Up until 1980s, Malaysia had no proper system for the management of medical or clinical waste. The emergence of HIV and other infectious diseases has encouraged the revision of policies and guidelines for the prevention and control of infectious diseases and medical waste handling.
And with the ever growing population in Malaysia, which currently stands at 26.4 million and growing at approximately 1.7% per year (IMF World Report 2008), the need for a safe and efficient waste disposal system to deal with the ever increasing clinical waste is of the utmost urgencey.
The Plasma Gasification project being developed by FutureNrg offers many advantages in the disposal of clinical waste :-
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High temperatures generated by the plasma gasification process completely eliminates any harmful biological and chemical elements in the clinical waste. |
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Generation of a renewable synthesis gas fuel from the clinical waste which will be used in an on-site Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant to produce electric power and thermal energy. The energy produced will be used within the plant and the surplus exported to the grid under the new FIT programme. |
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Plasma Gasification process produces to secondary solid wastes requi ring landfilling. The system will produce a Vitrified Matrix which can be used commercially for such applications as, road bed construction, insulating material (i.e. fire doors, etc). The system will also recover metals which can be sold to refiners. |
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