A method and a device are provided for producing activated carbon in a gasification process. A first process stage includes thermally decomposing a carbonaceous starting material, in particular biomass, in a first reaction zone to produce pyrolysis coke and pyrolysis gas. A second process stage includes generating, from the pyrolysis gas in the second reaction zone, a product gas which can be used for activating the pyrolysis coke. A third process stage includes activating at least a portion of the pyrolysis coke to form activated carbon with the aid of the product gas in the third reaction zone.

The present disclosure provides biorefining systems for co-producing activated carbon along with primary products. A host plant converts a feedstock comprising biomass into primary products and carbon-containing co-products; a modular reactor system pyrolyzes and activates the co-products, to generate activated carbon and pyrolysis off-gas; and an oxidation unit oxidizes the pyrolysis off-gas, generating CO.sub.2, H.sub.2O, and energy. The energy is recycled and utilized in the host plant, and the CO.sub.2 and H.sub.2O may be recycled to the reactor system as an activation agent. The host plant may be a saw mill, a pulp and paper plant, a corn wet or dry mill, a sugar production facility, or a food or beverage plant, for example. In some embodiments, the activated carbon is utilized at the host plant to purify one or more primary products, to purify water, to treat a liquid waste stream, and/or to treat a vapor waste stream.

The present disclosure provides biorefining systems for co-producing activated carbon along with primary products. A host plant converts a feedstock comprising biomass into primary products and carbon-containing co-products; a modular reactor system pyrolyzes and activates the co-products, to generate activated carbon and pyrolysis off-gas; and an oxidation unit oxidizes the pyrolysis off-gas, generating CO.sub.2, H.sub.2O, and energy. The energy is recycled and utilized in the host plant, and the CO.sub.2 and H.sub.2O may be recycled to the reactor system as an activation agent. The host plant may be a saw mill, a pulp and paper plant, a corn wet or dry mill, a sugar production facility, or a food or beverage plant, for example. In some embodiments, the activated carbon is utilized at the host plant to purify one or more primary products, to purify water, to treat a liquid waste stream, and/or to treat a vapor waste stream.

Biogenic activated carbon compositions disclosed herein comprise at least 55 wt % carbon, some of which may be present as graphene, and have high surface areas, such as Iodine Numbers of greater than 2000. Some embodiments provide biogenic activated carbon that is responsive to a magnetic field. A continuous process for producing biogenic activated carbon comprises countercurrently contacting, by mechanical means, a feedstock with a vapor stream comprising an activation agent including water and/or carbon dioxide; removing vapor from the reaction zone; recycling at least some of the separated vapor stream, or a thermally treated form thereof, to an inlet of the reaction zone(s) and/or to the feedstock; and recovering solids from the reaction zone(s) as biogenic activated carbon. Methods of using the biogenic activated carbon are disclosed.

Biogenic activated carbon compositions disclosed herein comprise at least 55 wt % carbon, some of which may be present as graphene, and have high surface areas, such as Iodine Numbers of greater than 2000. Some embodiments provide biogenic activated carbon that is responsive to a magnetic field. A continuous process for producing biogenic activated carbon comprises countercurrently contacting, by mechanical means, a feedstock with a vapor stream comprising an activation agent including water and/or carbon dioxide; removing vapor from the reaction zone; recycling at least some of the separated vapor stream, or a thermally treated form thereof, to an inlet of the reaction zone(s) and/or to the feedstock; and recovering solids from the reaction zone(s) as biogenic activated carbon. Methods of using the biogenic activated carbon are disclosed.

A biomass gas-carbon co-production reactor includes: multiple downward bed pyrolysis zones, a gas-solid separation zone, an activated carbon activation zone, and a secondary pyrolysis reaction zone; wherein the activated carbon activation zone communicates with the gas-solid separation zone and the secondary pyrolysis reaction zone; tops of the downward bed pyrolysis zones penetrate through a top of the gas-solid separation zone, and a heat carrier inlet and a raw material inlet are symmetrically arranged on a left side and a right side of each of the downward bed pyrolysis zones; bottoms of the downward bed pyrolysis zones are located inside the secondary pyrolysis reaction zone for communicating; a fluidizing air inlet is provided at a bottom of the secondary pyrolysis reaction zone, and an activated gas inlet is provided at a top of the secondary pyrolysis reaction zone; an activated carbon outlet is provided on the gas-solid separation zone.

A biomass gas-carbon co-production reactor includes: multiple downward bed pyrolysis zones, a gas-solid separation zone, an activated carbon activation zone, and a secondary pyrolysis reaction zone; wherein the activated carbon activation zone communicates with the gas-solid separation zone and the secondary pyrolysis reaction zone; tops of the downward bed pyrolysis zones penetrate through a top of the gas-solid separation zone, and a heat carrier inlet and a raw material inlet are symmetrically arranged on a left side and a right side of each of the downward bed pyrolysis zones; bottoms of the downward bed pyrolysis zones are located inside the secondary pyrolysis reaction zone for communicating; a fluidizing air inlet is provided at a bottom of the secondary pyrolysis reaction zone, and an activated gas inlet is provided at a top of the secondary pyrolysis reaction zone; an activated carbon outlet is provided on the gas-solid separation zone.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of producing activated carbon material in a reactor from carbonised material using at least in part the flue gas from another reactor pyrolytically producing the carbonised material from a feed material.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of producing activated carbon material in a reactor from carbonised material using at least in part the flue gas from another reactor pyrolytically producing the carbonised material from a feed material.

A biomass gas-carbon co-production reactor includes: multiple downward bed pyrolysis zones, a gas-solid separation zone, an activated carbon activation zone, and a secondary pyrolysis reaction zone; Wherein the activated carbon activation zone communicates with the gas-solid separation zone and the secondary pyrolysis reaction zone; tops of the downward bed pyrolysis zones penetrate through a top of the gas-solid separation zone, and a heat carrier inlet and a raw material inlet are symmetrically arranged on a left side and a right side of each of the downward bed pyrolysis zones; bottoms of the downward bed pyrolysis zones are located inside the secondary pyrolysis reaction zone for communicating; a fluidizing air inlet is provided at a bottom of the secondary pyrolysis reaction zone, and an activated gas inlet is provided at a top of the secondary pyrolysis reaction zone; an activated carbon outlet is provided on the gas-solid separation zone.