This Article shows a lot of promise, a cheaper method of cutting up scrap, I don't particularly like the term "Green: though, I wonder how long before we can get this kind of gear in Australia?
Flint-based scrap metal company to use new green technology for metal cutting,
RJ Torching Inc. of Flint has inked a deal with Florida-based MagneGas Corp. to use a special biofuel for its metal cutting operations. The gasifier uses liquid waste such as sewage, oil and sludge to create MagneGas using Plasma Arc Flow Through Technology.
Essentially, the liquid waste flows through an arc that is submerged and reaches temperatures of more than 7,000 degrees. The waste is gasified, becoming MagneGas, and is collected in a storage tank as it rises.
MagneGas has multiple applications, including heating and powering biogas vehicles.
The product has the potential to be popular with metal cutting facilities in Michigan because MagneGas burns at higher temperatures than other fuels and reduces overhead on gas and oxygen by 20 to 40 percent. “It actually emits oxygen to reverse the effect petroleum fuels have,” he said. “It’s a remarkable scientific anomaly.”
The technology has only been on the market for a little more than a year, but the company has been supplying gas to metal cutting facilities in Chesterfield for the last three months.
“It eliminates storage costs and rental fees on tanks and cylinders,” he said. “It’s really going to save them a significant amount of money and create jobs at the same time.”
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