https://www.facebook.com/Startech-Environmental-Corporations-Plasma-Converter-121540071214043/
Perhaps the most amazing part of the process is that it's self-sustaining. Just like your toaster, Startech's Plasma Converter draws its power from the electrical grid to get started. The initial voltage is about equal to the zap from a police stun gun. But once the cycle is under way, the 2,200˚F syngas is fed into a cooling system, generating steam that drives turbines to produce electricity. About two thirds of the power is siphoned off to run the converter; the rest can be used on-site for heating or electricity, or sold back to the utility grid. "Even a blackout would not stop the operation of the facility," Longo says.
https://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2007-03/prophet-garbage#page-2
How does it work?
Rubbish is shovelled into the machine and shredded using a large drill. It is then fed into a plasma chamber where it is heated to 30,000° F. The superheated plasma is formed from stable gas using electrodes; a current is passed between two electrodes sitting inside a steel chamber filled with gas – in this case, just ordinary air. Electrons are ripped from the air and – hey presto – plasma is created. The plasma conducts current to create an intense, lightning-like energy so powerful that any rubbish entering the chamber is torn apart, molecule from molecule.
There are two by-products resulting from this process; syngas, a compound of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, which can be turned into fuel, and molten glass which has several applications including the manufacture of tiles and road asphalt. Syngas is particularly useful as it means the converter can be completely self-sufficient after its first run.
https://www.pollutionsolutions-online.com/news/green-energy/42/breaking_news/meet_joseph_longos_revolutionary_plasma_converter/34134/
Startech's first commercial system is operating at the U.S. Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., processing up to 7 tons per hour. The company also is installing facilities in Taiwan, South Africa and Japan.
http://www.waste360.com/mag/waste_technology_waste_meets
"Startech Environmental Corporation was incorporated in 1993 in Colorado and is currently listed on the OTC Bulletin Board stock exchange under the ticker symbol STHK.OB. Our cusip number is 855906103 and there are approximately 3,000 Startech shareholders. Startech stock can be bought or sold through a stockbroker, or generally through a financial institution that provides brokerage services."
IN:
[9.3 million BTU (inherent content of solid waste)]
1.8 million BTU electricity
subtotal: 11.1 mil BTU
OUT:
8.1 million BTU
'Conclusions':
Electricity-to-fuel efficiency: 4.5-fold
Waste-to-fuel Conversion efficiency: 73%
https://peswiki.com/directory:startech-environmental-corp
The Financial Status of Startech is in Chapter 11. Why with such a superb technology has it reached this point? Because of a hostile take-over attempt that striped the company of all operating capital. The hostile takeover by "Friendly LLC" (Cute Name??) for $15,000,000 was a front for a little company called GAZPROM. This is the Russian State Owned and publicly traded power and gas company with net revenues of over 250 billion. In 2008 If they wanted Startech at $15 million...
http://www.ichaz.com/PlasmaSolution/faq.html
StarTech Plasma Converter on the Science Channel
WILTON, Conn., May 24 - Startech Environmental Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: STHK) , a fully reporting company, announced today that it has signed the contract and received a 10% cash down-payment from EnviroSafe Industrial Services Corporation of San Juan, Puerto Rico for its purchase of three Plasma Converter Systems.
The combined capacity of approximately 50,000 pounds per day for the new EnviroSafe Recycling Facility in Puerto Rico is scheduled for start-up in 2008.
The EnviroSafe contract was coordinated by the PlasmaTech Caribbean Corporation, Startech's exclusive distributor for Puerto Rico, the Territories and the Island Nations of the Caribbean.
https://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/startech-environmental-sells-three-plasma-converter-systems-to-envirosafe-industrial-services-for-new-recycling-facility-520920
