The main advantages of this type of carbon are absorption through their porosity of particular types of molecules and, as additional advantage, mechanical filtration with results similar to those obtained with sand filters.

With such capacity, activated carbon filters are used in various fields, particularly in water purification. In this context, their purpose is to:

remove chlorine;

eliminate unpleasant odours and tastes;

remove organic pollutants;

allow for filtration as additional benefit.

Standard sand sediment filters are available:

with automatic backwashing;

with a fiberglass housing;

with a filtering bed consisting of several layers of selected quartzite.

with a filter bed formed by a layer of activated carbon supported by a layer of selected quartzite.

The backwash occurs automatically at preset time intervals.  

How it works: