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September 16 -19, 2008
| 2 May 2008 | APT has organized an International Consortium (IC) of leading companies, institutions and research centers from USA, Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. This unique and world’s first International team for development and mass production of new millennium environmentally- friendly technologies units over 500 world recognized scientists and engineers in the field of plasma generation, gasification, plasma assisted combustion, gas treatment, power generation, heat recovery. IC will be focused on development of break through technologies for worldwide spreading in the following key areas:
• Waste into Energy • Alternative Fuels • Heat engines improvements • Propulsion and drag reduction • Materials modification • Air quality control The first announced project is development of high efficiency, robust, near zero toxicity MSW-to-Energy modules, including mobile and stationary ones with capacity from 25 to 250 tons per day. IC plans to develop a product line of small to mid-size hazardous waste-to-energy recycling units, including bio, medical, chemical, electronic waste, etc. These units will incorporate innovative fexible feedstock and multi-mode processing technologies for simultaneous MSW, scrap tires and low-Btu solid fuels plasma gasification. Universal non-thermal plasma exhaust treatment systems will help to achieve near zero emission operation. First MSW-to-Energy Pilot Plant with 25 tons per day capacity will have on the output ~1.9 MW of electricity based on 11 MJ/kg lower heating value (45 MW*h per day), 1.1 MW of thermal energy for district heating (steam and hot water) and 1,800 kg/h fresh water for air based process. Application of oxygen plasma gasification technology will provide net power generation about 1.3 MW per tone of MSW and electrical efficiency of MSW processing up to 70% in comparison with achieved level of 35-37%. Each 250 TPD plant will generate up to 13MW of electrical power and export up to 325 MWh per day. Intermediate product of MSW processing is synthesis gas with high H2 and CO content, which could be optionally used as an additional clean fuel for existing coal fired utility plants. This will lead to increased coal combustion efficiency, less pollution, involving renewable energy source, numerous environmental benefits, creation new jobs and so forth. IC is open to new attendees with significant contributions, welcome investors into new global and fast growing industry, and will be happy to coordinate marketing and implementation plans with municipalities and local governments worldwide. | 18 - 21 Sep 2007 | APT has organized and hosted IWEPAC-3. It had over 45 attendees from 7 countries: Brazil, Canada, Kazakhstan, Russia, the Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Thirty-one papers were selected and presented in five sessions: (1) plasma ignition and flame control, (2) plasma generation and modeling, (3) fuel reformation and activation, (4) waste-into-energy processing, and (5) advanced industrial processes. Five round-table sessions facilitated discussions on prospective directions of activity and created several international research collaborations for joint project development and implementation. Several operating plasma devices, including a nano-second rise-time discharge spark plug, plasma igniters, multi-mode plasma pilots (combustion sustainers), plasma assisted Tornado combustors and fuel reformers were demonstrated at the exhibition area.
As energy, pollution, and global-warming issues rise in importance worldwide, it is expected that this emerging field of plasma science and technology will also grow in terms of basic research, as well as practical applications. IWEPAC provides a forum for researchers, industry experts and venture capitalists to present and discuss scientific, engineering and marketing aspects of Plasma Assisted Combustion (PAC). Thanks to sponsorship of Los Alamos National Laboratory and Applied Plasma Technologies was decided to conduct this meeting annually. IWEPAC-4 will be held 16-19 September 2008 in Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.A. (Washington, D.C. area). Over 30 companies and institutions worldwide have already expressed their interest in attending IWEPEC-4. Within the 4th IWEPAC Steering Committee plans to establish an International Council of Experts in the field of PAC, start working on the National PAC Roadmap, provide support to junior scientists, and select papers for publication in the IEEE-TPS Special Issue on Plasma-Assisted Combustion. |
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| 18 June 2007 | APT supports the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (www.crdf.org) initiative to promote research in the field of renewable and sustainable energy. CRDF’s Junior Scientist Energy Research Fellowship is a three-month opportunity for Eurasian Junior Scientists to travel to the United States and work with a U.S. specialist to pursue a project that aims to reduce worldwide dependency on non-renewable energy resources. APT encourages young scientists from Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine to submit their project proposals in the following specific areas:
- Plasma assisted reformation of bio diesel and coal into synthesis gas; - RF and MW plasma ignition and flame control in subsonic and supersonic flows; - Plasma assisted combustion in reverse vortex flows; - Non-equilibrium plasma diagnostics. APT is ready to provide a scholarship for up to 5 junior scientists within 2007/08 on the basis of its contemporary test facilities in Springfield, VA, support with lodging, meals and in-state transportation. | 15 June 2007 | Last months APT significantly improved its test facilities in Springfield, VA (see panoramic view below). At the moment it has:
• Several computer work stations, including multi-processor computers for CFD modeling with commercial software packages (FLUENT, ANSYS, LabView);
• 100 kW power input and all necessary outputs as 12 and 24VDC, 110VAC, 208VAC, 220VAC, 3x208VAC, 3x380VAC, 3x480VAC;
• Compressed air system with 25 hp rotary screw compressor (pressure up to 13 bar and flow rate up to 80 grams per second), air dryer and 300 gallon air tank, including multi-line flow, pressure and temperature measurements;
• Low pressure air system with the blower output up to 30 grams per second;
• Two gas analyzers, including TESTO-350XL for H2, low and high CO and NOx measurements;
• National Instruments data acquisition system with a number of thermocouples (K and R type), pressure sensors, high frequency digital oscilloscopes, high voltage probes, flow meters, etc.;
• 6 meters high and 250 mm ID chimney for hot combustor tests,
• Boiler for steam production;
• 30 kW RF generator with 2.5 to 5 MHz frequency;
• Several custom build high voltage power sources with regulative output up to 1.5 kW for non-thermal plasma torches;
• Plasma assisted reverse vortex combustors and fuel reformers with ID from 73 to 145 mm;
• Liquid and gaseous fuel feeding systems.
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02 May 2008 | APT has organized a unique International Concortium and started working on a project ed |
| 19 - 21 Sep 2006 | APT has organized and hosted the 2nd International Workshop and Exhibition on Plasma Assisted Combustion (IWEPAC). Over 30 attendees from 8 countries, including Belgium, Canada, France, Kazakhstan, Korea, Russia, Ukraine and the U.S.A. participated in this unique event and delivered 28 presentations at four sessions: (1) ignition and flame control, (2) plasma generation, (3) fuel conversion and coal processing, (4) waste-into-power processing. Two round tables facilitated discussions on prospective directions of activity and created several international research teams for joint project development and implementation. Several operating plasma devices, including a nano-second rise-time discharge spark plug (Plasmatronics, LLC), a plasma fuel activator (Los Alamos National Laboratory), plasma igniters, multi-mode plasma pilots (combustion sustainers) and plasma assisted Tornado combustors (Applied Plasma Technologies) were demonstrated at the exhibition area. Great interest in the presentations was proven by almost 100% attendee presence at all sessions.
| 19 Nov 2005 | APT laboratory staff hosted a lab warming reception. Among the guests were close friends, current and future partners, potential investors, and high ranking business and government officials. The Company CEO made a brief presentation and demonstrated a few live tests/experiments, which were very much welcomed by the guests. The CEO also answered a number of questions related to the current activities and future company plans. Presentation and Q&A session followed by the buffet dinner and informal evening.
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| 01 Sep 2005 | In the frame of DOD SBIR Phase 1 Project "Multi-Channel Plasma Switches", Applied Plasma Technologies develops a plasma switch for high energy laser defense systems. It is based on a high voltage and high frequency multi-channel corona discharge. We successfully tested a 2-channel multi-pin prototype with pick current up to 10kA and rise time from 8 to 25 nanoseconds depending on the load parameters (play movie). | |||
| 07 Jul 2005 | APT has initiated and became a participant in a joint three-year multi-million dollar international project focused on the research and development of a novel combustion technology. The major project goals are to develop and bring to the world market a new high-efficiency, low-emissions "Plasma Assisted Tornado" (PAT) combustion technology as a combination of two innovative devices: a Reverse Vortex Combustion Chamber (Tornado Combustor – TC) and a Plasma Assisted Combustion System (PACS). The combined system can be used for a variety of applications, including gas turbines (industrial, marine, aircraft), boilers, technological furnaces, fuel reformers, surface treatment devices and others. The project team for this effort will consist of the United States Department of Energy's Los Alamos and Brookhaven National Laboratories, Applied Plasma Technologies in Virginia, and CyberTech International in Florida. Our partners in the Ukraine are Plasma-Tekhnika-Consult, the Paton Electric Welding Institute, the Ukrainian Academy of Science Material Science Institute, the State Gas Turbine Complex "Zarya-Mashproekt", Design Bureau "Progress", and the National University of Shipbuilding. Our partners in Russia are Quinta, Ltd., the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, the Institute of High Temperature, the State Enterprise "SALUT", and the All-Russia Thermo-Technology Institute. In the development of this project, both personnel and material formerly supporting the development and manufacture of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the former Soviet Union will be re-directed towards the development and manufacture of new non-military technology of commercial value to both the United States and the Newly Independent States.
We are open for cooperation and will welcome any interested party with substantial contributions to join us. | |||
| 21 Mar 2005 | Our SBIR Phase I proposal, submitted under Topic Number AF05-198, has been selected as one that the Air Force expects to award. | |||
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| 21 Dec 2004 | Developed by APT and manufactured by the Ukrainian strategic partner "Plasma-Technika-Consult" completely new Reverse Vortex Combustor has been shipped to the famous aircraft turbine manufacturer for further tests. This recently patented dual fuel combustor with novel system of plasma chemical stabilization can be easily transformed into a one, two or even three zones fuel combustor/reformer with cylindrical or annular geometry without increasing of external dimensions which are as follows: maximum OD - 220 mm, reactor's length - 276 mm, and the total length with plasma generator - 341 mm. Combination of two innovative technologies in one device realizes idea of the universal, adjustable, low emissions, multi-fuel combustor and fuel reformer development for variety of applications, including but not limited by industrial and aircraft turbines, boilers, reciprocating engines, furnaces, etc. Several well known companies expressed already their interest in commercialization of this promising combustion technology. | |||
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| 01 Dec 2004 | APT became a member of the United States Industry Coalition (USIC, www.usic.net) and in a partnership with the Department of Energy's Brookhaven and Los Alamos National Laboratories, CyberTech International, Plasma-Technika-Consult (Ukraine) and Quinta, Ltd. (Russia) will participate in the large-scale international projects related to development and worldwide marketing of:
a) new generation of plasma fuel nozzles for gas turbines and boilers
b) reverse vortex combustors for super low emissions burning of the bio-fuels in gas turbines | |||
| 25 Nov 2004 | The links to publications and presentations were fixed. Now you can read about scientific foundations of Plasma Ignition System and Tornado Combustor. | |||
| 21 Nov 2004 | The site's appearance has been refreshed, and the quote request form has been added. | |||
| 09 Jul 2004 | Power Supply added to our products section. Click here to view.
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