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  • This invention uses only a high-speed intensive mixer to produce humic acid salts by a single step completing any of following chemical reactions:
  • the basic principle of the present invention is different from the traditional fluidized bed, which only utilizes high speed agitation instead of large amounts of gas to fluidize solid powder.
  • one or more alkali hydroxide including potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, or ammonium hydroxide solution, etc.
  • This invention utilizes only the high-speed agitation instead of the standard fluidized bed which requires a large amount of gas to fluidize the solid powder.
  • the present invention utilizes reaction heat and friction heat to evaporate excess water for keeping the reaction temperature and drying product simultaneously.
  • the conventional method will require a lot of extra steam to maintain the reaction temperature.
  • the present invention is a dry process achieving a complete reaction with very little additional water.
  • the traditional method requires a lot of water to dissolve caustic soda before mixing with humic acid becoming paste state followed up with more complicated steps.
  • the flow pattern is very vigorous by thoroughly mixing the solid ingredients to achieve a rapid reaction that can be completed in less than 20 minutes vs. 20-26 hours claimed by Patent CN101544675B.
  • This invention uses the frictional heat and exothermic heat generated by the reactants to control the reaction, maintain more stable quality, and most importantly save a lot of energy for steam injection. Additionally, all chemical reactions take place under fluidizing conditions, any excess of water contained in the mixture of solid phase ( ⁇ 30% water) can be evaporated, therefore eliminating the follow up product drying and grinding steps.
  • humic acid salts Traditional methods for production of humic acid salts involve complicated unit operations that are costly and usually cause serious environmental issues.
  • This invention uses a high-speed intensive mixer to promote chemical reaction between alkali hydroxide (Including potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, or ammonium hydroxide solution, etc.) and any substances contain humic acid.
  • alkali hydroxide Including potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, or ammonium hydroxide solution, etc.
  • the new process quickly makes a dry product in a solid phase fluidized bed type reactor and can replace the traditional manufacturing procedure with significantly higher efficiency and cost benefits. It also addresses the common public concerns on the safety and pollution problems.

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Abstract

The present invention utilizes a high-speed intensive mixer in fluidizing type solid phase neutralization reactor to blend solid state alkali hydroxide with any humic acid sources. The final product is a dry humic acid salt. The purpose of this innovative method is to eliminate a series of complicated unit operations commonly employed by the traditional process. These removed steps may include dissolving caustic soda, mixing in a paste like formation, extrusion, granulation, drying, and grinding, etc. The new invention contributes to a simplified flowsheet, resulting in sharply reduced equipment investment, the required plant space, and labor and energy costs. All these factors coupled with increased productivity will drastically lower the overall production cost. Also the reduction of dust pollution will greatly minimize the impact in environmental protection and safety issues.

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    BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Technical Field
  • This invention uses only a high-speed intensive mixer to produce humic acid salts by a single step completing any of following chemical reactions:

  • R—COOH+NaOH=R—COONa+H2O

  • R—COOH+KOH=R—COOK+H2O

  • R—COOH+NH4OH═R—COONH4+H2O
  • The basic principle of the present invention is different from the traditional fluidized bed, which only utilizes high speed agitation instead of large amounts of gas to fluidize solid powder. In practice, however, one or more alkali hydroxide (including potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, or ammonium hydroxide solution, etc.) can be added to react with any of humic acid sources.
    • DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  • There are many unique technical advantages of the present invention over the traditional such as those were claimed by Patent CN101544675B. The most noticeable differences are:
  • 1. This invention utilizes only the high-speed agitation instead of the standard fluidized bed which requires a large amount of gas to fluidize the solid powder.
  • 2. The present invention utilizes reaction heat and friction heat to evaporate excess water for keeping the reaction temperature and drying product simultaneously. The conventional method will require a lot of extra steam to maintain the reaction temperature.
  • 3. The present invention is a dry process achieving a complete reaction with very little additional water. On the contrary, the traditional method requires a lot of water to dissolve caustic soda before mixing with humic acid becoming paste state followed up with more complicated steps.
  • 4. In the present invention, the flow pattern is very vigorous by thoroughly mixing the solid ingredients to achieve a rapid reaction that can be completed in less than 20 minutes vs. 20-26 hours claimed by Patent CN101544675B.
  • Technical specification of the basic principle behind the present invention is due to the large contact area of the ingredients created by high-speed mixing and the neutralization reaction carried out both on surface and inside of powders. In the meantime temperature raises rapidly making caustic flake to melt and then start to penetrate into humic acid powders by osmotic pressure.
  • This invention uses the frictional heat and exothermic heat generated by the reactants to control the reaction, maintain more stable quality, and most importantly save a lot of energy for steam injection. Additionally, all chemical reactions take place under fluidizing conditions, any excess of water contained in the mixture of solid phase (˜30% water) can be evaporated, therefore eliminating the follow up product drying and grinding steps.
    • EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION
  • Three experimental tests were conducted under the setups in accordance with the concept described in this invention. Typical test conditions and the results obtained are shown in the following examples:
    • Example 1
    • Equipment: High speed intensive mixer (Henschel brand)
    • Capacity 200-500 Liter Agitator speed 500-1500 RPM
    • Recipe: Humic acid: (Purity 44% Water content 24%) 100 kg 90% Potassium hydroxide: feed slowly 13.3 kg
    • Product Analysis:
  • Stirring Time, min Water Content % Soluble Humic Acid %
    5 20.3 24.5
    10 18.7 26.8
    15 16.4 29.2
    20 14.3 31.5
    30 13.1 35.9
    • Example 2
    • Equipment: High speed intensive mixer
    • Capacity 200-500 Liter Agitator speed 500-1500 RPM
    • Recipe: Humic acid: (Purity 44% Water content 24%) 100 kg 72% Sodium hydroxide: feed slowly 12.6 kg
    • Product Analysis:
  • Stirring Time, min Water Content % Soluble Humic Acid %
    5 20.3 24.1
    10 18.7 26.5
    15 16.4 28.9
    20 14.8 31.1
    30 12.7 35.5
    • Example 3
    • Equipment: High speed intensive mixer
    • Capacity 200-500 Liter Agitator speed 500-1500 RPM
    • Recipe: Humic acid: (Purity 44% Water content 24%) 100 kg 35% Ammonium hydroxide (Under pressure spray mode) 21 kg
    • Product Analysis:
  • Stirring Time, min Water Content % Soluble Humic Acid %
    5 21.2 23.1
    10 18.9 25.5
    15 16.4 27.8
    20 14.3 30.2
    30 13.1 35.1
    • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • Traditional methods for production of humic acid salts involve complicated unit operations that are costly and usually cause serious environmental issues. This invention uses a high-speed intensive mixer to promote chemical reaction between alkali hydroxide (Including potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, or ammonium hydroxide solution, etc.) and any substances contain humic acid. The new process quickly makes a dry product in a solid phase fluidized bed type reactor and can replace the traditional manufacturing procedure with significantly higher efficiency and cost benefits. It also addresses the common public concerns on the safety and pollution problems.
  • By employing a high-speed blender alone, the new process generates a vigorous powder flow and a series of unit operations, including crushing, mixing, as well as dissolution, neutralization and evaporation due to friction heat; the reaction temperature can thus be automatically controlled. What are claimed in this invention includes but not limited to the following:

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1. A process for producing potassium humate with a solid-phase fluidized bed reaction.
The mixture of potassium hydroxide containing 5 to 30% water and humic acid react in a high-speed intensive mixer running at 300-2000 RPM. The agitation is multi-directional and free flowing, and potassium humate is produced by means of high speed agitation for mixing and neutralization reaction.
2. A process for producing sodium humate with a solid-phase fluidized bed reaction.
The mixture of sodium hydroxide containing 5 to 30% water and humic acid react in high-speed intensive mixer running at 300-2000 RPM.
The agitation is multi-directional and free flowing, and sodium humate is produced by means of high speed agitation for mixing and neutralization reaction.
3. A process for producing potassium and sodium humate with a solid-phase fluidized bed reaction.
The mixture of potassium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide containing 5 to 30% water and humic acid react in a high-speed intensive mixer running at 300-2000 RPM. The agitation is multi-directional and free flowing, and the mixture of sodium and potassium humate is produced by means of high speed agitation for mixing and neutralization reaction.
4. A process for producing ammonium humate with a solid-phase fluidized bed reaction.
This process uses a high pressure spray mode to mix ammonium hydroxide with humic acid in a high-speed intensive mixer running at 300-2000 RPM. The agitation is multi-directional and free flowing, and ammonium humate is produced by means of high speed agitation for mixing and neutralization reaction.
5. In accordance with claims 1 to 4, a kind of manufacturing process utilizes high-speed mixing function to mix the mixture of solid containing less than 50% water and water soluble solid or liquid mist under fluidizing condition.
6. In accordance with claim 5, humic acid mentioned includes but not limit to brown coal, peat and weathering coal containing 5-90% humic acid.
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