Activated alumina’s high absorption capacity makes it a key material in water treatment systems, acting like a molecular sieve to remove potentially harmful minerals from drinking water and protect critical equipment against corrosion.
Petrochemical and natural gas industries also leverage activated alumina’s dehydration capabilities. By purifying hydrocarbon streams, activated alumina facilitates operational efficiency while adhering to stringent regulations.
Versatility
Activated alumina has the unique capability of distinguishing different molecules and selectively absorbing them, making it invaluable in industrial applications like air separation, natural gas refining and petrochemical production. Thanks to its micron-scale terrain of tunnels and pores, activated alumina captures more impurities with each volume processing cost reduction; companies rely on activated alumina’s unique abilities for equipment damage caused by moisture in compressed air systems as well as corrosion prevention on natural gas pipelines. Companies use activated alumina for these reasons alone! Activated Alumina market growth is driven by these unique capabilities of activated alumina being relied upon by companies.
Activated alumina stands out among porous materials in that its composition can be tailored precisely to specific industrial needs. Surface area and pore size can be changed by altering calcination process duration, temperature reached and rate of temperature increase; also chemical compatibility can be increased by altering raw material composition or optimizing operating conditions.
Active alumina offers several key advantages, including its cost effectiveness and durability. With high crush strength and thermal shock resistance, activated alumina is designed to withstand industrial application pressures with relative ease. Furthermore, its material can be recycled multiple times and reused, further cutting operational costs. Furthermore, being non-toxic and environmentally-friendly make activated alumina an excellent choice for air treatment applications as it acts as an excellent desiccant that controls humidity levels and thus protects against mold growth while improving indoor air quality.
Adsorption Capacity
Due to its large surface area and porous network, activated alumina has the unique capability of absorbing various materials. As such, activated alumina is often employed as a desiccant to remove moisture from air, thus improving air quality while decreasing corrosion risk in electrical equipment. Furthermore, it has long been utilized as a support material in oil refining, petrochemical manufacturing, and chemical manufacturing industries, increasing catalyst performance and stability while supporting catalytic processes that increase catalyst performance and stability.
Alumina’s ability to adsorb and retain contaminants within its porous structure makes it an excellent choice for water treatment, gas purification and other applications. Under certain circumstances, activated alumina can remove fluoride, arsenic and selenium contamination among other things.
Activated alumina has the capacity to absorb up to 20% of its weight in water, depending on its relative humidity (RH) level. Once that threshold has been reached, activated alumina can be heated to release any stored moisture; this reversible process is known as regeneration of alumina and should be undertaken regularly to avoid moisture build-up in systems.
Alcan Activated Alumina comes in various bead sizes to meet different drying applications. Our aSORBTM products have the capacity to absorb more than 25 gallons of water per pound compared to 8 for molecular sieves and 4.5 for silica gel products. Furthermore, FEECO’s Innovation Center boasts batch and pilot scale testing facilities capable of testing complete thermal processing test loops as well as various methods of agglomeration and potential biners.
Chemical Stability
Activated alumina is chemically stable, meaning it will not react with other compounds – making it ideal for industrial applications where contamination must be prevented. One of its many uses includes purifying industrial gases for reuse. Furthermore, its chemical stability and adsorption capacity can be tailored by altering factors during calcination including duration, peak temperature, rate of temperature increase etc.
Desiccant material is exceptionally long-lasting and regenerative regeneration technology can restore its adsorptive properties to restore it back into use, thus helping reduce waste and ongoing costs associated with desiccants discarded as trash. Due to these features, desiccant can also serve multiple packaging needs from protecting medications to protecting electronics.
Actived alumina stands out for its excellent surface area-to-weight ratio and large network of tunnel-like pores, making it well suited to gas adsorption. As such, it has become widely utilized in natural gas and petrochemical production to remove moisture, carbon dioxide, sulfur compounds, and other trace impurities from gases and vapours for purer product purity, increased efficiency, reduced emissions emissions, and greater environmental responsibility.
Alcan activated alumina can also be used to effectively remove fluoride from municipal drinking water supplies in regions with hard water conditions, eliminating the need for lime treatment that is usually required in other water purification processes for its removal. This adsorption method offers great convenience.
Environmental Sustainability
Activated alumina is non-reactive to most chemicals, making it an excellent material for purification processes. Furthermore, its durability allows it to withstand pressures and temperatures that range across pressure and temperature parameters without losing structural integrity or absorption capacity over extended use, saving costs over time.
Water treatment companies rely on its exceptional adsorption capabilities to filter fluoride and arsenic from drinking water, with rising concerns over quality driving demand for this material. Food, oil and gas industries also depend on alumina for dehydration as well as other applications like chromatography.
Alumina’s multifunctional properties make it a valuable desiccant in numerous industrial settings. It protects packaged goods from moisture damage and can be employed in production processes like petrochemical and air separation. Furthermore, its ability to dehydrate gases efficiently has supported operational efficiency within the oil and gas industry as well as compliance with strict regulations. Alumina can even be used purify hydrocarbon streams ensuring critical infrastructure remains free from corrosion or emissions for reduced downtime maintenance expenses that contributes towards an economy with long-term viability.