Advanced materials engineering for arc plasma-assisted production of hydrogen-containing syngas for clean energy utilization - ArcAMAT

Project summary

The energy-intense industries in Europe are facing major challenges due to the climate crisis and resource crisis and require the energy transition towards renewable energies and the raw material transition towards a sustainable circular economy. The ArcAMAT project addresses these challenges with innovative solutions to integrate renewable electricity with the chemical recycling of wastes, producing hydrogen-containing synthesis gas for the chemical industry. The main objective to be achieved is to develop and demonstrate a novel waste recycling process using arc plasma with steam as plasma-forming gas in combination with advanced 3D-structured plasma torch electrodes. The novel plasma torch electrodes to be developed in the project based on modelling and experiments in a 15 kg/h plasma gasifier will be characterised by higher process efficiency, better synthesis gas quality and a longer electrode lifetime compared to currently used electrodes.