International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395 -0056 Volume: 03 Issue: 07 | July-2016 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2016, IRJET ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal Page 930 An Experimental Investigation of Manufacturing Activated Carbon Prototype Setup R. Pravinkumar 1 J.Yasin 2 PG Scholars, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Government college of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. Email: yasinyas007@gmail.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract — Activated carbons are used in industries for various applications like gold extraction, water and air purification, electrolyte cleaning, medical waste treatment, textile, cooking industries and so on. Mostly activated carbons are produced from coconut shell. These activated carbon preparing setup are comparatively very larger in size and capacity.In order to overcome this difficulty, we have fabricated an experimental prototype of manufacturing activated carbon with deformation and temperature analysis, at low cost and compact in size. Keywords—activated carbon, experimental setup of manufacturing activated carbon, pyrolysis analysis. I. INTRODUCTION Activated carbon includes a wide range of amorphous carbon-based materials prepared to exhibit a high degree of porosity and an extended inter- particulate surface area. It is also a common term used for a group of adsorbing substances of crystalline form, having large developed internal pore structures that make the carbon more adsorbent. There are many recipes for the proportion of clay, but they all strike different balances between mold ability, surface finish, and ability of the hot molten metal to degas. In wastewater treatment, activated carbon is usually used as a filter medium in tertiary (later) treatment processes. In addition to its drinking water and wastewater treatment applications, activated carbon is used today for many other purposes. Some other common uses are corn and cane sugar refining, gas adsorption, dry cleaning recovery processes, pharmaceuticals, fat and oil removal, electroplating, alcoholic beverage production, and as nuclear power plant containment systems. II. LITERATURE REVIEW Mohammad Khah A., et al., (2009) [1], proposed that adsorption is a widely used as an effective physical method of separation in order to elimination or lowering the concentration of wide range of dissolved pollutants (organics, inorganic) in an effluent. It is big news that activated carbon is a well-known adsorbent that can be used efficiently for removal of a broad spectrum of pollutants from air, soil and liquids. Adsorbents are usually porous solids, and adsorption occurs mainly on the pore walls inside particles. De Ridder D. J. (2012) [2], published a book on adsorption of organic micro pollutants onto activated carbon. In order to explain the capabilities of activated carbon, an appreciation of its structure is most useful. Much of the literature quotes a modified graphite-like structure; the modification resulting from the presence of micro crystallites, formed during the carbonization process, which during activation, have their regular bonding disrupted causing free valences which are very reactive. In addition, the presence of impurities and process conditions influence the formation of interior vacancies, in the microcrystalline structures. High magnification electron scanning microscopy, at 20,000x magnification, has revealed the presence of residual cellular structures. These were previously unseen and unsuspected, except in the case of wood-based activates which have sufficiently open structures visible to the naked eye. Fig.1 shows the microscopic structure of activated carbon. Fig.1 Microscopic structure of activated carbon Most theories attribute the structure of activated carbon to be aromatic in origin, thus, allowing the carbon structure itself to be described as aromatic in