Activated Carbon Production Workflow

Basics

• The part of Activated Carbon 's Product Ecology on the producing (and possible external recycling) end
• SHOULD be all open source etc

Workflow

• Basic Overview (in order from beginning to end(s) :

1. Charcoal is collected (From a batch, or continous kiln)
   1. Optional Mix In Of Saturated Activated Carbon
2. Shredding/Powderization ( Open Source Shredder and/or Open Source Hammermill and/or Open Source Ballmill
3. Carbon powder is washed (most likely water, can be fixed bed, or fluidized
   1. Water is seperated and treated (most likely via municipal servces and/or Evaporation Ponds
4. Carbon is Dried (Solar Dryer Most Linkely
5. Carbon is Activated (Ozone+Water or thermal)
6. Carbon is either stored/used in pellets, or in powder form ( Open Source Charcoal Pelletizer )

Internal Links

• Activated Carbon
• Open Source Fuels Construction Set as it is essentially modified charcoal, most of the machines are the same short of the activation

External Links

• A Paper Comparing Thermal and Ozone Based Regeneration of Activated Carbon