AN APPARATUS AND A PROCESS FOR THE CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF SHAPED ACTIVATED CARBON

摘要

Disclosed is an apparatus for continuous production of shaped activated carbon, the apparatus comprising: a processing chamber having a plurality of electric heaters, at least one driving motor adapted to drive a travelling grate net; a plurality of gas inlet pipes coupled to the processing chamber for introducing gases into the processing chamber, the processing chamber having an upstream end and a downstream end; the chamber being divided into four temperature zones, namely a drying zone, a carbonization zone, an activation zone, and a cooling zone, respectively enveloping the travelling grate net from the upstream end to the downstream end; the heaters being arranged to provide pre-determined temperature range in each zone; a feeding bin for feeding a co-polymeric bead based raw material onto the travelling grate net at the upstream end at least one gas vent pipe for discharging, gases from the processing chamber; a gas recirculation pipe coupled to the processing chamber for recirculation of at least one of the introduced gases in the processing chamber; and a discharge pipe coupled to the processing chamber for purging out the produced shaped activated carbon.