WATER AND AIR FILTRATION
Biochar Inputs for Water and Air Filtration
Build your next filtration medium with a renewable, wood-based carbon input. Wakefield supplies biochar products for manufacturers developing water-treatment and air-filtration media. Whether you need fine carbon powder or bulk biochar for further processing, we can help you compare material options and discuss supply for your application.
MATERIAL FIT
Put Renewable Carbon to Work in Filtration
Biochar brings porous carbon surfaces to media designed to capture selected pollutants and odor compounds. In water-treatment systems, it can also provide surfaces for biofilms that help break down organic matter.
Wood-based biochar can be screened, blended, granulated, or activated for its intended role. Wakefield supplies bulk material and fine powder for manufacturers developing these treatment media.
APPLICATIONS
Develop Media for Water or Air Treatment
Water Filtration Media
Biochar can combine pollutant capture with support for treatment microbes. In laboratory filters treating municipal sewage, biochar improved organic-matter removal and reduced cloudiness compared with woodchips or gravel. Activated wood carbon also offers a route to capturing trace pollutants after biological treatment.
Explore biochar in wastewater treatment, including filtration, activated carbon, and nutrient-treatment media.
Air and Odor Control Media
Commercial pine biochar reduced measured odor compounds in a 21-day pilot filter study at a swine facility. Biochar can serve as a filter-bed material or be further processed for selected gases, giving manufacturers a renewable carbon input for odor-control media.
Read how biochar captures odors in air filtration and how surface chemistry influences gas capture.
BIOCHAR PRODUCTS
Choose the Input That Fits Your Process
- Organic Carbon: 80–95%
- Particle Size: 80% ≤ 3 mm
- Moisture: ≤ 20%
Premium Biochar LM™
Lower-moisture bulk biochar for filter-media production when incoming moisture needs to be limited, including air-filter applications, blending, and further processing.
Available in 2-cubic-yard bulk bags.
- Organic Carbon: 85–95%
- Particle Size: ≥ 95% below 2 mm
- Moisture: 50–60%
Premium Biochar
Bulk biochar for water-treatment media and other filtration processes that accommodate its moisture. A starting material for screening, blending, or further processing around your filter design.
OMRI listed. Available in 2-cubic-yard bulk bags or loose truckloads.
- Organic Carbon: 85–95%
- Particle Size: < 50 µm
- Moisture: ≤ 5%
CarbonMicro® 50
Micronized, low-moisture biochar for manufacturers incorporating fine carbon powder into composites, binders, or engineered filter media.
Available in 1,000 lb and 2,000 lb bulk bags.
Product values reflect typical material properties and may vary by lot. See each specification sheet for the full particle-size distribution and measurement details.
PRODUCT INFORMATION AND RESEARCH
Related Resources
Filtration Applications
Product Specifications
Use product specifications to compare inputs.
COMMON QUESTIONS
FAQ
Are these products activated carbon?
These are biochar inputs. Low-moisture processing and micronizing do not make them activated carbon. If your medium needs activation, include that requirement in your application discussion.
Which product should we start with?
Choose LM when incoming moisture needs to be limited, Premium when your process accommodates moisture, or CM50 when your formulation requires fine powder. The choice depends on how you manufacture the medium and what the finished filter needs to do.
Does biochar always need further processing?
Some systems can use unactivated biochar in a media blend. Others require additional processing. Your target contaminant, filter design, and required service life determine the appropriate approach. Suitability must be established through application-specific testing. Wakefield does not promise drinking-water suitability or contaminant removal for an untested filter.
Can we get samples and discuss bulk supply?
Yes. Tell us about your filtration application and any particle-size or moisture requirements, and we’ll help identify a suitable sample and discuss supply for your expected volume. Samples are generally paid, with shipping paid by the customer. Availability and costs are confirmed with your request.
START A CONVERSATION
Tell Us About Your Filtration Application
Tell us what your filter needs to remove, how you plan to incorporate biochar, and your expected volume. If you have a product in mind, include it in your message along with your delivery location and timing. We can discuss pricing, samples, processing requirements, and supply, or help you assess suitable inputs if needed.