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A well-designed granular activated carbon (“GAC”) plant can offer high-performance, energy efficient colour removal, with zero liquid discharge, resilient performance and environmentally safe operation.
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A well-designed granular activated carbon (“GAC”) plant can offer high-performance, energy efficient colour removal, with zero liquid discharge, resilient performance and environmentally safe operation.
Jord designed and fabricated its first kiln way back in 1982, to calcine uranium yellow cake at the Olympic Dam mine in South Australia. This was a multiple hearth design.
Jord expertise with this technology, acquired over a range of ores, has proven particularly useful in the regeneration of granular activated carbon (GAC). GAC is a broad spectrum absorption agent that removes plant pigments, melanoidins, caramels and odours. It has been widely adopted in the sugar industry, where it is used in the decolourisation of sugar.
A typical GAC system works as follows:
Raw sugar liquor passes through either fixed or pulse-bed absorption columns packed with GAC, producing a fine, clear liquor ready for crystallisation into white sugar.
Periodically, the GAC is withdrawn from the columns and regenerated in a 950°C multiple hearth furnace ('MHF'), where the captured impurities are released without burning or destroying the carbon.
MHF emissions meet the most stringent environmental standards, and up to 65% of the heat generated can be used elsewhere in the refinery.
Jord GAC references span North America, the Middle East, Asia and Australasia.
