Activated Carbon Media is made from variety of high carbon-content substances including coal, wood, coconut shells and bamboo cusses the carbon agent acts like a natural sponge. The carbon agents are highly porous and have a vast amount of surface area (one gram of activated carbon may have a surface area exceeding 1,000 m2). The activated carbon media acts on the following odor substance:
Alcohols, Combustion exhausts, Antiseptics & Soaps, Household smells, Body odors, Liquid fuels, Cigarette smoke, Musty or Stuffy odors, Cooking odors, Organic chemical odors, Cleaning agents, Pet odors, Cosmetics & Perfumes, Paint, Remodeling & Refinishing odors etc. As odor molecules come into contact with the carbon, they are drawn into the carbon and held into place by a variety of forces – similar to a magnetic or gravitational attraction.
Apart form above the media is also perform on gas phase. Test conditions says that
Toluene Concentration = 80 ppm
Air Flow Rate = 60 fpm
Temperature = 70o
Flat sheet size = 55
In addition, the media is challenged with 80 ppm. of toluene at an airflow of 60 rate fpm.