ABOUT IPTC

The idea of the International Plasma Technology Center (IPTC) was generated by Dr. Igor Matveev and announced at the 4th International Workshop and Exhibition on Plasma Assisted Combustion (IWEPAC) on September 17, 2008. It was supported by the workshop attendees from Brazil, Canada, Korea, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, and USA. Later on discussions with business and financial communities in the US, Germany, Turkey, within IWEPAC-5, has lead to the IPTC organization as a non-profit Virginia corporation to promote scientific, educational, and charitable activities. Within the first three years, IPTC will be focused on activity to:
  • Establish facilities for proof-of-principle demonstration and industrial plasma studies
  • Assist in building and establishing institutional credibility, world-wide
  • Involve world-class scientists, engineers, and business leaders
  • Organize international cooperation around industrial plasma applications and integrate with national research centers and experts
  • Provide worldwide technologies along with marketing capability and a pipeline of orders
  • Develop and implement small- to mid-scale prototypes of waste-to-energy plants (25-250 TPD), coal gasifiers, heat engines with PAC, plasma aerodynamics, oil well treatment tools, exhaust gas treatment equipment, plasma systems for climate control (UAV and land based), and water purification and desalination plants
  • Create new, high-technology, green-economy-oriented jobs
  • Establish fabrication facilities for high-volume production of the most commercially successful systems.
Business model
  • The IPTC will accumulate critical resources such as knowledge, expertise, IP, manufacturing capability, project funding, and capital equipment, through strategic alliances
  • Technologies will be marketed by IPTC and through partners with access to and expertise in the key markets, either through a licensing or royalty type arrangement
  • The IPTC will develop plasma based technologies mainly through the pilot plant stage
  • In some cases, partners may finance the technology development partially or in full
  • Commercial manufacturing may be either through the IPTC or the partners.
The focus Areas for the IPTC are:
  • Waste-to-energy
  • Clean energy generation
  • Oil and gas industry applications
  • Climate control
  • Propulsion
  • Aerodynamics
  • Water purification
  • Air pollution control
  • Materials modification.
Staffing:
  • Permanent Staff
  • Initially 5 to 9 people, up to 30-50 in 3 years
  • Mix of technical and support personnel (scientists, engineers, executives for finance, marketing and sales)
  • Revolving Staff
  • Scientists and technicians from various organizations around the world
  • Number of positions would depend on the number of programs being conducted
Preliminary Budget
  • 1st year - $20 to $25 million dollars: 25TPD MSW module - $12.5M; coal gasification - $3.5M; PAC - $2.5M; oil & gas - $2M; IC engine - $1.5M; propulsion - $1M; exhaust treatment (air) - $1M; other - $1M
  • 2nd year - $60 to $80 million dollars: 250TPD MSW module - $31M; coal gasification - $4M; PAC - $2.5M; oil & gas - $5M; water - $3M; climate - $3M; air - $2.5M; IC engine - $2.5M; propulsion - $1M; other - $2M; balance will be covered by sales (MSW, coal, oil)
  • 3rd year - $200 to $250 million dollars: 250TPD MSW module continuation - $55M; production facilities - $5M; coal - $5M; PAC - $2.5M; oil & gas - $6M; water - $5M; air - $5M; IC engine - $4M; propulsion - $3M; climate - $5M; new materials - $3M; other - $5M; balance will be covered by sales of the innovative products and services