MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th January, 2021) The Keldysh Research Center, a subsidiary of Russia's state-owned Roscosmos space corporation, has completed tests of a plasma generator designed to incinerate trash and remelt high purity materials, among other things, Roscosmos' press service said on Thursday.
"We have completed tests of the RG-100 plasma generator. Specialists at the Keldysh center have developed the RG-100 electric arc heater (plasma generator) of the average power of 30-40 kilowatts, with an output gas temperature of up to 5500 Kelvin [9440 degrees Fahrenheit], to use it in the development of new technologies for rocket and space technology, as well as in various industries," the agency said in a statement.
According to Roscosmos, the plasma generator can be used, in particular, for the neutralization and disposal of waste, as well as for remelting refractory and high purity materials.
