EP4347534A1 - Procédé et dispositif pour la production de granulés d'engrais - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif pour la production de granulés d'engrais

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EP4347534A1
EP4347534A1 EP22730150.4A EP22730150A EP4347534A1 EP 4347534 A1 EP4347534 A1 EP 4347534A1 EP 22730150 A EP22730150 A EP 22730150A EP 4347534 A1 EP4347534 A1 EP 4347534A1
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raffinate
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Michael Jacob
Johannes Buchheim
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Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C05—FERTILISERS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF
    • C05B—PHOSPHATIC FERTILISERS
    • C05B7/00—Fertilisers based essentially on alkali or ammonium orthophosphates
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C05—FERTILISERS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF
    • C05B—PHOSPHATIC FERTILISERS
    • C05B17/00—Other phosphatic fertilisers, e.g. soft rock phosphates, bone meal
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C05—FERTILISERS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF
    • C05F—ORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C, e.g. FERTILISERS FROM WASTE OR REFUSE
    • C05F7/00—Fertilisers from waste water, sewage sludge, sea slime, ooze or similar masses
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C05—FERTILISERS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF
    • C05G—MIXTURES OF FERTILISERS COVERED INDIVIDUALLY BY DIFFERENT SUBCLASSES OF CLASS C05; MIXTURES OF ONE OR MORE FERTILISERS WITH MATERIALS NOT HAVING A SPECIFIC FERTILISING ACTIVITY, e.g. PESTICIDES, SOIL-CONDITIONERS, WETTING AGENTS; FERTILISERS CHARACTERISED BY THEIR FORM
    • C05G5/00—Fertilisers characterised by their form
    • C05G5/10—Solid or semi-solid fertilisers, e.g. powders
    • C05G5/12—Granules or flakes

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for the production of fertilizer granules from a processed starting material formed as a combustion residue and a reactant by means of granulation.
  • Agricultural use of the soil removes mineral raw materials such as phosphorus-containing compounds. These are to be fed back into the soil for further agricultural use in the form of artificial, mineral fertilizers, whereby the mineral raw materials are advantageously obtained from raw material sources that have only been used to a limited extent so far and from the point of view of sustainability.
  • the fertilizer granules produced all have in common that they must meet the requirements of the Fertilizer Ordinance (DüMV), in particular with regard to pollution, in particular heavy metal pollution.
  • DüMV Fertilizer Ordinance
  • the European patent application EP 3037 396 A1 discloses a method for producing a phosphate-containing fertilizer from an ash or a char residue of a sludge from waste water treatment or waste fermentation by a) mixing the ash or the char residue with a mineral acid and incubating the resulting suspension in a first vessel, b) separating wet solids from the suspension and replacing the separated solids with further ash or char, mixing the further ash or char with the mineral acid remaining in the first vessel and incubating the result renden suspension in the first vessel, c) transferring these solids into a second vessel and mixing the solids with a pH-neutral, basic or buffered aqueous liquid, d) separating a part of the liquid resulting from the mixing rule from the two th vessel, separating heavy metal ions contained therein and returning this liquid to the second vessel, e) separating moist solids from
  • the German patent application DE 102016 116 633 A1 describes a process for the production of fertilizer granules, a suspension being produced from at least one phosphate-containing secondary raw material and at least one mineral acid, the sparingly soluble phosphates of the at least one phosphate-containing secondary raw material being at least partially dissolved in the suspension produced and / or be converted into a water and / or neutral ammonium citrate-soluble phosphate phase and this suspension is then fed to a granulation, wherein the fertilizer granules are formed and wherein the P205 content contained in the fertilizer granules is greater than 75% soluble in neutral ammonium citrate and also consists of fertilizer granules with a spherical shape factor of greater than or equal to 0.85, with a granule size distribution in the range from 1 mm (d05) to 10 mm (d95) and a P205 Proportion greater than 8%, with the P205 content being greater than 75% soluble in neutral am
  • the international patent application WO 2019/149405 A1 shows a method for producing a granulate that improves the pedosphere, as well as the associated device and a granulate obtained via the method.
  • the process has the process steps a) the production of a raw material dispersion comprising at least one inorganic secondary phosphate and at least one reactant, the proportion of a liquid phase in the raw material dispersion being greater than 30%, with an incubation time between inorganic secondary phosphate and reactant between 1 up to 100 minutes, b) separating part of the liquid phase of the raw material dispersion, c) granulating and/or extruding the remaining raw material dispersion with a reduced liquid phase, d) either recycling the liquid phase separated in process step b) without at least Partial heavy metal separation in process step a) to produce a raw material dispersion or at least partial separation of heavy metals from the liquid phase separated in process step b) and discharge of these heavy metals from the process with subsequent recycling of those low in
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide an alternative method and an alternative device for the production of fertilizer granules, with a significantly larger part of the phosphates being made usable for the production of the fertilizer granules.
  • a first suspension is produced from the starting material and a solvent in a processing phase, whereby the pollutants, in particular heavy metals, bound in the starting material in the first suspension are at least partially eliminated by the solvent be dissolved out of the starting material in order to then at least partially separate the extract from the first suspension to obtain a raffinate, in order to produce a second suspension from the raffinate and the reactant in a production phase that follows the preparation phase, which then after a Response time is granulated.
  • the processing phase when extracting the pollutants, in particular heavy metals, by the solvent from the starting material formed as combustion residue, at least the sparingly soluble phosphate bound in the starting material is not dissolved and remains in it.
  • the phosphates remaining in the raffinate can thus be introduced into the fertilizer granules to a much greater extent in the manufacturing phase that follows the processing phase.
  • the extract at least partially separated from the first suspension in the preparation phase is regenerated in a regeneration step and recirculated to produce the first suspension.
  • the regeneration of the extract preferably takes place by means of ion selection and/or precipitation and/or extraction and/or a step comprising evaporation/distillation and/or electrochemical purification.
  • the precipitation is particularly preferably carried out as a sulfide precipitation using thiosulfate salts.
  • the sulphide precipitation by using thiosulphate salts has the advantage that the formation of sulfur gases, which can only be cleaned again with a great deal of equipment, is prevented. More preferably, the deposition is carried out by electrochemical purification using a pair of platinum-graphite electrodes.
  • the processing phase is expediently repeated once or several times with a starting material formed as a raffinate.
  • a processing cascade results in a more complete extraction of the pollutants, in particular the heavy metals, from the starting material, so that the concentration of pollutants in the raffinate decreases with each processing phase.
  • Different solvents are preferably used in different processing phases. Due to the different solvents, it is possible that the various pollutants bound in the starting material are different easy to extract, since the bound pollutants are separated from the starting material and adsorbed in the solvent with varying degrees of effectiveness according to their own properties by different solvents.
  • additives are added to the first suspension and/or the second suspension. In particular, phosphorus, sulfur and nitrogen are considered to be additives.
  • the additives are added in the amount required for the fertilizer granules to be produced and in any combination of additives during the process, but expediently during the production of the first suspension and/or during the production of the second suspension. However, the additives are preferably added during the preparation of the second suspension.
  • the first and/or the second suspension can be supplemented with phosphorus sources such as apatite, hydroxyapatite, monocalcium phosphate (MCP), diammonium phosphate (DAP), dicalcium phosphate (DCP), tricalcium phosphate (TCP) or monoammonium phosphate (MAP) or potassium dihydrogen phosphate in any amount or combination are supplied.
  • phosphorus sources such as apatite, hydroxyapatite, monocalcium phosphate (MCP), diammonium phosphate (DAP), dicalcium phosphate (DCP), tricalcium phosphate (TCP) or monoammonium phosphate (MAP) or potassium dihydrogen phosphate in any amount or combination are supplied.
  • An enrichment with phosphorus can also be achieved by digesting the raffinate, also referred to as suspension residue, in the second suspension with phosphoric acid.
  • An enrichment with sulfur can expediently be carried out by digesting the raffinate with sulfur
  • an enrichment with elemental sulfur and/or an ammonium sulfate solution is also achieved by adding, for example, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal sulfates to the first and/or second suspension.
  • the fertilizer granules are enriched with nitrogen by adding nitric acid to the raffinate in the production phase, preferably during the production of the second suspension.
  • urea and/or ammonium sulfate can be added to the first and/or second suspension to enrich it with nitrogen.
  • ammonium sulphate is that the nitrogen is present as NHV, resulting in better plant availability and/or plant nutrition.
  • the sulfur present in the ammonium sulphate is also better absorbed by the plants as sulphate.
  • NPK fertilizer granules For the production of NPK fertilizer granules, the addition of various of the aforementioned additives is necessary, expediently in particular nitric acid, urea, DCP and/or potassium salts such as potassium nitrate, potassium chloride or potassium dihydrogen phosphate.
  • the reactant is advantageously an acid or an alkali, with the acid expediently being a mineral and/or organic acid or any mixture of these.
  • the three strong, inorganic acids hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and nitric acid, but also phosphoric acid and carbonic acid are referred to as mineral acids.
  • Organic acids are organic chemical compounds which have at least one functional group which enters into an equilibrium reaction with water or other protonatable solvents, in particular carboxylic acids, for example.
  • the organic acid is a short chain carboxylic acid having up to six carbon atoms, such as formic acid, acetic acid, citric acid, glycolic acid, diglycolic acid, and mixtures thereof.
  • the organic acid preferably a carbon to oxygen ratio of 1:1 or 1:2.
  • the starting material is ground in a grinding step before and/or the first suspension is ground during the preparation phase.
  • the raffinate is preferably ground in a grinding step before and/or during the production phase.
  • the grinding process that takes place before granulation increases the process stability because the starting materials and/or the raffinate are comminuted by the grinding process.
  • the participation in the reaction of the starting materials and/or the raffinate is also increased by increasing the surface area of the starting materials and/or the raffinate, d. H.
  • the reaction kinetics are increased, which accelerates the reaction between the corresponding reaction partners, which in turn leads to more uniform conversion of the starting materials and/or the raffinate and thus also to time savings.
  • the risk of blockages at bottlenecks in the device, in particular in nozzles of the granulation devices, on flaps and slides or the like is reduced.
  • any sedimentation that occurs as a result of the grinding process is minimized.
  • the starting material can also be comminuted or can be comminuted in a grinding unit during the processing phase, for example in a recirculation device having a grinding unit for the first suspension.
  • the raffinate can also be ground during the production of the second suspension, expediently in a recirculation device for the second suspension which has a grinding unit.
  • the reactant is at a temperature of 10° C. to 40° C. at the start of the reaction, ie when the reactants are mixed to form the second suspension. Expediently, the organic acids do not decompose at these temperatures. In addition, at temperatures of the reactant of 10° C. to 40° C., less sparingly soluble high-temperature phases of the phosphate are formed during the reaction with the raffinate.
  • the reactant is advantageously initially introduced and the raffinate is added to it.
  • the first suspension has an extraction time of in particular up to 90 minutes and/or the second suspension has a reaction time of up to 90 minutes, preferably between 20 minutes and 60 minutes.
  • the extraction time is the period during which the solvent is in contact with the starting material in order to extract the pollutants, in particular heavy metals, from the starting material into the solvent.
  • the first suspension preferably has an extraction time of, in particular, up to 90 minutes. However, significantly longer extraction times of days and weeks may also be necessary. In appropriate cases, the first suspension is then intermediately stored in containers designed as buffer stores.
  • the reaction time refers to the period of time in which the raffinate is in contact with the reactant in order to break down the raffinate, also known as the suspension residue, and in particular to convert the poorly soluble phosphates into phosphates that are easier for plants to use.
  • the aforementioned extraction and reaction times preferably in any combination, contribute to the production of fertilizer granules that are easier for plants to utilize.
  • the temperature of the second suspension is between 20° C. and 80° C. during the reaction time. It was found that these temperatures are particularly advantageous for the production of the second suspension and the reaction between the raffinate and the reactant which takes place in the process, in order to extract the sparingly soluble phosphates from the raffinate.
  • the first suspension and/or the second suspension is supplied with mechanical energy to break up agglomerates, in particular by means of ultrasound.
  • the supply of mechanical energy serves to improve homogenization of the first and/or second suspension, in particular to break up agglomerates, and thus to support the breakdown of the raffinate in the production phase and thus also to reduce the reaction time.
  • high-pressure homogenization devices, plate vibrators or sonotrodes or the like are used to introduce mechanical energy. The homogenization leads to a reduction in viscosity and thus an increase in flowability.
  • the second suspension has a solids content of 30% to 70%, in particular 40% to 65%.
  • a solids content of 30% to 70% in the second suspension is optimal for the granulation that follows the production of the second suspension, in particular with regard to spray granulation or spray agglomeration, and this results in very uniform granulation Fertilizer granules can be produced with a narrow grain size distribution.
  • the granulation of the second suspension is preferably carried out by means of spray granulation or spray agglomeration. This is expediently carried out in particular in a fluidization apparatus designed as a fluidized bed or spouted bed apparatus.
  • the fertilizers are produced in medium granules whose properties, such as grain size, moisture content, etc., can be specifically adjusted or set.
  • the second suspension is continuously granulated.
  • the process for producing fertilizer granules is a continuous process.
  • the advantages of continuous processes include: consistent product quality, a production volume of fertilizer granules that can be determined over the period of time, less manual handling of the fertilizer granules, improved occupational safety, fewer personnel requirements, less cleaning effort for the device and lower production costs for the fertilizer granules.
  • a discontinuous or semi-continuous process is also conceivable.
  • the object is achieved with a device of the type mentioned at the outset in that the device has a processing unit with an extraction stage, which has a container for producing a first suspension from the starting material and a solvent, and with a separating device for at least partial separation of the extract from the first suspension to obtain a raffinate and that the device also has a production unit which has a leaching device with a container for producing a second suspension from the raffinate and the reactant and a granulation device for granulating the second suspension having.
  • the device is advantageously suitable for carrying out the above-described, preferred method for producing fertilizer granules batchwise, semicontinuously or continuously and thus producing corresponding fertilizer granules which have very low levels of pollutants, preferably in the form of heavy metals.
  • the phosphates remain improved in the raffinate and can be converted completely into the fertilizer granules in the production phase that follows the processing phase.
  • the container for preparing the first suspension and the container for preparing the second suspension are designed as separate containers.
  • This device is expediently very well suited for carrying out the continuous process for the production of fertilizer granules.
  • the container for producing the first suspension and the container for producing the second suspension are designed as one container.
  • Such a term design of the device for the production of fertilizer medium granules causes savings in investment costs and a lower space requirement.
  • the granulation device is designed as a fluidizing device, in particular as a fluidized bed device or spouted bed device.
  • This advantageously produces the fertilizer granules whose properties, such as grain size, moisture content, etc., can be adjusted in a targeted manner.
  • the second suspension is in particular continuously granulated.
  • the processing unit expediently has several containers for producing a suspension and one or more separating devices for at least partially separating the extract from the corresponding suspension, with the plurality of containers being assigned one separating device or each container being assigned a separate separating device.
  • extract and raffinate are separated from one another by the separating device, with the extract being at least partially separated off, so that the raffinate can be further processed with higher quality, namely with lower pollution.
  • the processing unit has one or more regeneration devices for the extract.
  • This is advantageous because the extract can be regenerated and thus reused.
  • the processing unit has one or more recirculation devices for the regenerated extract. This reduces solvent consumption and makes the process significantly more efficient and cost-effective.
  • the regeneration of the extract preferably takes place by means of ion selection or precipitation or extraction or a step comprising evaporation/distillation.
  • the precipitation is particularly preferably carried out as a sulfide precipitation using thiosulfate salts.
  • the sulfide precipitation by using thiosulfate salts has the advantage that the formation of sulfur gases, which can only be cleaned again with a very large outlay on apparatus, is prevented.
  • the production unit has a pH value control device. This is preferably arranged in the production unit upstream of the granulator. It is possible to adjust the pH value by controlling the pH value using a pH value control device of the second suspension formed from the raffinate and the reactant, and to check it, for example, after the reaction but before the granulation. Adjusting the pH of the second suspension affects the stickiness of the second suspension, which in turn is of very great importance for the atomization of the second suspension using the preferred granulator designed as a fluidizing apparatus. The more acidic the suspension, the stickier it is.
  • the pH value is preferably measured in the second suspension and the pH value is adjusted via the pH
  • the pH control can also be designed as an additional, external control loop.
  • the leaching device in particular the container for producing the second suspension, is designed as a tubular reactor.
  • the design as a tubular reactor has the advantage that this design can be realized easily and inexpensively.
  • the tubular reactor has the advantage that a higher conversion and higher selectivity can be achieved compared to a stirred tank reactor.
  • the tube reactor thus combines the advantages of the batch reactor (dis continuous stirred tank reactor) and the continuous stirred tank reactor.
  • Figure 1 shows a first embodiment of the device for the production of fertilizer granules
  • FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the device for the production of fertilizer granules
  • FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment of the device for the production of fertilizer granules
  • FIG. 4 shows a fourth embodiment of the device for producing fertilizer granules
  • FIG. 5 shows a fifth embodiment of the device for producing fertilizer granules.
  • the method for producing fertilizer granules 43 is preferably designed as a continuous method .
  • the device 1 has a preparation unit 2 and a production unit 3 .
  • Processing unit 2 is described in more detail below:
  • the processing unit 2 has an extraction stage 10 having a container 4 for producing a first suspension 5 from a starting material 7 in the form of a combustion residue containing pollutants 6 and a solvent 8, as well as a separating device 9.
  • Combustion residues are referred to as starting material 7 containing pollutants 6, in particular from the mono- or co-incineration of sewage sludge and/or animal excrements and/or animal meal and/or animal remains and/or animal bodies and/or liquid manure and/or fermentation residues /or wood and/or bone meal both as a single substance or as a mixture thereof.
  • Liquid compounds which can dissolve solid, liquid and gaseous substances without chemically changing them or themselves are referred to as solvents 8 . During a release process, the lattice energy of the connection is eliminated. In this case, molecules or ions of a compound that are less firmly bound in terms of energy are released by the solvent 8, trapped in the form of a shell and stabilized.
  • solvent 8 any mixture of different solvents 8 is also referred to as solvent 8 .
  • the container 4 has a starting material inlet 11, a solvent inlet 12 and a container outlet 13. Furthermore, the container 4 can include a heat transfer device 14 which is suitable for supplying or dissipating heat to the container 4 containing the first suspension 5 and thus for controlling the temperature of the container 4 . Accordingly, the container 4 is expediently designed as a double-walled container 15 .
  • Other pollutants 6 can also be extracted from the starting material 7 by the solvent 8 .
  • the enrichment of the solvent 8 takes place until the maximum loading of the solvent 8 is reached.
  • the first suspension 5 preferably has an extraction time of, in particular, up to 90 minutes. However, significantly longer extraction times of days and weeks can also be necessary, depending on the starting material 7 and solvent 8 used. In appropriate cases, the first suspension 5 is then temporarily stored in containers (not shown) designed as buffer stores.
  • the solvent 8 In order to achieve the fastest and most complete detachment of the pollutants 6, which are in particular heavy metals, from the starting material 7, the solvent 8 must be provided with large exchange surfaces and short diffusion paths. H. the kinetics of extraction are accelerated. This can be achieved by crushing the starting material 7 containing the pollutants 6 by means of a grinding device 16 assigned to the processing unit 2, which also increases the process stability. The optimized extraction kinetics lead to time savings and thus to a shorter extraction time. At the same time, the risk of clogging at bottlenecks in the device 1, in particular at valves, flaps and slides or the like, is reduced.
  • the grinding device can be arranged in front of and/or on the container 4 for the production of the first suspension 5 .
  • the starting materials 7 for the production of the first suspension 5 are comminuted so that they have an average particle diameter of preferably smaller equal to 5 mth. If the grinding process is carried out before the production of the first suspension 5 before (upstream) the container 4, this takes place as a dry grinding of the starting materials 7, as shown in particular in FIG. In contrast to this, wet grinding of the starting materials 7 is used during the production of the first suspension 5 in the container 4 . Such wet grinding with subsequent return of the first suspension 5 to the container 4 is shown in FIG. 2, for example. With a combination of dry and wet grinding in the process, the grinding process takes place both
  • Dry grinding has the advantage of high grinding efficiency with little space requirement and low specific energy consumption.
  • the desired final fineness of the starting materials 7 can be set freely and precisely.
  • wet grinding even coarse starting materials can be processed with a low specific energy consumption.
  • the agitator bearing does not come into contact with the product.
  • a combination of dry and wet grinding enables post-grinding of the starting materials 7 and the first suspension 5.
  • the advantages here are a significantly reduced total energy consumption, an increase in throughput with the same product fineness or alternatively an increase in product fineness with the same throughput. Furthermore, the combination of cken- and wet grinding the use of continuously and discontinuously operating grinding devices 16, such as. Mills, possible.
  • the starting material 7 and the solvent 8 are mixed well with one another.
  • a mixing device 17 is expediently arranged in the container 4, e.g. shown in Fig. 2.
  • the extract 18 with the pollutants 6 now dissolved therein is then at least partially separated from the raffinate 19 within a separating device 9 assigned to the extraction stage 10, the Separator 9 has an extract and a raffinate outlet and a separator outlet.
  • Separators, filter devices such as, in particular, filter presses, centrifuges or the like are expediently used as the separating device 9 .
  • the container 4 and the separating device 9 are designed as a structural unit.
  • the first suspension 5 is supplied with mechanical energy for breaking up agglomerates, in particular by means of ultrasound.
  • the mechanical energy is supplied by means of the homogenizing device 20 and serves to improve the homogenization of the first suspension 5, in particular to break up agglomerates and thereby also to reduce the extraction time, and to lower the viscosity and thus increase the flowability.
  • the processing unit 2 has a homogenizing device 20 suitable for introducing mechanical energy, in particular in the form of a plate vibrator or a sonotrode, which is arranged on the container 4 .
  • the processing unit 2 has a regeneration device 21 having an extract inlet and a regeneration device outlet, as shown in particular in FIG.
  • the regeneration of the extract 18 carried out in the regeneration device 21 usually takes place by evaporation/distillation.
  • the solvent 8 is evaporated ver and a concentrated extract solution 22 containing the pollutants 6 remains.
  • the solvent 8 is then condensed and can be reused.
  • the extract solution 22 can also be fed to further processing/preparation.
  • the processing unit 2 has a recirculation device 23, as shown in FIG.
  • the recirculation device 23 is suitable for recirculating the solvent 8 regenerated from the extract 18 into the container 4 of an extraction stage 10 .
  • Such a recirculation reduces the solvent consumption originally required considerably, since the supply of the regenerated solution by means of 8 means that less fresh solvent 8 has to be supplied.
  • the processing unit 2 can also - as shown, for example, in Fig. 4 and 5, have any number of extraction stages 10 that form a processing cascade 37 the. 4 shows an embodiment with two extraction stages 10 and FIG. 5 an embodiment with three extraction stages 10. To make it easier to distinguish between the same objects, these are identified below with the reference symbols ',''' etc., e.g the extraction stage 10', 10'', 10'''.
  • a processing cascade 37 can have any number of extraction stages 10, for example 2, 3, 4, . . . n. Each extraction stage 10 forms its own processing phase.
  • each container 4 is assigned a separating device 9 for at least partially separating the extract 18 from the corresponding first suspension 5, a regeneration device 21 for regenerating the corresponding extract 18 and a recirculation device 23 for recirculating the regenerated solvent 8.
  • different solvents 8, 8' are used in the different extraction stages 10.
  • the containers 4 for the production of a first suspension 5 are each assigned a separating device 9, with the extracts 18 being regenerated via a collecting device in the common regeneration device 21 and the regenerated solvent 8 being regenerated via a common recirculation device 23 is recirculated.
  • a common solvent 8 is used in the device of FIG.
  • the processing phase is repeated twice with a starting material (7) formed as a raffinate (19).
  • the raffinate 19 is then fed to the production unit 3 .
  • the part of the first suspension 5 which remains after the partial separation of the extract 19 from the first suspension 5 as a so-called suspension residue is referred to as the raffinate 19 .
  • the production unit 3 is described in more detail below:
  • the production unit 3 has a leaching device 24 which has a container 25 for producing a second suspension 26 from raffinate 18 and a reactant 27 .
  • the tank 25 has a raffinate inlet 28 , a reactant inlet 29 and a tank outlet 30 .
  • the container 25 can comprise a heat transfer device 14 which is suitable for supplying or dissipating heat to the container 25 containing the second suspension 26 and thus for controlling the temperature of the container 25 .
  • the container 25 is expediently designed as a double-walled container 15 . A corresponding embodiment is shown in FIG. 1, for example.
  • the reactant 27 is placed in the container 25 and the raffinate 19 is added to it.
  • the reactant 27 more preferably has a temperature of 10° C. to 40° C. when it is added via the reactant feed 29 .
  • the second suspension 26 expediently has a solids content of 30% to 70%, in particular 40% to 65%.
  • the leaching device 24, in particular the container 25 for the production of the second suspension 26 is preferred as
  • the reactant 27 breaks down the raffinate 19 in the container 25 by reacting the raffinate 19 with the reactant 27 during a period referred to as the reaction time, so that the sparingly soluble phosphates are converted into phosphates that are better used by plants.
  • the reaction time between raffinate 19 and reactant 27, in particular the acid, is expediently up to 90 minutes.
  • the temperature in container 25 rises due to the reaction between raffinate 19 and reactant 27, so that the second suspension 26 in the container 25 preferably has a temperature between 20 °C and 80 °C during the reaction time.
  • the heat transfer device 14 is suitable for adjusting the temperature of the second suspension 26 in the container 25 accordingly.
  • the container 4 for preparing the first suspension 5 and the container 25 for preparing the second suspension 26 can, as shown by way of example in FIG. 1, be designed as separate containers 4, 25. In contrast to this, it is also possible, as realized in an embodiment that is not shown, for the container 4 for producing the first suspension 5 and the container 25 for producing the second suspension 26 to be designed as one container 4 , 25 .
  • An acid or an alkaline solution is used as the reactant 27, the acid being expediently a mineral and/or an organic acid or any mixture of these.
  • Short-chain carboxylic acids with a number of up to six carbon atoms are preferably used as the organic acid, such as formic, acetic, citric, glycolic or diglycolic acid. More preferably, the organic acid has a carbon-to-oxygen ratio of 1:1 or 1:2.
  • the temperature of the reactant 27 during the addition in the range of 10 °C to 40 °C reduces in particular the degeneration of the reactant 27.
  • Additives 38 can be added to the first suspension 5 and/or the second suspension 26, with additives 38 being in particular phosphorus, sulfur and nitrogen.
  • the additives 38 are added in the quantity required for the fertilizer granules 43 to be produced and in any combination of the additives 38 via an additive feed 41.
  • the additives 38 are preferably added during the production of the second suspension 26 in the container 25.
  • the first and/or the second suspension 5, 26 can use phosphorus sources such as apatite, hydroxyapatite, monocalcium phosphate (MCP), diammonium phosphate (DAP), dicalcium phosphate (DCP), tricalcium phosphate (TCP) or monoammonium phosphate (MAP) or potassium dihydrogen phosphate in any quantity or combination.
  • phosphorus sources such as apatite, hydroxyapatite, monocalcium phosphate (MCP), diammonium phosphate (DAP), dicalcium phosphate (DCP), tricalcium phosphate (TCP) or monoammonium phosphate (MAP) or potassium dihydrogen phosphate in any quantity or combination.
  • An enrichment with phosphorus can also be achieved by digesting the raffinate 19, also referred to as suspension residue, in the second suspension 26 with phosphoric acid as the reactant 27.
  • An enrichment with sulfur can expediently be carried out by digesting the raffinate 19 with sulfuric acid as the reactant 27 in the second suspension 26, d. H. in the manufacturing phase carried out in manufacturing unit 3.
  • Alkali or alkaline earth metal sulfates to the first and / or second suspension 5, 26 an enrichment with sulfur, in particular elemental sulfur achieved.
  • the use of ammonium sulphate, e.g. in solution, is also very well suited to increasing the sulfur content accordingly.
  • the nitrogen in ammonium sulphate in particular is present as NH4+, which leads to improved plant availability and/or an improved supply of nitrogen to the plants.
  • NPK fertilizer granules 43s it is necessary to add various of the aforementioned additives 38, expediently in particular nitric acid, urea, DCP and/or potassium salts such as potassium nitrate, potassium chloride or potassium dihydrogen phosphate.
  • the reactant 27 must be offered large exchange surfaces with the raffinate 19, so that the reaction kinetics are accelerated. This can be done by crushing the raffinate 19, if necessary, by means of a grinder 32.
  • the improved reaction kinetics also lead to time savings and thus to a shorter reaction time.
  • the risk of clogging at narrow points in the device 1, in particular at nozzles of a granulation device 33 connected to the leaching device 24, is reduced.
  • the grinding device 32 can be arranged in front of (upstream) and/or on the container 25 for the production of the second suspension 26 .
  • the raffinate 19 is comminuted to produce the second suspension 26, so that the latter has an average particle diameter of preferably less than or equal to 5 mth, in particular between 50 nm and 3 mth.
  • the grinding process preferably takes place as wet grinding of the raffinate 19, as shown in FIG.
  • the advantages of wet grinding are low specific energy consumption and the processability of coarse raffinate.
  • the agitator bearing has no contact with the second suspension 26 .
  • raffinate 19 and reactant 27 are well mixed together in vessel 25 .
  • a mixing device 34 is expediently arranged in the container 25, which is preferably designed as a blade or ribbon mixer, see Fig. 1.
  • the second suspension 26 is also supplied with mechanical energy for breaking up agglomerates, in particular by means of ultrasound.
  • the supply of the mechanical Energy is used for better homogenization of the second suspension 26 and thereby also for reducing the reaction time and reducing the viscosity and thus increasing the flowability.
  • the container 25 of the production unit 3 has a homogenizing device 35 for introducing mechanical energy, in particular in the form of a plate vibrator or a sonotrode.
  • Such a homogenization device 35 arranged in the container 25 is shown, for example, in Fig.
  • the production unit 3 has a granulation device 33 for granulation of the second suspension, which has a granulator inlet designed as an inlet and a granulator outlet designed as an outlet
  • the granulation device 33 is expediently designed as a fluidization apparatus, in particular as a fluidized bed or spouted bed apparatus, so that the second suspension 26 is granulated by means of spray granulation or spray agglomeration.
  • the method is preferably carried out in such a way that the second suspension 26 from the container 25 is continuously granulated.
  • the production unit 3 can have a pH control device 36 at its disposal. This is preferably arranged in the production unit 3 upstream of the granulation device 33 .
  • a pH value control device 36 By controlling the pH value by means of a pH value control device 36, as shown for example in FIG Possibility of adjusting the pH value of the second suspension 26 formed from raffinate 19 and reaction agent 27 .
  • Adjusting the pH value of the second suspension 26 affects the stickiness of the second suspension 26, which in turn is of very great importance for the atomization of the second suspension 26 by means of the granulation device 33.
  • the pH value is preferably measured and the additional acid or base that adjusts the pH is metered into the container 25 that contains the second suspension 26 .
  • the pH value is set here via the pH value control device 36.
  • the pH value control can also be designed as an additional, external control loop.
  • the device 1 for the production of fertilizer granules 43 43 is preferably regulated and/or controlled with a control device 39 .
  • control valves 40 are expediently installed in all inlets and outlets of the respective devices, such as containers 4, 25, separating device 8, regeneration device 21, recirculation device 23, granulation device 33, etc., which can be regulated and/or controlled by the control device 39 .
  • the aforementioned individual devices of the device 1 can all be regulated and/or controlled.

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L'invention concerne un procédé et un dispositif (1) pour la production de granulés d'engrais (43) par granulation à partir d'une matière de départ (7) traitée, se présentant sous la forme de résidus de combustion, et d'un réactif (27).
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