Custom Made Specifications

Pennpitch™ only uses high-quality Carbon sources to ensure a high-quality product. Traditional pitch manufacturing depends upon the distillation of coal tar condensed from coke manufacturing facilities. The yield of coal tar binder pitch is only about 30 lbs./ ton of coal input. The Pennpitch™ process converts 70% of the input coal to pitch as the primary product because of the variable controls in the process, it can be altered to make a range of pitch to suit customer’s compliance requirements. Below is a table of characteristics that show standard pitch, pitches made and the range of characteristics possible by varying the controlling features of the process.

Industry Sample Comparison

Property Industry Sample #1 Industry Sample #2 Industry Sample #3 PennCarbonX Quality Range Capabilities
Softening Point 109 112 120 100 – 200
Quinoline Insolubles 13 18.3 2.8 0 – 15
Toluene Insolubles 27.5 18.3 30.6 10 – 20
Beta Resins 14.4 18.2 28.1 10 – 20
Ash Percent 0.7 0 1.25 0 – 2
Sulfur Percent 0.66 0.17 0.13 0.10 – 1.5
Fixed Carbon 57.8 42 44.7 40 – 60