Carbon is a simple element in the periodic table. Carbon is found in all living things. There is also another role that this element plays aside and that is hunting. I bet you probably didn't know this until now, but they have activated charcoal clothing for odor elimination. There are other uses too, but more on that later. Activated carbon works through the process of physical adsorption, similar to a sponge, only with air instead of water. In the fabric of clothing, carbon creates a bond that traps odor molecules produced by the body. Activated carbon acts like microscopic Velcro. When odor molecules come into contact with activated charcoal, they remain trapped within the pores until the product is reactivated. Reactivation is achieved by placing the activated carbon fabric in a dryer where the heat from the dryer breaks the bond with the odorous compounds. The odorous compounds are released and the activated carbon is practically as good as new. Organic pollutants, such as those found in human body odors that scare sensitive wildlife, become trapped in the many layers of carbon when encountered. This is one of the reasons why activated carbon is used in water treatment plants around the world. Typically, the water is filtered through a bed of carbon, just like the carbon filter on your Brita pitcher, and the remaining small carbon particles are filtered out of the water, leaving the water free of contaminants. Activated carbon is also used in many other odor reduction applications, including commercial applications. Activated carbons were traditionally in the form of powder or granules. Only in recent decades has the third form, active carbon fiber/fabric (ACF), been subsequently developed. AC...... half of the paper ......or remove the carbonized organic residues formed in the porous structure in the previous phase and re-expose the porous structure in carbon regenerating its original surface characteristics. After treatment the adsorption column can be reused. Between 5 and 15% of the carbon bed is burned per thermal adsorption-regeneration cycle, resulting in a loss of adsorption capacity. Thermal regeneration is a high energy process due to the high temperatures required making it an expensive process both from an energy and commercial perspective. Plants that rely on thermal regeneration of activated carbon must be of a certain size before it is economically viable to have regeneration facilities on site. As a result, it is common for smaller waste processing sites to ship activated carbon cores to a specialized facility for remanufacturing, increasing the already significant carbon footprint of the process.