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What is Activated Carbon Regeneration Regeneration Methods of Activated Carbon
What is Activated Carbon Regeneration
Activated carbon regeneration (i.e. reactivation) refers to the
removal of adsorbed material from activated carbon by physical or
chemical methods without destroying the original structure of
activated carbon, and restoring its adsorption performance for the
purpose of reuse. Before choosing the activated carbon regeneration
method, it is important to have a clear understanding of the
treated object and the scale of treatment.
The process of adsorption is a process in which the activated carbon, adsorbate and solvent form an adsorption equilibrium. To let the activated carbon desorb and restore its activity, the original equilibrium conditions must be broken, whose basis are as follows:
External heating to raise the temperature to change the equilibrium
conditions, as the amount of adsorbed mass decreases with
increasing temperature, thus desorbing the adsorbed mass.
Changing the chemical properties of the adsorbate.
Extracting the adsorbate with a solvent that has a strong affinity
for the adsorbate.
Replacing the adsorbate with a substance that has a high affinity
for the activated carbon, and then desorbing the replacement
substance and regenerating the activated carbon.
Lowering the concentration (or pressure) of the solute in the
solvent to desorb the adsorbate.
Removing the adsorbed material (organic matter) by decomposition or
oxidation.
Regeneration Methods of Activated Carbon
There are various regeneration methods for activated carbon, like
thermal regeneration method, biological regeneration method, wet
oxidation method, solvent regeneration method, electrochemical
regeneration method, catalytic wet oxidation method, etc.
Technical advantages of the process
It turns out that the activated carbon regeneration process is a
one-step method, that is, after the waste carbon is dried, it
directly enters the fluidized activation furnace for carbonization
and activation. During the activation process, a large amount of
steam needs to be added for surface oxidation reaction. The
generated flue gas and the high-temperature desorbed organic flue
gas are mixed and then enter the tail gas treatment system to be
heated to 1100°C for denitrification treatment. The total amount of
flue gas at this time is about 8000-10000N.M3/h, and the required
fuel is converted into 350N.M3/h natural gas, which consumes a lot
of energy.
The latest process features are: after drying the waste carbon, it
is carbonized at high temperature in an advanced static furnace to
desorb and analyze more than 95% of the organic matter in the waste
carbon. During this process, the static furnace is completely
anaerobic, and the organic matter produced is The amount of flue
gas is very small. After spray washing, most of the organic matter
and ash are dissolved in the water. When the circulating washing
water COD reaches a certain concentration, it enters the waste
liquid disposal workshop. At this time, the amount of harmful flue
gas entering the tail gas treatment is very large. Small, the air
volume is about 1000N.M/h, plus the amount of flue gas generated
during drying, the air volume is about 5000M3/h, which is about 50%
of the original process, which greatly reduces the energy
consumption of exhaust gas treatment. The carbonized carbon, Then
it enters the fluid activation furnace for activation. At this
time, the tail gas of the fluid activation furnace can be
completely emptied directly.
The optimized process has low requirements for ash content, organic
matter content, etc. in the waste carbon market (even waste carbon
from sewage plants can be carbonized). It can also provide
different qualities of recycled carbon according to the
requirements of recycled carbon dealers. Make the operation of the
entire project flexible. At the same time, reducing treatment costs
can also face the impact of future disposal prices due to the rise
of the incineration industry.