Yordif,
You hit the nail square on the head, so to speak. Our process is up-and-running and we are experiencing negligible amounts of fine carbon in our product, whereas before there was much more. We changed our bed for, what looks like, the final time.
Using the change-out technique of...
gacguy,
Thanks for your post. You seem to have some experience with AC beds. I think you gave us some information that is leading to a solution. Our bed already operates in the downflow mode and we don't have the tank capacity to backwash at such a high rate. However, we have done a...
hacksaw and tickle,
Thank you both for your input.
hacksaw, I will contact our supplier and find out how they process their AC and find out what they will tell me. Otherwise, we will just continue to flush the system and keep our fingers crossed, as we can withstand a bit of halted...
Hi All,
Our plant utilizes an activated carbon bed to filter contaminants and "purify" a stream of hot solution. This solution is then cooled/crystallized, fed through a centrifuge and dried, yielding a high-purity product. We started to see contamination of the product and changed the bed...
