Chemicals

Purification with mobile activated carbon filters

Treatment of chemicals

Plants manufacture products. Certain reactions may occur during the manufacturing process that can give rise to undesirable contamination of the end-product. On the other hand, certain products may fail to meet the requirements of the manufacturing process. Malfunctions can also occur during the manufacturing process, which will result in a batch of products failing to meet specification. Moreover, certain products acquire increased sales value if they have a certain degree of purity, which can be achieved thanks to activated carbon.

All these examples are areas of application for DESOTEC’s activated carbon-based mobile filter systems.

It may involve organic or inorganic acids, with an end-result that meets food or industrial quality. All kinds of oil are suitable for activated carbon treatment, as are undesirable colours and odours, dioxins in edible oils or a fatty acid.
DESOTEC has developed a range of packages for all these applications, including examples such as the high pressure-resistant mobile filters for treating hydrochloric acid (HCl), which is made entirely of plastic.

 

DESOTEC’S CHEMICALS SOLUTIONS

DESOTEC offers different types of activated carbon for chemicals treatment:

  • Granular activated carbon of different qualities for the removal of dissolved (organic) pollutions.
  • Powdered activated carbon to be dosed in the liquid chemical to be treated.

Specifically for the treatment of chemicals, DESOTEC developed a fleet of mobile filters processing liquid flows to above 100m³/h per filter.

The use of mobile filters offers several advantages to the user:

  • An easy to use and compact solution.
  • Plug-and-Play.
  • Small and compact units designed to treat a broad range of flows and concentrations.
  • The filters are offered with daily rental contracts. No capex facility is needed.
  • On site representative piloting.
  • No maintenance cost.
  • Continuous new developments and improvements.

DESOTEC offers recycling solutions for spent activated carbon coming from chemicals in its own furnaces and other recovery facilities.