SHIPPING NORMS for Activated Charcoal

Long time ago in ancient Egypt charcoal was used for “absolution of the body and soul from sin”.

A charcoal-based purification method was described by Hippocrates in his works in 40 BC.

Activated charcoal made of birchwood was used in medicine in Ancient Russia.

Ancient Romans used charcoal to purify drinking water, beer and wine.

Since the 18^th century activated charcoal has been used as a powerful antidote which effectively binds poisons penetrating the gastrointestinal tract.

At the end of the 18^th century scientists already knew that carbolene effectively adsorbs various gases, vapours and dissolved substances. People noticed that several charcoals placed into a pot in which they cooked their dinner adsorbed flavours and odours which remained after cooking.

In 1773 a German chemist Carl Scheele reported effectiveness of charcoal for adsorption gases. Later scientists found that charcoal also can discolour liquids.

In 1785 a pharmacist T.E. Lovits from Saint-Petersburg, who later became an academician, was the first to notice the ability of charcoal to purify alcohols. On the basis of findings he got in the process of multiple experiments, he explained that mere shaking of wine with charcoal powder added to it makes the wine much purer and improves its quality.

In 1794 charcoal was first used at a sugar refinery in England.

In 1808 in France charcoal was first used for clarification of sugar syrup.

In 1811 workers involved manufacturing black shoe polish found out the ability of bone char to discolor substances.

In 1830 a pharmacist who did a self-experiment took one gram of strychnine and survived as he took 15 grams of activated charcoal at the same time, which adsorbed the deadly poison.

In 1915 a Russian scientist Nikolay Zelinsky invented the first ever filtering carbon gas mask. In 1916 this invention was put to use by military forces of the Entente. Activated charcoal was used in the gas masks as the major adsorbing material.

Commercial enterprises started producing activated charcoal at the beginning of the 20th century.

The first lot of activated charcoal powder was produced in Europe in 1909.

Minimum lot: 100 kg
Ordered products weighing from 100 to 2000 kg can be picked up by the customer from Company’s warehouse. Such order can also be delivered by carriers operating in customer’s region.
Ordered products weighing more than 2000 kg can be picked up by the customer from Company’s warehouse, delivered by motor transport of “UralHimSorb” Company, or shipped by rail transport.

Packing and Marking
Activated charcoals are shipped in 0.5 kg, 0.8 kg, 10 kg, 12kg or 15 kg packages (multi-layer paper bags or polypropylene bags with polyethylene inserts).

On Customer’s request, the bags are stacked on pallets and covered with shrink wrapping.

The following information is marked on bags with activated charcoal: the manufacturer (“UralHimSorb” - Perm), charcoal grade, net weight, date of manufacture, and lot number (compulsory information).

Charcoal shipping norms for rail transport: *

Shipping norms
	3 ton container	5 ton container	20 ton container	Railway car
BAU-A, DAK and BAU-LV activated charcoal	750 kg	1500 kg	5000 kg	16 tons
BAU-MF activated charcoal	900 kg	1800 kg	6000 kg	19.2 tons
OU-V activated charcoal	1125 kg	2250 kg	7500 kg	24 tons

Container internal dimensions *

	3 ton container	5 ton container	20 ton container	24 ton container	Railway car
Length (mm)	1 978	2 520	5 885	5 885	13 800
Width (mm)	1 321	1 968	2 309	2 309	2 760
Height (mm)	2 150	2 121	2 010	2 210	2 790
Capacity (m³)	4.9	10.3	33.0	35.0	122.0

Charcoal shipping norms for motor transport: *

Volume of activated charcoal packed into polypropylene bags with polyethylene inserts (for tightly packed bags), (m³)
	100 kg	500 kg	750 kg	1 ton	3 tons	4 tons	5 tons	10 tons
BAU-A activated charcoal	0.6	3	4.5	6	18	24	30	60
DAK activated charcoal	0.6	3	4.5	6	18	24	30	60
BAU-MF activated charcoal	0.48	2.4	3.6	4.8	14.4	19.2	24	48
OU-V activated charcoal	0.3	1.5	2.25	3	9	12	15	30

Norms for loading activated coal into heaters and filters: *

Volume of loaded activated charcoal taking into account the compaction ratio), (m³)
	100 kg	500 kg	750 kg	1 ton	3 tons	4 tons	5 tons	10 tons
BAU-A activated charcoal	0.42	2.1	3.2	4.2	12.5	16.7	21	41.6
DAK activated charcoal	0.42	2.1	3.2	4.2	12.5	16.7	21	41.6
BAU-MF activated charcoal	0.35	1.7	2.6	3.5	10.4	13.9	17.4	34.7
OU-V activated charcoal	0.28	1.4	2.1	2.8	8.3	11.1	13.9	27.8

* All norms are for reference only. When ordering shipping by motor and rail transport, you should account for the clearance related to possible deviation of the vehicle from standard dimensions and compaction of the activated charcoal. If charcoal is transported on pallets covered with shrink wrapping, you should double the space occupied by bags with activated charcoal, which is provided in the table above.