewer sludge. It's a Big Hammer. Can't see using it for everything, but it would be great next to a Superfund site. jC, not an engineer

eudaimon6 replied 1 month, 1 week ago
The proposal is to use it to deal with waste from pharmaceutical research and production. Waste would come from Indy and Chicago.

anuvaka replied 1 month, 1 week ago
"The proposal is to use it to deal with waste from pharmaceutical research and production. Waste would come from Indy and Chicago." Correct me if I don't understand this. We are manufacturing this waste, experimentally or from production errors, so we have to make this Huge mega watt plasma (incinerator) to dispose of our mistakes. Did you hear about the 2 ditch diggers who did not ...

 

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eudaimon6
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An open letter
Published (2009-11-11 14:46:00)
The proposal is to use it to deal with waste from pharmaceutical research and production. Waste would come from Indy and Chicago.
anuvaka
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An open letter
Published (2009-11-11 22:36:00)
"The proposal is to use it to deal with waste from pharmaceutical research and production. Waste would come from Indy and Chicago." Correct me if I don't understand this. We are manufacturing this waste, experimentally or from production errors, so we have to make this Huge mega watt plasma (incinerator) to dispose of our mistakes. Did you hear about the 2 ditch diggers who did not know what to do with all the dirt from...
ShortyShortpants
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user's latest post:
An open letter
Published (2009-11-10 13:44:00)
Too scrolly. -shorty, engineer, technical person
JonathanRoth
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An open letter
Published (2009-11-10 14:10:00)
Don't have an opinion about the technology. However, the piles of rubbish necessary to feed the plant isn't welcome in my back yard. (First to call NIMBY!)
chk999
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user's latest post:
An open letter
Published (2009-11-10 15:10:00)
It looks no more dangerous than any other medium industrial plant. If they put it where the trash collection and sorting yard is now it would be fine.

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