General Carbon
About
General Carbon Corporation, based in Paterson, New Jersey, has supplied activated carbon products and adsorption systems for over 60 years to municipal, industrial, and environmental remediation markets. The company maintains one of the industry's broadest activated carbon inventories, offering liquid-phase granular and powdered carbon for water and wastewater treatment—including PFAS and PFOA removal from drinking water—alongside vapor-phase carbon for air and gas purification. Impregnated carbon blends, treated with chemical additives like potassium permanganate and iodine, target specific contaminants such as hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, and mercury. General Carbon also operates a reactivation program that thermally regenerates spent carbon for cost-effective and environmentally sustainable reuse. Beyond media supply, the company designs and fabricates custom adsorption equipment, including liquid-phase GAC contactor vessels and dual-feed dual-bed vapor adsorbers engineered for specific flow rates and pressures. Complete engineered systems extend to pump-and-treat configurations for groundwater remediation, soil vapor extraction systems for subsurface contaminant recovery, and odor control systems for wastewater treatment plants and pump stations. Nationwide carbon changeout services cover on-site spent carbon removal, fresh media installation, and transport for thermal regeneration, giving customers a single-source solution from media selection through ongoing maintenance.
Key Products
Granular and powdered activated carbon media designed for treating water and other liquids, removing organic compounds, chlorine, taste and odor, PFAS/PFOA, and other contaminants from municipal and industrial water streams.
Activated carbon media tailored for gas and air treatment applications, removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs), hydrogen sulfide, and other airborne contaminants from industrial exhaust and vapor streams.
Specialty carbon treated with chemical additives such as potassium permanganate, sulfur, or iodine to enhance adsorption capacity for specific target contaminants like hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, or mercury.
Spent activated carbon that has been thermally regenerated in a reactivation furnace to restore its adsorption capacity, providing a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable alternative to virgin carbon.
Custom-fabricated adsorber vessels and contactors in various sizes and configurations to accommodate different flow rates and pressures for liquid and vapor phase treatment applications.
Complete engineered systems combining pumps, adsorber vessels, piping, and controls for groundwater remediation that extract contaminated water and pass it through activated carbon for contaminant removal.
Engineered systems that extract volatile contaminants from soil by applying vacuum through extraction wells, then treating the vapor stream through activated carbon adsorbers before discharge.
Treatment systems using impregnated or standard activated carbon to remove hydrogen sulfide and other odorous compounds from air streams at wastewater treatment plants, pump stations, and industrial facilities.
On-site service for removing spent activated carbon from adsorber vessels, replacing it with fresh or reactivated carbon, and arranging for thermal regeneration of the spent material. Available across the United States.
Service Area
VA, MD, DE, DC
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