India Is A Leading Exporter Of Coconut Shell Based Products Like The Charcoal And Activated Carbon

The coconut palm is popularly grown in the tropical region for decoration of the landscape as well as for its different culinary and non-culinary uses. The main peculiarity of coconut tree is that each and every part of it is put to some use. India ranks third after Philippines and Indonesia in the world coconut production. Pollachi, a small town in Tamil nadu and its surrounding villages are the popular and largest coconut growing hubs in India. The famous coconut-based products derived are tender coconut water, coconut oil, copra, coconut toddy, coconut cake, coconut shell-based products, coconut charcoal, coconut wood-based products, coir pith and coconut leaves.
The availability of coconut has made India play a key role to be a major exporter of coconut shell based product like the charcoal and activated carbon to the rest of the world. Mainly, there is much demand pouring in from European and American industries. In order to manufacture the activated carbon, the coconut shell charcoal is mainly used a key raw material. It is mostly used as industrial and domestic fuel in the global market. The coconut shell charcoal is much demanded by the laundries, goldsmiths and blacksmiths as they have to create much heat in their activities. In order to obtain good high quality coconut shell charcoal and coconut shell activated carbon, the manufacturing concerns use fully dried, clean, mature coconut shells.

The coconut shell powder is generally manufactured from matured coconut shells. The product is most extensive used in the plywood and laminated board industry mainly as a phenolic extruder and as well as a filler in mosquito coils, synthetic resin glues and agarbathis. There is also much demand for Powder activated carbon in the market.The porous carbon materials in different forms, such as activated carbon fibers play a prominent role in many industries, mainly those related with environmental concerns. The use of activated carbon fibers are in the building of structures like buildings and vehicles because it grabs toxic compounds from the water and air thereby reduces pollution. This creates a great demand for activated carbon suppliers in the global level.
The granular activated carbon is preferred for adsorption of gases and vapors as their rate of diffusion are very faster. A high demand is created by industries which deal with deodorization, water treatment and separation of components of flow system. The
activated carbon pellets is made particularly for use in a vapor applications in industries. The product is mainly double screened and de-dusted in the general process and prior to packaging to assure much clean, hard, dust free product with long service. The impregnated activated carbon is used in the catalysis, gas purification and civil and military gas protection.


These entire coconut products and it's by product indicates the immense value of coconut shell in industrial and domestic sector at the global level. Thus India plays a commendable support by yielding and supply of high quality coconut shell charcoal and activated carbon to the rest of the world.