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Technologies for hazardous waste destruction (including nuclear, hospital and chemical waste) based on thermal plasma processes: state of the art and perspectives. Economic and environmental aspects. Overview of plasma generating devices, diagnostics and modelling. Evaluations of co-products generations, heat and metal recovery, slag vitrification and industrial feasibility.Contents: Production of Thermal Plasma (P Fauchais) Measurements of Temperatures in Thermal Plasma (P Fauchais) Review of Thermal Plasma Research and Development for Hazardous Waste Remediation in the United States (S F Paul) Design of a Plasma Torch for Toxic Waste Treatments (G Bonizzoni) The PERC™ Process for Hazardous Waste Treatment (A Blutke) Industrial Treatment of Waste Materials Using Tetronics Plasma Systems (J Williams) New Incineration and Melting Facility for Treatment of Low Level Radioactive Wastes in Switzerland (W Hoffelner et al.) Conversion of Liquid Toxic Waste by Means of a Plasma Reactor (Z A Janasz et al.) Are Plasma Incineration of Surrogate Radioactive Wastes (C Girold et al.) Modelling of Plasma Treatment of Dispersed Charge for Vitrification of Activated Wastes (L I Krasovskaya) Progresses in a Plasma Torch Design for Hazardous Waste Treatment at the University of Milan (R Benocci et al.) MHD Model of a Free Burning Arc (R Benocci et al.) Multifluid Description and the Bohm Criterion for Multi-Species Plasmas (M S Benilov) Theory and Design of an Enthalpy Probe Diagnositic System (R Benocci et al.) Generation of Fine Particles at High Concentration in Thermal Plasma (A Krasenbrink et al.) Readership: Undergraduates and graduates in physics or engineering.

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