Start
Jul 11, 2013 - 17:00
End
Jul 11, 2013 - 18:00
Venue
Creativity Hall (Room 118) Chemical Engineering
Event Type
Speaker
Dr. Lakshminarayana Rao Technology Development Manager at Pyrogenesis Canada Inc. Montreal
Title
hermal Plasma Technology for Renewable Energy Production Waste Destruction and Advanced Materials Production
Depleting carbon based energy resources and shortage of energy due to ever increasing demand is driving the research towards sustainable renewable energy sources. Coupled with this problem is the increasing generation of waste. Treatment of waste has become the central problem of our age as conventional methods of waste disposal such as landfills ocean dumps and incinerators are becoming less and less viable. Thermal plasma technology is emerging as a game changing technology to address these problems. Thermal plasma based system have unique characteristics such as high energy densities high temperatures presence of reactive ions and radicals which can vaporize any material and break any chemical bond. In this presentation I discuss some of my findings on development of plasma torches and thermal plasma systems for destruction of hazardous waste. Also I will outline my future research plans on development of thermal plasma technology for environmental solutions renewable energy production and advanced material production.