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Industry
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Description
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Typical
use
|
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Waste
disposal
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Disposal
of domestic, chemical and clinical waste by high temperature
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Removal
of heavy metals and dioxins from flue gas
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Industrial
respirators
|
Adsorption
of organic vapors
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Adsorption
of poisonous gas like vapor of benzene, H2S, etc.
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Carbon
dioxide
|
Purification
of carbon dioxide from fermentation processes
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Adsorption
of alcohols, amines, etc.
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Cigarettes
|
Granular
carbon or powdered carbon used in filter tips
|
Adsorption
of some harmful elements of cigarette smoke
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Air
purification
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Heating,
ventilation and air conditioning
|
Removal
of combusted fuel odors, motor vehicle odors, solvent odors
|
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Fridge
deodorizer
|
Put
in filter units
|
Removal
of food odors
|
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Solvent
recovery
|
Recovery
of organic solvents to optimize process economics and control
vapor emissions
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Pharmaceuticals,
film coating and printing, etc.
|
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Industry
|
Description
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Typical
use
|
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Potable
water treatment
|
Granular
activated carbon installed in rapid gravity filters
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Removal
of dissolved organic contaminants, control of taste and
odor problems
|
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Brewing
|
Potable
water treatment
|
Removal
of trihalomethanes and phenolics
|
|
Gold
recovery
|
Operation
of carbon in leach, carbon in pulp and heap leach circuits
|
Recovery
of gold fromˇ± tailingsˇ± dissolve in sodium cyanide
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Petrochemical
|
Recycling
of steam condensate for boiler feed water
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Removal
of oil and hydrocarbon contaminants
|
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Groundwater
|
Industrial
contaminants of ground water reserves
|
Reduction
of total organic halogens and absorbable organic halogens
including chloroform, tetrachlorethylene and trichloreoethane
|
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Industrial
waste water
|
Processes
effluent treatment to meet environmental legislation
|
Reduction
of total organic halogens, biological oxygen demand BOD)
and chemical oxygen demand(COD)
|
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Soft
drinks
|
Potable
water treatment
|
Chlorine
removal and adsorption of dissolved organic contaminants
|
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Semi-
conductions
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Ultra
high purity water
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Reduction
of total organic carbon
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