(AOF) – Europlasma, specialist in treatment and hazardous waste, material recovery and decarbonization, announces that its Chinese subsidiary Europlasma Environmental Technology (EET) has developed on its joint R&D center with Hangzhou Dianzi University an evolution of its vitrification processes allow an energy gain of more than 40%.
Work to optimize the Europlasma Group’s hazardous waste vitrification processes, initiated two years ago in order to adapt the furnaces to the particularities of the Chinese fly ash market (ultimate incineration waste), is in the completion phase. . Conducted within the Chinese subsidiary (EET) concomitantly with the treatment of aluminum slag, they entered the “pilot phase” following the authorization received from the Chinese environmental authorities.
Beyond a massive reduction in energy consumption, an essential economic and environmental issue, these results will have a significant effect on the life of the refractories, and therefore on the availability time of the furnaces.
This evolution of the group’s vitrification process will be able to be applied to all processes currently in operation as well as to those to come (sludge from the oil industry in particular). In energy-consuming activities, it considerably reduces their operating costs (OPEX).
Pascal Gilbert, Managing Director of EET and Administrator of Europlasma declares: “These advances are essential at a time when energy sobriety and circular economies are becoming global concerns. We are pleased that the innovative knowledge acquisition approaches of these two years are reaching maturity, and we are confident about the results expected in the coming months, due to the robustness of the approach followed.”
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