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Powdered activated carbon is any carbon with a particle size of 0.177 mm or less. This product can be either mineral or plant based and, for activated charcoal, is mainly from birch, acacia or mimosa wood.

Powdered activated carbon, like other formats of activated carbon, acts as a means of adsorption in liquids and gases. Grinding it into a powder increases its kinetics and improves retention speed, so this format speeds up work times. On top of this, it is easy to use because no fixed installation is required and it can be added directly into the liquid or gas.

Thanks to these advantages, powdered activated carbon is an extremely versatile option that is commonly used in the food industry, gas treatment and water purification.

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Uses and sorts of powdered activated carbon

There are two main families of powdered activated carbon: chemically and thermally activated powdered carbon. Below, we explain the main differences between the two.

Chemically activated powdered carbon

These particles are activated using chemical dehydration in the presence of phosphoric acid. This process helps create its macroporous structure, making it an excellent, top-quality product for both the food industry and the chemical and pharmaceutical industry.

Which sectors is it used in?

Chemically activated powdered carbon is used in the food sector and the chemical and pharmaceutical sector.

What are its applications?

In the food sector, chemically obtained powdered activated carbon is used for bleaching liquid products. It is used by manufacturers of wine, tartaric acid, oils, fruit juice, alcoholic beverages, sweets, glutamate and more.

In the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, it is also used for bleaching drugs, vitamins, phosphoric acid, glycerine and organic acid.

Thermally activated powdered carbon

Thermally activated powdered carbon offers excellent performance in water purification, waste-water treatment, removal of dioxins from the air and elimination of PAH from oils.

One of the raw materials used for this type of carbon is coconut husks. They have a small pore structure that makes them the most suitable for the purification of well water and the elimination of odours and flavours.

Which sectors is it used in?

Thermally activated powdered carbon is used in the water-treatment, food, chemical and pharmaceutical sectors.

 What are its applications?

This type of powdered activated carbon is used for water purification, treatment of waste water and waste water from water treatment; deodorisation and purification of oils and wine products in the food sector; in the metallurgic and galvanic industry, treatment of incineration gases; and medicinal carbons in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry

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    Advantages and disadvantages of powdered activated carbon

    To learn a bit more about plant-based powdered activated carbon, we’ve put all the advantages of this product for its many applications all in one place:

    • The retention speed of powdered activated carbon is faster than activated carbon pellets or granular activated carbon.
    • It is cheaper, as no specific installation is needed (i.e., filters).
    • It can adapt quickly to any situation, changing the dose based on the concentration of undesirable compounds.
    • Chemically activated powdered carbon is an excellent bleaching agent.
    • Activated carbon also has other applications, depending on its format, in medicine, health and wellbeing. A more natural method, without chemical products.

     

    The main disadvantage of powdered activated carbon is that, unlike activated carbon pellets or granular activated carbon, it can only be used once and can’t be regenerated. So, processes that require a large amount and ongoing use of carbon tend to opt for installing filters for granular activated carbon or pellets.

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