There are many types of raw materials for producing activated carbon. Almost all carbon-containing raw materials can be used as raw materials, among which coal accounts for more than half of its total consumption. Currently, the raw materials for preparing activated carbon can be mainly divided into the following categories.

  1. Plant raw materials (woody raw materials)

  Activated carbon has a wide range of wood raw materials, and the commonly used ones are: charcoal, coconut shells, sawdust, bark, walnut shells, fruit cores, cotton shells, rice husks, bamboo, coffee bean stems, oil palm shells, furfural residue and pulp waste liquid etc.

  2. Coal raw materials

  Coal is an important raw material for manufacturing activated carbon. Activated carbon can be made from almost any coal. Among them, young anthracite coal with a short coal formation time, weakly caking coal, lignite and peat are all excellent raw materials for making activated carbon. Due to the rich coal resources, wide distribution and low price, the production of activated carbon from coal as raw material has good prospects.

  3. Plastics

  Polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, furan resin, phenolic resin, urea-formaldehyde resin, polycarbonate, polytetrafluoroethylene and other industrial recycling waste.

  4. Petroleum raw materials

  Petroleum raw materials mainly refer to carbon-containing products and waste materials in the petroleum refining process. For example, petroleum asphalt, petroleum coke, petroleum oil residue, etc.

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