Activated Carbon Production Line

Carbonization Equipment:

Agico carbonization equipment is also named biomass charcoal gas co-production, it uses biomass materials to produce carbonized materials and steam. The process is to isolate the raw materials from air and heat them to reduce non-carbon elements. The equipment is mainly composed of silo, elevator, feeder, furnace body, refractory material, rotating device, temperature measuring device, PLC control cabinet, cooling device, settling chamber, steam waste heat boiler, fan and dust removal device. This equipment is divided into two types: internal heating and external heating.

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Activated Carbon - Carbonization Process

Carbonisation is a particular form of that process in chemical technology called pyrolysis that is the breakdown of complex substances into simpler ones by heating. Carbonization is the term used when complex carbonaceous substances such as wood or agricultural residues are broken down by heating into elemental carbon and chemical compounds which may also contain some carbon in their chemical structure. The term carbonisation is also applied to the pyrolysis of coal to produce coke.It is a destructive distillation process for low temperature, the raw material stays in low temperature and air-isolated condition to realize a series of physical and chemical changes in materials. Physical reaction sucn as dehydration, degasification and drying, non carbon matters such as oxygen, hydrogen will be discharged.Most importantely, graphite microcrystalline structure is formed in this process.

Carbonized product may have different dimension and shape requirement, carbonized material shall have initial holes or gaps and high hardness. Carbonization process is completed mainly in 3 steps: 150 ℃ for drying, to remove water content; 150-300℃ for pysolysis process. Raw material begin to decompose and creat several types of gases(CO, CO2, H2)etc, different raw material may requires different temperature in this step; 300-600℃ for carbonization step, more byproduct of carbon will be seperated from raw material, such as tar, methyl alcohol, ethylene,etc.

Activated carbon plant equipment

Activated carbon plant shall choose  local resource advantages. This equipment adopts an automatic control system. The furnace body of the activation furnace is mainly composed of a silo, a hoist, a feeder, a rotary kiln furnace body, a refractory material, a rotating device, a temperature measuring device, an activation device, a cooling device, a settling chamber, a boiler, a fan, The dust removal device is composed of automatic PLC control system.

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Activated Carbon - Activation Process

After raw material is carbonized and filtered out small particles of a certain range, moisture content is lowered below 15%. The carbonized materials are transferred by elevator bin to the feeder, after it get into the furnace with variable frequency feeder, furnace temperature shall be preheated above 800 ℃. A certain ratio of mixed gas of oxygen and vapor is delivered into furnace for activation process.

To produce 1 ton activated carbon product, 4 tons of vapor is needed. Penetrating vapor is more suitable than spreading vapor for high efficiency with lower ignition loss. Pre-heating section of the furnace rotates as well as the materials, when the temperature rises up to 800℃, the activation section will begin. The temperature of raw material will get to 900-1050℃ within a short time, it is heated by the vapor. This is called the the activation process, last for more than half a hour, during this process temperature and oxygen amount shall be controlled. At the dischage section, raw material temperature will be around 550 ℃, and finally lowered to 200℃, then it will enter the water cooling equipment, where its temperature will be 30-40℃ after a few minutes, and it is ready to be packed in large bags and delivered easily to next step - grinding.

Mainly rely on local resource advantages. This equipment adopts an automatic control system. The furnace body of the activation furnace is mainly composed of a silo, a hoist, a feeder, a rotary kiln furnace body, a refractory material, a rotating device, a temperature measuring device, an activation device, a cooling device, a settling chamber, a boiler, a fan, The dust removal device is composed of automatic PLC control system.

Raw material for activated carbon production

At present, the common types of activated carbon on the market are roughly coconut shell, apricot shell, walnut shell, hawthorn shell, peach shell, coal, palm shell, charcoal and other materials that can produce activated carbon. Activated carbon 100 mesh, activated carbon 200 mesh, activated carbon 300 mesh, activated carbon 800 mesh or even 2080 mesh coconut shell activated carbon. Activated carbon has a wide range of applications.

Activated carbon product types

AGICO supplies various types of activated carbon production lines according to your raw material and the final product requirement,the most common activated carbon products are listed here: nutshell activated carbon, coconut shell activated carbon, Activated wood carbon for water purification,Coal-based granular activated carbon for water purification,Activated carbon for organic waste gas treatment,Activated carbon for organic waste gas treatment,Activated carbon for injection,Activated carbon for sewage treatment, Honeycomb activated carbon,medicinal activated carbon, if you require other type of activated carbon, just contact us for detailed solution from our technical team.

Patents and Certificates

Here are patents we own on manufacturing various types of activated carbon plant machinery, we own about 40% of maket share in China, if you are interested,contact now for details.

Activated Carbon Plant Project by Agico