WO2000020356A1 - Method of making a fertilizer composition - Google Patents
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- WO2000020356A1 WO2000020356A1 PCT/IB1999/001627 IB9901627W WO0020356A1 WO 2000020356 A1 WO2000020356 A1 WO 2000020356A1 IB 9901627 W IB9901627 W IB 9901627W WO 0020356 A1 WO0020356 A1 WO 0020356A1
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- 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
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C05—FERTILISERS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF
- C05C—NITROGENOUS FERTILISERS
- C05C5/00—Fertilisers containing other nitrates
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02A40/00—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production
- Y02A40/10—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production in agriculture
- Y02A40/20—Fertilizers of biological origin, e.g. guano or fertilizers made from animal corpses
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- This invention relates to a method of making a fertilizer composition.
- GB 1 603 645 discloses a process for preparing an animal manure-supplemented artificial chemical fertilizer which is ammonia, ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulphate, urea, superphosphate, triple superphosphate or ammonium phosphate in the form of a pellet, granule or agglomerate.
- the process comprises mixing a finely ground animal manure with the artificial chemical fertilizer, which mixture is optionally moisturised, then plasticised and pelletised or granulated or formed into agglomerates and dried.
- SA 91/2431 discloses an animal manure/inorganic fertilizer wherein the inorganic component includes magnesium nitrate, calcium nitrate and boron.
- the fertilizer is produced by first admixing each of the inorganic components with a portion of the manure to prevent interaction of the inorganic components and thereafter mixing the various mixed portions.
- a problem with this method is that it is extremely cumbersome to operate.
- South African Patent No. 97/1068 discloses an apparatus and method for treating an organic waste sludge such as sewage sludge wherein the sludge is firstly de-watered, moved to a dry hopper for storage and then successively passed through first and second reactors.
- the sludge As the sludge is passed through the first reactor, in a continuous fashion, the sludge is subjected to a high shearing mixing action and has the pH thereof substantially reduced due to the addition of acid to the first reactor.
- the sludge is then moved through the second reactor where the sludge is subjected to a base material to raise the pH thereof.
- the treated sludge is pumped from the second reactor to a pulse combustion drier which dries the material.
- the dried material is suitable for use as a fertilizer.
- a method of producing a fertilizer composition comprising a mixture of an organic component and calcium nitrate, magnesium nitrate or a mixture thereof includes the steps of treating an organic waste material with nitric acid, contacting the thus treated material with a source of basic calcium, magnesium or a mixture thereof, and allowing the source to react with the nitric acid in the treated material to form calcium nitrate, magnesium nitrate or a mixture thereof.
- the first step in the process is to treat the organic waste material with nitric acid.
- the treatment has the effect of sterilising the organic waste material.
- the concentration of the nitric acid will typically be in the range 50 to 60 percent.
- the treatment will generally be such as to reduce the pH of the organic waste material to about 1.
- the organic waste material is preferably a de-watered sludge such as a de- watered sewage sludge.
- the de-watering of the sludge may take place by methods known in the art.
- the de-watered sludge will typically have a solids content of 15 to 25 percent by mass, e.g. about 20 percent by mass.
- the nitric acid present in the treated material is allowed or caused to react with the source of basic calcium, magnesium or mixture thereof forming one or more nitrates.
- a suitable source of calcium is calcite and a suitable source of magnesium is magnesite.
- the source is preferably dolomite. The formation of the nitrates results in neutralisation of the treated material without any extra neutralisation agents being required. Thus, sufficient, e.g. a slight excess, of the source of basic calcium, magnesium or mixture thereof will be used to ensure that neutralisation of the treated material occurs.
- the method of the invention results in a material of low water content and comprising a mixture of an organic component and calcium nitrate, magnesium nitrate or a mixture thereof being produced.
- the water content of the material will be less than 10 percent.
- the urea may be added to the material or fertilizer composition containing the organic component and calcium nitrate, magnesium nitrate or a mixture thereof.
- the urea may also be added or included in the method after the neutralisation of the nitric acid has occurred.
- the ratio of organic component to nitrate in the material produced by the method of the invention will typically be in a ratio of 1:4 to 4:1 on a mass basis and preferably 1 : 1 on a mass basis.
- the amount of urea or chemical equivalent thereof will preferably be in the range 20 to 60 percent by mass of the organic component.
- an organic waste sludge is de-watered to a solids content of about 20 percent solids.
- De- watering can, for example, take place on a belt with the sludge being pressed or squeezed to expel water.
- the de- watered sludge is treated with nitric acid having a concentration of 58 percent to sterilise the sludge. After treatment with the acid, the pH of the sludge is about 1.
- the sterilised sludge is then mixed with dolomite and the nitric acid present in the sterilised sludge allowed to react with the dolomite to form a mixture of calcium and magnesium nitrates.
- urea is added to the product.
- the urea may be added before or after the water evaporation step.
- the granulated product comprises a mixture of an organic component from the organic waste sludge, calcium and magnesium nitrates and urea. These nitrates are intimately associated with the organic component such that on physical handling, as required for applying fertilizer compositions to soil, the nitrates do not separate from the organic component. Further, the intimate association gives enhanced agricultural properties associated with the humic acid present in the organics and reduced leaching.
- the granulated product contains urea. This, it has been found, minimises the risk of the product igniting.
- a typical mixture of the granulated product is:
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AU58790/99A AU5879099A (en) | 1998-10-06 | 1999-10-05 | Method of making a fertilizer composition |
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CN101781126A (en) * | 2010-02-04 | 2010-07-21 | 苏州群瑞环保科技有限公司 | Method for producing special phosphate fertilizer for tower from industrial sludge |
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US5385673A (en) * | 1992-09-08 | 1995-01-31 | Hazen And Sawyer, P.C. | Method of treating wastewater biosolids |
DE4409594A1 (en) * | 1993-12-15 | 1995-06-22 | Thiele Heinrich | Recovering fertiliser, free from heavy metals, from sewage sludge |
EP0716892A1 (en) * | 1994-12-14 | 1996-06-19 | ÖKOZENT Gesellschaft für Ökologieberatung Gesellschaft m.b.H. | Process for the treatment of waste material |
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US5385673A (en) * | 1992-09-08 | 1995-01-31 | Hazen And Sawyer, P.C. | Method of treating wastewater biosolids |
DE4409594A1 (en) * | 1993-12-15 | 1995-06-22 | Thiele Heinrich | Recovering fertiliser, free from heavy metals, from sewage sludge |
EP0716892A1 (en) * | 1994-12-14 | 1996-06-19 | ÖKOZENT Gesellschaft für Ökologieberatung Gesellschaft m.b.H. | Process for the treatment of waste material |
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CN101781126A (en) * | 2010-02-04 | 2010-07-21 | 苏州群瑞环保科技有限公司 | Method for producing special phosphate fertilizer for tower from industrial sludge |
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