Activated carbon for purification x3 - 100% French

How is Orinko French activated carbon produced?

The French activated carbon that we produce comes from PEFC and FSC certified oak or beech wood. Both come from the recovery of sawmill waste. Favoring short circuit supply, we only work with sawmills located within a radius of around a hundred kilometers around the factory.

100% French activated carbon that we distribute is manufactured in a high environmental performance factory. It is thanks to the use of a unique and patented production process that our activated carbon has such a well-defined structure. During the first production cycle, the coal is placed in a pyrolysis furnace which operates day and night without interruption where it undergoes the physical activation process. Thanks to the control of this process and the entire production chain, we obtain activated carbon of constant quality and with a purity greater than 90%.

The different stages of production are all carried out in a closed circuit. We extract and recycle the tars in order to use the sawdust to fuel the boiler. All of the gases are also recycled. The co-generation process helps produce energy through the recycling of gases and provides the factory with electricity and heating, used in particular to dry coal.

The entire production chain as well as supplies have been designed to limit the production of waste to the strict minimum. Only water vapor, which produces only a small impact on the environment, is released into the atmosphere.

Efficiency of our coal

Our 100% French activated carbon has a fixed carbon rate greater than 90% (93 for beech and 94% for oak) and high microporosity (96%). These two characteristics particularly promote filtration and make our French activated carbon one of the most efficient tap water filters on the market.

Here is a summary of the performances achieved by our carbon 100% French active:

It completely adsorbs the chlorine contained in the water in just four hours,

It eliminates half of the phenol present in the water after one hour and 100% in 24 hours,

The pH of the water it filters respects the regulatory limit.

By purifying the water from faucet, our French activated carbon does not deprive it of its properties:

It does not modify the conductivity of the water,

·It releases all the trace elements and minerals essential for the proper functioning of our body (magnesium, potassium, calcium, trace elements including copper and fluorine).