Our series of specialty impregnated activated carbons for vapour applications such as acid gases, basic gases, formaldehyde, mercury, and odour control.
Activated Carbons designed for water treatment, covering applications such as drinking water, effluent wastewater, industrial process water, beverage processing, and home water filters.
A wide range of activated carbon products specifically designed for colour removal applications, including food, chemical, and pharmaceutical purification.
Activated carbons designed for air and gas treatment, covering a diverse set of applications.
Our industry leading product line designed for precious metals recovery in mining facilities.
Activated carbon products designed for the oil and gas industry, covering water treatment, vapour treatment, and process applications in petrochemical facilities.
Reactivated carbons for water and vapour treatment.
Jacobi’s full line of specialty ion exchange resins for water softening, chelation, and heavy metals removal.
Control of odours and contaminants from waste air streams, as well as purification of process gases to remove unwanted impurities.
Wastewater treatment, control of vapour phase emissions, and process chemical applications in petrochemical facilities.
Treatment of flue gas emissions from waste incinerators, power plants, and other sources for mercury and dioxin control.
Decolorisation and impurity removal from various process food streams, chemical refining duties.
Activated carbons used for precious metals recovery.
Specialty activated carbons for industrial and military grade respirators, as well as collective protection devices.
Purification of pharmaceutical compounds, and medicinal applications including ingestible carbons.
Point of use (POU) and point of entry (POE) water treatment devices.
High purity, high capacity carbons used in short-term energy storage devices.
Activated carbons for cigarette tip filters for flavour profile adjustment.
Activated carbons for evaporative loss control devices and cabin air filters in vehicles.
Treatment of municipal drinking water, industrial water sources, and process water for brewing and bottling.
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Dear customers, As promised, this is to update you on the current situation at Jacobi Carbons and the way we are managing the consequences of the Corona crisis, making sure our people are safe and that we serve you the best way we can. We believe that it is important to keep you updated regularly,…
Dear customers, As promised, this is to update you on the current situation at Jacobi Carbons and the way we are managing the consequences of the Corona crisis, making sure our people are safe and that we serve you the best way we can. We believe that it is important to keep you updated regularly,…
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Activated carbon is a processed natural material that is high in carbon content. For example, coal, wood or coconut are perfect raw materials for this. The resulting product has a high porosity and can adsorb molecules of pollutants and trap them, thus purifying air, gases and liquids.
Activated carbon can be manufactured commercially in granular, pelletised and powdered forms. Different sizes are defined for different applications. For example, in air or gas treatment, the restriction to flow is import, and so coarse particles are used to minimise pressure loss. In liquid treatment, where the removal process is slower, then finer particles are used to improve the rate, or kinetics, of the purification process.
Activated carbon works by a process of adsorption. This is an attraction of a molecule to the carbon’s vast internal surface by weak forces, known as London forces. The molecule is held in place and cannot be removed, unless the process conditions change, for example heating or pressure. This can be useful as an activated carbon can be used to concentrate material on its surface, that can be later stripped and recovered. The use of activated carbon for gold recovery is one common example of this.
In some cases, the activated carbon is chemically treated to remove pollutants and in this case the resulting reacted compound is generally not recovered.
Activated carbon surface is also not completely inert, and a variety of catalytic processes can be achieved using and taking advantage of the extended internal surface area available.
How an activated carbon is used depends very much on the application duty, and its form. For example, powdered activated carbon (PAC) is used to treat drinking water, by simply adding the required amount directly to the water and then separating the resulting coagulation matter (as well as other solids) before sending the treated water to the network. The contact with the organics present results in adsorption of them and the purification of the water.
Granular carbons (or extruded pellets) are used in fixed filter beds, with the air, gas or liquid passing through it with a determined residence (or contact) time. During this contact the unwanted organics are removed and the treated effluent is purified.
Activated carbon is commercially manufactured from coal, wood, fruit stones (mainly coconut but also walnut, peach) and derivatives of other processes (gas raffinates). Of these coal, wood and coconut are the most widely available.
The product is manufactured by a thermal process, but in the case of raw materials such as wood, a promoter (such as an acid) is also used to develop the required porosity.
Downstream processes crush, screen, wash and/or grind the multitude of products to the client’s requirements.
There are hundreds of different applications for activated carbon ranging from odour control of cat litter to the preparation of the most modern pharmaceuticals.
Around the home, activated carbon may be present in domestic appliances; will most likely have treated the municipal water supply, purified the soft drinks in the refrigerator, and been used in the production of chemicals, in turn used to manufacture electronics, furniture and construction materials.
And more; our waste is burned to generate electricity, the gases from which are purified by activated carbon. Odour control again at sewage processing facilities, uses activated carbon, and the reclamation of precious metals from mining spoils is big business.
If it is not already apparent, activated carbon purifies our world. It makes water drinkable; the air breathable and food stuffs edible. It ensures we have the best healthcare, and that we can enjoy the freedoms, and technological advances of the modern world.
With Jacobi, we can all create a Pure World, just as we have been doing since 1916.
