Activated carbon for PSA adsorption

Activated carbon (also called activated charcoal, activated coal or active carbon) , due to the high surface area, pore structure, and high degree of surface reactivity, can be used to purify, dechlorinate, deodorize and decolorize both liquid and vapor applications. Moreover, activated carbons are economical adsorbents for many industries such as water purification, food grade products, cosmetology, automotive applications, industrial gas purification, petroleum and precious metal recovery mainly for gold. The base materials for activated carbons are coconut shell, coal or wood.

Libra activated carbon is made from coal and this unique pore distribution makes coal based activated carbon ideal to remove small to large molecular structures. It could be used in PSA H2 recovery process, especially Linde PSA process to replace Linde LAC N20/Linde LAC N30 adsorbent.