Activated Carbon Filters Description

Activated carbon is used to adsorb (not absorb) chemicals from the air flow of air purifiers. This works by providing tremendous surface area to which these chemicals can attach held by Van der Waals force. Eventually the entire surface area is cover with a film of chemical and the activated carbon is no longer effective. This technology has been used in products for many years to remove chemicals and odors. The same system is used in many water purification systems.

Features

• Most effective removal of organic compounds including VOCs, radon, and chlorine
• Very cost effective

Applications

Activated carbon filtration is very common in a number of home water treatment systems. It can be used as a standalone filter to reduce or eliminate bad tastes and odors, chlorine, and many organic contaminants in municipal (pre-treated or chlorinated) water supplies to produce a significantly improved drinking water. It is also very commonly used as a pre-treatment as part of a reverse osmosis system to reduce many organic contaminants, chlorine, and other items that could foul the reverse osmosis membrane. 0.5 micron carbon block filters are commonly used to remove cysts such as giardia and cryptosporidium.