Why coconut shell activated carbon for drinking water industry?



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Cavron’s Coconut Charcoal Briquettes are of an extremely high quality and are 100% natural. We do not use any artificial chemicals in our products. The granulated charcoal is mixed with our all-natural tapioca starch to bind the charcoal briquettes – a 100% food grade product made from the plant Manihot Esculenta.

Our BBQ briquettes are based on our high-quality carbon granulate from carbonised coconut shells and offer a superior green alternative to regular wood charcoal and fossilised coal. The use of our briquettes is primarily as a fuel source for barbecuing. In other words, with Cavron Coconut Charcoal Briquettes you will know what you are grilling with – we guarantee that our charcoal is clean without any unhealthy, badly tasting chemicals.




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Activated carbon filters are most common in water purifiers. Large internal surface area of activated carbon makes it a good adsorbent for many contaminants in drinking water. The sources of activated carbon vary. They can come from coal, coconut shells, peat or petroleum based residues.

While different material-based activated carbons have their own strength, it’s unanimously known that coconut shell activated carbon is the best for the drinking water (and also beverage) industry.


Why Coconut shell activated carbon is the most preferred choice in the industry?

Activated carbon from coconut shell has predominantly pores in micro pore range. Up to 90% surface area of coconut shell activated carbon is occupied with micro-pores. These small pores match the size of contaminant molecules in drinking water and therefore are very effective in adsorbing them. While peat and wood activated carbon has mostly meso and macro-pores which suit trapping of bigger molecules, the pore structure of coal carbons falls between coconut shell and wood based carbons.

The predominance of micro-pores in coconut shell carbon gives it tight structure and provides good mechanical strength and hardness, and also high resistance to resist attrition or wearing away by friction. This is an excellent feature since the “hard” carbon will not dissolve in the water.

Of course, there’re also other great advantages of coconut carbon that make it special:
– Coconut is a renewable source of carbon
– Coconuts grow throughout the year, with harvesting generally occurring 3-4 times in a year
– Coconut tree can be preserved for many years

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