New generation plasma burners for a green industry

Sweden has set the goal of zero net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2045.

This can be achieved if the industry's combustion processes are electrified, where plasma technology replaces today's burners powered by fossil fuels. In a free-burning plasma torch, a very hot flame is generated by electricity and a carrier gas.

The introduction of plasma technology means that today's plasma burners need to be scaled up almost ten times in terms of power.

We have identified the need for a basic understanding of specifically the formation of nitrogen oxides, which is directly linked to the dynamics of plasma generation and instabilities observed for the plasma jet.

Part of this is the education of staff with advanced knowledge in plasma technology that enables implementation in the industry.

Given that the current project is completely independent of the technical application of the plasma technology, the project is therefore suitably carried out as a basic research project.