Activated Carbon Production Cost Reports

Activated Carbon production cost report provides a comprehensive analysis and know-how for setting up a Activated Carbon production plant. The study covers all the requisite aspects that one needs to know for the production of Activated Carbon. This includes manufacturing processes, raw material requirements, utility requirements, infrastructure requirements, machinery and technology requirements, manpower requirements, packaging requirements, transportation requirements, etc.

The report also provides detailed insights into project economics including capital investments, project funding, operating expenses, income and expenditure projections, fixed costs vs variable costs, direct and indirect costs, expected ROI and NPV, profit and loss account, financial analysis, etc.

Activated carbon or activated charcoal is a porous element-trapping compound, primarily organic which is available in both gas and liquid states. It is a crude form of graphite and is produced using environmental wastes with high carbon content, such as Lignocellulosic and coal materials. It is widely used as a purifying agent from municipal drinking water to industrial pollution control.

Activated carbon is present in two forms: H-type and L-type. The H-type carbon has positive charges in water or when treated with strong acids. By nature, it is characterized as hydrophobic. The L-type carbon is comparatively stronger than the H-type carbon in terms of being a solid acid.

It has a negative charge in water that neutralizes strong bases and is characterized as hydrophilic. It is classified into four standard classes on the basis of physical appearance; Powders (PAC), granular (GAC), fibrous (ACF), and clothe (ACC). It has strong physical adsorption forces or the highest adsorbing porosity volume. It has a surface of greater than 1000m²/g.

Activated carbon is mainly used as a purifying agent that is used to treat water before consumption which is propelling the market growth. It is also used for other applications like purifying gas, treating sewage, in air filters, in gas masks and filter masks, and in the filters present compressed air, for metal extraction, gold recovery, as well as in medicine which will further boost the market demand.

Additionally, it is used for the deodorization of closed spaces, including in warehouses and refrigerators, which further drives the industry's expansion. Other applications of the product include its use in sugar refining to prevent sugar from fermenting and spoiling; for removing colour from vegetable oil, and for removing colour and odour from alcoholic distillates.