WO2004065525A2 - Apparatus and method for producing activated carbon - Google Patents
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- WO2004065525A2 WO2004065525A2 PCT/US2004/001851 US2004001851W WO2004065525A2 WO 2004065525 A2 WO2004065525 A2 WO 2004065525A2 US 2004001851 W US2004001851 W US 2004001851W WO 2004065525 A2 WO2004065525 A2 WO 2004065525A2
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
- C10B—DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS FOR PRODUCTION OF GAS, COKE, TAR, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS
- C10B53/00—Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form
- C10B53/02—Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form of cellulose-containing material
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- C01B32/00—Carbon; Compounds thereof
- C01B32/30—Active carbon
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- C01B32/366—Reactivation or regeneration by physical processes, e.g. by irradiation, by using electric current passing through carbonaceous feedstock or by using recyclable inert heating bodies
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- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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- the present invention relates generally to charcoal activation processes, and more specifically to an apparatus and method for charcoal activation.
- the present invention overcomes the above-mentioned disadvantages and meets the recognized need for such a device by providing an apparatus and method for charcoal activation, wherein a multipurpose furnace system is utilized to manufacture high grade charcoal from hardwood starting materials, which, in turn, promotes the manufacture of activated charcoal, while providing a viable and significant cost saving alternative to ongoing, intensive worldwide, efforts to increase yield and quality of charcoal product .
- the present invention in its preferred form is an apparatus and method for charcoal activation having an improved furnace system that electrically and internally generates energy within the charcoal bed.
- the present invention is an apparatus and method for charcoal activation, wherein the invention proposed herein represents a lateral shift different from the present charcoal activation systems in that the energy is not externally sourced, but rather electrically and internally generated within the charcoal bed. This is accomplished by passing an electrical current through the charcoal bed as a result of imposing a voltage across the extremities of the charcoal bed.
- the electrical current flows between electrodes, positioned at the top and bottom of the refractory column of the furnace, in contact with the charcoal.
- the applied voltage can be varied to control the heating effect, and consequently the temperature rise in the bed, in a uniform and predictable way.
- a feature and advantage of the invention is its ability to provide improved energy requirements (i.e., as Kcals/lb of activated charcoal) versus conventional systems.
- a feature and advantage of the invention is its ability to provided improved yield, based on dried wood chips to activated charcoal versus conventional systems .
- a feature and advantage of the invention is its ability to provide a 2% attritional loss per cycle, based on subsequent discharged activated charcoal to storage versus a 25% loss of conventional systems .
- a feature and advantage of the invention is that no contamination is introduced into the charcoal bed, as opposed to conventional internally heated rotary kilns, multiple hearth furnaces, gasifiers, vertical retorts and fluidized bed reactors that have a tendency to introduce contamination via inert hot gases .
- FIG. 1 is an illustration of an apparatus for charcoal activation according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is an illustration of an apparatus for charcoal activation according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is an illustration of an apparatus for charcoal activation according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is an illustration of an apparatus for charcoal activation according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 5 is an illustration of an apparatus for charcoal activation according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is an illustration of an apparatus for charcoal activation according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is an illustration of an apparatus for charcoal activation according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is an illustration of an apparatus for charcoal activation according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 1-8 In describing the preferred and alternate embodiments of the present invention, as illustrated in FIGS. 1-8, specific terminology is employed for the sake of clarity. The invention, however, is not intended to be limited to the specific terminology so selected, and it is to be understood that each specific element includes all technical equivalents that operate in a similar manner to accomplish similar functions.
- FIGS. 1-8 illustrated therein is the preferred embodiment of the equipment items involved in the manufacture of product from the raw materials .
- the basic raw material for the process is hardwood chips, which can be obtained from many sources but preferably from waste product of sawmills and furniture factories .
- the wood chips are sized into particles approximately less than 10 millimeters in a chipping machine, and then fed by gravity onto a double deck vibrating screen where the particles approximately greater than 7 millimeter are returned to the chipping machine and the particles approximately less than 7 millimeters, but approximately greater than 3 millimeters, are fed to the sized woodchip feed hopper. It should be recognized that other suitably-sized chips could be utilized.
- Sized wood chips approximately less than 7 millimeters, but approximately greater than 3 millimeters, and activated charcoal granules, approximately less than 6 millimeters, but approximately greater than 3 millimeters, are then blended on an equal volumetric basis using vibrating feeders which discharge the blend into a transit bag for gravity feed into the preferred activation furnace.
- the activation process in the activation furnace is preferably initiated by applying a voltage (i.e., preferably approximately 500 VDC) across the activated charcoal/woodchip bed.
- a voltage i.e., preferably approximately 500 VDC
- the activated charcoal granules in the bed are electrical semi-conductors, when this voltage is applied across the vertical extremities of the bed, a specific electrical current, dependant on the voltage applied and electrical resistance of the bed, will flow from the top to the bottom of the bed between the +ve and -ve terminals, as best illustrated in FIG. 2.
- This current flow causes an electrical heating effect in the bed with the accompanying rise of temperature in the bed, which can be controlled by varying the voltage, as applied across the bed, in a uniform and controllable way.
- the electrical heating effect is by resistive heating and is preferably derived by the following computation: Applied volts x amps (flowing between the electrodes) 1000
- the electrical resistance of the bed is dependant on the following factors : a) The height and cross sectional area of the bed. b) The electrical resistivity of the activated carbon granules (i.e., for the activated charcoal in question this resistivity value at ambient temperature will typically be approximately 30 ohm cm As such, based upon the values of (a) and (b) , above, the electrical resistance of the bed is computed as follows:
- An additional advantage of the process of the current invention may be found in its exothermic nature. As the voltage induced temperature rises within the bed, the hardwood chip material undergoes an exothermic reaction in its reduction to charcoal. This exothermic reaction serves to drive the bed temperature upwardly without introduction of additional voltage. Accordingly, as the process ensues, the net voltage required to maintain a carbonizing temperature may be downwardly regulated to save energy.
- the advantages of this technology compared to the existing technologies are as follows: a) Significant cost saving in energy to produce activated charcoal; b) Significant time saving in the production cycle to produce activated charcoal; c) Significant improvement in the yield to produce activated charcoal from hardwoods; d) Significant decrease of environmental pollution in the production of activated charcoal; e) Significant improvement in the user friendliness of operating the system to produce activated charcoal; and, f) Significant decrease in the capital cost of the preferred furnace system to produce high quality activated charcoal .
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