Desorption reaction characteristics of the used activated carbons collected from painting process in Shiwha/Banwal industrial complex were investigated. Thermogravimetric analyzer was used to investigate the desorption characteristics. Activation energies and reaction orders for desorption reaction characteristics of used activated carbons were estimated by employing Friedman method and Freeman-Carroll method. In the used activated carbons collected from painting process, it was found that the activation energies were 20.6~43.2 kJ/mol in Friedman method and 12.3~26.5 kJ/mol in Freeman-carroll method, and reaction orders were 0.1~1.7.