What is powdered activated carbon

Powdered activated carbon (PAC) material is finer material. PAC is made up of crushed or ground carbon particles, 95–100% of which will pass through a designated mesh sieve. The ASTM classifies particles passing through an 80-mesh sieve (0.177 mm) and smaller as PAC.

What is powdered activated carbon made of?

The Powder Activated Carbon is made from high-quality wood chips, coconut shell and coal as raw material. Powder activated carbon have low processing lost. It is mainly used in liquid-phase adsorption, mixed with the liquid and after adsorption, remove by sedimentation and filtration.

Is Powdered Activated Carbon safe?

Powdered activated carbon, in its genuine state, is not a hazardous material or hazardous waste. Therefore, applicable governmental regulations for waste disposal would apply. Used powdered activated carbon may become classified as a hazardous waste depending upon the application.

The advantages of powder activated carbon:

• High quality sawdust or coal powder as raw materials
• Large surface area with fast filtration capacity
• PH can adjustment as customer demand
• Ash is controlled within 5% with excellent purity

Where is powdered activated carbon used?

Powdered activated carbon (PAC) has a high surface area, have Methylene blue (M.L.) value has excellent decolorizing properties, we have a wide range of activated carbon products specifically designed for colour removal applications, including food, chemical, and pharmaceutical purification.

• Medicine liquid color removal
• refined industrial solvent filtration
• Food and beverage ( sugar, MSG, juice decolorization)
• Water treatment (drinking water and sewage purification)

PAC application for water treatment

Powder activated carbon are grinded into suitable powder size by qualified activated carbon. Due to the advantages of powder state, its can diffuse and contact with the treated media completely, which will be benefit to the increase of the absorptive efficiency, the series carbon is mainly used for purification of drinking water, deep treatment of industrial watste, the decolorized and refining treatment of solvents etc.

Application:

• Drinking water treatment
• Waste water treatment
• Ground water remediation
• Process water treatment
• Aquarium water treatment    

PAC application for sugar decolorization

Powder activated carbon is non-toxic, without taste and it has the appearance of a fine black powder. Offering a sizable surface area, and robust adsorption abilities, it is perfectly suited to water clarifying and purifying within the production of sugars, pharmaceuticals, beverages and also wines.

Application:

• Glucose decolorization, maltose decolorization, citric acid decolorization, cystine decolorization, oil decolorization, chemical products, macromolecules decolorization.
• Water treatment, such as life water, industry water, purified water, drink.
• Food additives.
• Pharmaceutical Industry.
• MSG, chemical, beverage and other decolorization.

How to identify the quanlity of activated carbon?

Performance-based testing is the best method to select the most efficient PAC for your application. In different applications, indicators are also needed to determine activated carbon products with specific requirements. Therefore, the index parameters are very important in the production process of activated carbon.

• Iodine value
• Methylene blue value
• Molasses value
• Pore Diameter
• Surface Area
• Density
• Ash Content
• Mesh

Performance-based testing during the product selection process is the best way to ensure that you provide the cleanest, most drinkable water and decolorization application in the food and beverage industry.

How to choose activated carbon powder?

Choosing the right activated carbon powder takes much more than just considering the price difference. Zhulin offer activated carbon of different types and grades and to choose the right activated carbon you must take into account several factors. You must analyze the performance characteristics in light of specific uses.

At ZhulinCarbon, we offer the most effective and safe water solutions for our clients, such as Foxconn (domestic sewage treatment), Bright Dairy and so on, which has certificated our stable and good performance of the activated carbons. Learn more about our activated carbon, pls browse our related products.