Residual Disinfectants Removal Actived Carbon Filter

Product Specifications

Prod Model:	YL-ACF-2000
Markets:	North America,South America,Eastern Europe,Southeast Asia,Africa,Oceania,Mid East,Eastern Asia,Western Europe
Material For Filter Tank:	Carbon Steel(Midl Steel), Ss304, Ss316, Ss2205
Filtration Material:	Quartz Sand, Active Carbon, Mn Sand, etc
Working Pressure:	0.6/1.0MPa,1.6MPa
Pressure Loss:	Less Than 0.02%
Working Temperature:	No More Than 40 C
Water Flowing Speed:	7 M/Hour, 10 --20 M/Hour
Water Output:	<5 Ntu
Application Field:	RO System, Water Treatment Plant
Function:	Water Filter
Usage:	Instrumentation Equipment
Operating Principle:	Activated Carbon
Certification:	GS
Water Temperature:	Cold, Warm & Hot
Descaling Function:	Descaling Function
Pipe Design Rate:	Incremental
Style For Purifier:	Ground Mounted
Water Purification Efficacy:	Pre-Treatment Section for Pure Water/RO Water

Product Description

Actived carbon filtration
 
Granular activated carbon (GAC) is commonly used for removing organic constituents and residual disinfectants in water supplies. This not only improves taste and minimizes health hazards; it protects other water treatment units such as reverse osmosis membranes and ion exchange resins from possible damage due to oxidation or organic fouling. Activated carbon is a favored water treatment technique because of its multifunctional nature and the fact that it adds nothing detrimental to the treated water. 
 
Most activated carbons are made from raw materials such as nutshells, wood, coal and petroleum. 
 
Typical surface area for activated carbon is approximately 1,000 square meters per gram (m2/gm). However, different raw materials
produce different types of activated carbon varying in hardness, density, pore and particle sizes, surface areas, extractables, ash and pH.  These differences in properties make certain carbons preferable over others in different applications.
 
The two principal mechanisms by which activated carbon removes contaminants from water are adsorption and catalytic reduction.  Organics are removed by adsorption and residual disinfectants are removed by catalytic reduction.

Actived carbon filter 
Activated carbon filters are typically used to remove organic compounds and/or free chlorine from water to make water suitable for use in manufacturing or discharge. Removing organics like fulvic and humic acid from potable water prevents these acids from chemically reacting with chlorine to form a class of carcinogens known as trihalomethanes.
As with any water treatment method, activated carbon (AC) filtration is not suitable for removing every type of contaminant. AC filtration is not able to remove sodium, fluoride, microbes, or nitrates. AC filters also do not soften water. Only a specific type of activated carbon water treatment is able to remove heavy metals, such as lead, and this AC filter is typically only utilized in household point of-use filters.
Organic sources of activated carbon include coal (bituminous or anthracite) and coconut shells. Carbon is formed when the organic source is burned in an environment absent of oxygen, driving off heavy organic molecules and leaving about 30%of the original mass intact.. Next, the carbon must be "activated" for use in water treatment. The activation process further drives off unwanted molecules, as well as opens up the carbon's huge number of pores. These pores are what allow for contaminant absorption. The absorption rate of a surface area of just one pound of AC is equivalent to 60 to 150 acres!
 

 
 

model	Filter diameter	Total height	water inlet-outlet	capacity	Active carbon material
	mm	mm	mm	m³/hour	ton
YL-ACF-500	500	2350	DN32	2	0.11
YL-ACF-600	600	2380	DN32	3	0.16
YL-ACF-700	700	2400	DN40	4	0.22
YL-ACF-800	800	2400	DN40	5	0.3
YL-ACF-900	900	2500	DN50	6	0.36
YL-ACF-1000	1000	2600	DN50	8	0.45
YL-ACF-1200	1200	2700	DN65	11	0.65
YL-ACF-1400	1400	2800	DN65	15	0.86
YL-ACF-1500	1500	2850	DN65	18	1
YL-ACF-1600	1600	2900	DN80	20	1.2
YL-ACF-1800	1800	3000	DN80	25	1.5
YL-ACF-2000	2000	3100	DN100	30	1.8
YL-ACF-2200	2200	3180	DN100	38	2.2
YL-ACF-2400	2400	3330	DN100	45	2.5
YL-ACF-2500	2500	3380	DN100	50	2.8
YL-ACF-2600	2600	3430	DN125	55	3
YL-ACF-2800	2800	3530	DN125	60	3.5
YL-ACF-3000	3000	3630	DN125	70-80	4
YL-ACF-3200	3200	3730	DN150	80-100	4.5

 

Residual disinfectants removal
Activated carbon can remove and destroy residual disinfectants (chlorine and chloramine) through a catalytic reduction reaction. This is a chemical reaction that involves a transfer of electrons from the activated carbon surface to the residual disinfectant. In other words,
activated carbon acts as a reducing agent.
 
Activated carbon's removal of chlorine reduces the chlorine to a non-oxidative chloride ion.  The reaction is very fast and takes place in the first few inches of a new activated carbon bed.  (Where removal of organics by activated carbon takes minutes, removal of chlorine literally takes seconds). The chlorine capacity of new activated carbon is 1 pound of chlorine per pound of carbon at a flow rate of 3 to 5 gpm/cu.ft. and a bed depth of 3 feet.

Chloramine removal by activated carbon is a much slower reaction. The predominant species of chloramine in city water supplies (pH about 7 to 8) is monochloramine. The reaction with activated carbon and monochloramine also renders a non-oxidative chloride ion.  Since the rate of reaction is considerably slower, the flow rate should be 0.5 gpm/cu.ft. and the bed depth greater than 3 feet.