Innovacorp India is a manufacturer, exporter, and supplier of Activated Carbon in Pune — PAC and GAC grades for sugar decolorization, water treatment, and pharma applications. Supplied to sugar processing units in the Maharashtra sugar belt and to process plants across Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, and Chakan.

Anyone who has worked in a sugar refinery knows the problem: colour bodies — polyphenols, caramels, melanoidins — pass through clarification and show up in the crystallised sugar as ICUMSA colour. Carbon adsorption is the polishing step that catches what clarification leaves behind. But the carbon has to match the syrup, the process, and the target ICUMSA value. A high-iodine PAC that works on one refinery's melt liquor may be over-specified for another — and the dose that works in a lab jar test is not always the dose that works on the plant. This is where grade selection and a lab trial matter more than the datasheet headline.

Why Activated Carbon Matters in Sugar Refining

Sugar refining runs on colour control. Raw juice carries natural pigments; clarification removes some, but the colour bodies that remain — polyphenols, caramels, melanoidins — concentrate through evaporation and show up in the final crystal. Activated carbon works by adsorbing these colour bodies onto its porous surface. The result is lower ICUMSA colour, better crystal brilliance, and a sugar that meets export or premium domestic specifications. For Maharashtra sugar refineries — Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, Solapur — carbon performance directly affects the price the sugar commands.

How Activated Carbon Works in Sugar Decolorization

Activated carbon is a highly porous adsorbent — its internal surface area is what makes it effective. When syrup or melt liquor passes through the carbon bed (GAC) or is treated with carbon slurry (PAC), colour bodies and organic impurities adsorb onto the surface. The iodine value of the carbon indicates its adsorption capacity — higher iodine value generally means more adsorption capacity, but the right grade depends on the specific colour load of your syrup and the target ICUMSA value. The carbon's pore size distribution also matters — mesopores and micropores adsorb different molecular weight colour bodies. Grade selection is confirmed after a lab trial on your syrup sample.

Where Activated Carbon Is Used — Pune & the Maharashtra Sugar Belt

• Sugar decolorization (Maharashtra sugar belt): Refinery syrup decolorization and melt liquor treatment at sugar refineries in the Kolhapur–Sangli– Satara–Solapur belt — supplied from Pune.
• Water treatment (Pune): Process water and effluent treatment at plants across Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, and Chakan — for organic impurity and odour removal.
• Pharma (Pune): API purification and process water treatment at pharma units in Pune's Hinjewadi and Chakan belt.
• Food and beverage: Decolorization and taste/odour removal in food processing lines.

Types We Manufacture, Export & Supply from Pune

• Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC): High-activity, fast-acting carbon for batch treatment and rapid decolorization — suited to refinery syrup and melt liquor treatment.
• Granular Activated Carbon (GAC): For fixed-bed columns — continuous decolorization and water treatment.
• Coconut Shell-Based Carbon: High hardness and low ash — suited to pharma and high-purity water treatment.
• Coal-Based Carbon: Cost-effective adsorption for water treatment and industrial decolorization.
• Wood-Based Carbon: For specific decolorization and purification applications.

Grade selection depends on your syrup colour load, target ICUMSA value, and application — confirmed after a lab trial.

Specifications

Property	Typical Value
Appearance	Black powder or granules (grade-dependent)
Iodine Value	Grade-dependent; confirmed on datasheet
Ash Content	Grade-dependent; confirmed on datasheet
Moisture Content	Grade-dependent; confirmed on datasheet
Bulk Density	Grade-dependent; confirmed on datasheet
Particle Size	Powder (PAC) or granular mesh sizes (GAC), grade-dependent
Shelf Life	24 months (unopened, dry storage), grade-dependent

Final specification confirmed after a lab trial on your syrup or process stream.

Application and Dosage

Dosage depends on syrup colour load, target ICUMSA value, and carbon grade. Typical starting guidance:

• Refinery syrup decolorization (PAC): Dosed as a slurry into syrup or melt liquor — dose confirmed after a lab trial on your syrup sample.
• Refinery syrup decolorization (GAC): Fixed-bed column — bed volume and flow rate confirmed against colour load and target ICUMSA.
• Water treatment: Dosed or passed through GAC columns — dose confirmed against organic load and discharge requirement.
• Pharma purification: Dose confirmed against API specification and process conditions.

We recommend a lab trial on your syrup or process stream before full-scale dosing. Final dosage is confirmed with your process engineers.

Packing

• 25 kg HDPE-lined bags (PAC and GAC)
• 500 kg jumbo bags on request
• Bulk tanker supply on request (for large refineries)
• Storage: cool, dry, away from direct sunlight; keep bags sealed until use

Key Benefits

• Helps reduce colour bodies in refinery syrup and melt liquor
• Supports lower ICUMSA colour and better crystal brilliance
• PAC for batch treatment, GAC for continuous column operation
• Grades matched to syrup load, target ICUMSA, and application
• Technical guidance on grade selection, dosage, and lab trials

Technical Support

We work with refinery process engineers, water treatment plant operators, and pharma technical teams on carbon selection, dosage, and application. Support includes guidance on iodine value selection, lab trials, and interaction with your existing decolorization and clarification programme — for sugar refineries in the Maharashtra belt and process plants across Pune.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Do you manufacture, export and supply Activated Carbon in Pune?

Yes. We manufacture, export and supply activated carbon in Pune — PAC and GAC grades for sugar decolorization, water treatment and pharma applications — with technical support on iodine value selection, dosage and application.

2. Which Pune industries use your activated carbon?

Our activated carbon is used by sugar processing units in the Maharashtra sugar belt, water treatment plants, pharma units in Pune's Hinjewadi and Chakan belt, and food processing lines. Each grade is matched to the application at enquiry.

3. What iodine value of activated carbon is used for sugar decolorization?

Sugar decolorization typically uses activated carbon in the 800–1100 iodine value range, with the exact grade depending on the syrup colour load and target ICUMSA value. Dosage is confirmed after a lab trial on your syrup sample.

4. How is Activated Carbon packed and supplied to Pune?

Activated carbon is supplied in 25 kg HDPE-lined bags, 500 kg jumbo bags, and bulk tanker supply on request. Delivery timelines for Pune and nearby areas are confirmed at the quotation stage.

Request a Quote

For pricing, samples, or a technical discussion on Activated Carbon for your Pune plant or Maharashtra sugar refinery, call us at +91-9312871070. Our team will help you select the right grade for your syrup and target ICUMSA.