4916results about "Sewage/sludge fertilisers" patented technology

The invention provides for methods, devices, and systems for pyrolyzing biomass. A pyrolysis unit can be used for the pyrolysis of biomass to form gas, liquid, and solid products. The biomass materials can be selected such that an enhanced biochar is formed after pyrolysis. The biomass can be pyrolyzed under specified conditions such that a selected biochar core is formed. The pyrolysis process can form a stable biochar core that is inert and / or resistant to degradation. The biochar or biochar core can be functionalized to form a functionalized biochar or functionalized biochar core. Functionalization can include post-pyrolysis treatments such as supplementation with microbes or physical transformations including annealing and / or activation.

A method and plant for the treatment of an organic waste material in liquid form, e.g. liquid manure from livestock, the method comprising filtering fibres and particles from the liquid, subjecting the liquid to anaerobic fermentation in a biogas reactor, separating a substantially sterile and particle-free permeate stream from the biogas reactor, e.g. using ultrafiltration, subjecting the permeate stream to treatment with an ammonia stripper at an elevated temperature and preferably at reduced pressure to remove substantially all ammonia and carbon dioxide and to result in an ammonia fraction and a nutrient salt fraction, and separating the nutrient salt fraction into a fertiliser concentrate fraction and a water fraction, e.g. using reverse osmosis. The end products of the method are clean water, ammonia concentrate, fertiliser concentrate containing salts of P and K, compost and high-quality biogas with a high methane content.

The invention discloses a method for preparing a herbal biological fiber and biological paper pulp, and the used microbial composite agent and a preparation method thereof. The biological fiber is prepared through pretreatment of a herbal raw material, biological degumming fermentation, and subsequent mechanical treatment of a fermentation product. The composite agent comprises degumming bacteria, nutrition bacteria and decolorizing bacteria, and various strains are synergistic without antagonistic reaction. In the method for preparing the biological fiber and the biological paper pulp, a chemical additive is not needed at all, but the high-cellulose and hemicellulose biological fiber and the biological paper pulp can be industrially produced; decolorization is complete, and the produced biological fiber and biological paper pulp have white color; a bleaching process is avoided, so investment in decolorizing production equipment is saved, and fiber extracting and pulping investment cost can be effectively reduced; in addition, waste gas and waste water are not generated in the fiber extracting and pulping process, inorganic pollutants are not generated, waste water and waste residues produced in each process step can be produced and converted into a biological fertilizer, and water is recycled.

A composition is provided that includes particulates from wood, chaff, hulls, crop compost, biochar, or waste residue, wood or crop ash and biochar, and a nitrogen source from waste residue from gasification processes, food processing waste water or other residual by-products of forest, aquatic, food or feed processing. Ideally, all of the components are environmentally friendly, from natural products, and free of manufactured chemicals.

This invention discloses systems and methods for conversion of manure to novel fertilizer and / or soil builder products useful as input for organic farming operations. The equipment systems comprise a gas turbine generator unit (preferred heat source), a dryer vessel and a processing unit, wherein the connection between the gas turbine and the dryer vessel directs substantially all the gas turbine exhaust into the dryer vessel and substantially precludes the introduction of air into the dryer vessel. The dryer vessel receives the manure for contact with the turbine exhaust gases to convert the manure to a dry material, which is passed to the processing unit where it is formed into granules, pellets or other desired form for the final dry fertilizer product. The method comprises drying, heating and converting the manure to form novel self binding fertilizer and soil builder type products for organic farming and other uses.

This invention discloses systems and methods for conversion of high moisture waste materials to dry or low moisture products for recycle or reuse. The equipment systems comprise a gas turbine generator unit (preferred heat source), a dryer vessel and a processing unit, wherein the connection between the gas turbine and the dryer vessel directs substantially all the gas turbine exhaust into the dryer vessel and substantially precludes the introduction of air into the dryer vessel and wherein the processing unit forms the dried material from the dryer vessel into granules, pellets or other desired form for the final product. Optionally, the systems and methods further provide for processing ventilation air from manufacturing facilities to reduce emissions therefrom.

A method of treating biomass feed by pyrolyzing it in the presence of superheated steam at a selected temperature for a sufficient time to produce at least one product stream.

This invention relates to the production and use of encapsulated and / or concentrically-constructed fertilizer or bioremediation granules such as, for example, granules of 0.5 mm to 10 mm in diameter constructed so that there are at least two components to the granule including a core with a surrounding capsule or a core with one or more concentric layers that are distinguishable from the core with respect to nutrient content, density, hardness, solubility, composition, microbial content and permeability, as in permeability to odors or the permeability of nutrients that might volatize to the atmosphere or leach into the soil. The basic idea was to create a method for manufacturing and using fertilizer granules, which incorporate multiple concentric layers or a core plus an encapsulating outer layer.

An organic-based uniprill fertilizer is provided. To produce the fertilizer, organic matter is sequentially pre-treated by first mixing it in a first grinder with a lime admixture, then adding a slurry of reagents and binders, followed by a mixture of acids. The acids can include sulfuric and phosphoric acids, in addition to nitric acid and various organic acids such as citric and fulvic acid, depending on the end requirements of the fertilizer product. Following the mixing of the pre-product with the mixture of acids and reagents, the resultant raw product is preferably processed through a second grinder. This grinding further dries, mixes and granulates the raw product. The particle size of the completed fertilizer is reduced into a flowable, user safe uniprill product that can be further ground to reduce its moisture. Further drying may be necessary for bag or bulk product, or it can be liquified by high speed blending or micro-fluidized for sprinkler or drip applications. The uniprill fertilizer comprises small, preferably microscopic particles that are homogenous in nature, in that any single particle is substantially identical in composition to all other particles of the fertilizer. Additionally, each uniprill particle contains substantially all sixteen nutriments and minerals required for the growth of healthy plants.

The present invention provides compositions and methods for amending the availability of phosphate and other nutrient supplies in soil, especially acidic sandy soils, while ensuring reduced leaching and / or surface runoff of phosphorous and other nutrients. Compositions of the invention comprise granulated dolomite phosphate rock in combination with organic materials, wherein the level and rate of phosphorous and other nutrients released from the composition is controlled. Use of the compositions of the invention increases the availability of phosphorous and other nutrients while eliminating soil acidity, and also stimulates plant growth, enhances plant vigor, and / or improves crop yield.

The invention discloses a sewage treatment unit with good practicality. The sewage treatment unit comprises a settling box, a purifying box and a disinfection box, wherein the top end of one side of the settling box is provided with a chemical reagent tank; the top of the settling box is provided with a stirring motor; a sludge discharge outlet is formed in the bottom end of the settling box; the interior of the purifying box is provided with, from top to bottom, a magnet adsorption screen, a biomembrane filter screen and an active carbon filter screen; the sidewall of the disinfection box is provided with an ozone generator; and gas-distributing pipes are arranged in the disinfection box. The sewage treatment unit provided by the invention can effectively eliminate heavy metals, microbes, organic harmful substances, particulate matters and other impurities in water, is capable of removing pigments and peculiar smell in water, and has improved sewage treatment effect; and since the ozone generator is mounted on the sidewall of the disinfection box, ozone generated by the ozone generator can be used for sterilization and disinfection of purified clear water after purification of sewage, so sewage is allowed to reach discharge standard.

A method for treating particulate biodegradable organic waste includes sizing the waste and adding a base prior to introducing the waste to a thermal hydrolysis reactor and hydrolyzing the waste at a temperature of about 130° C. or greater and a pressure greater than the saturated water vapor pressure to produce a slurry including solubilized organic material and residual solids. The solubilized organic material is separated from the residual solids using a liquid / solid separator and the solubilized organics are subjected to anaerobic digestion to produce a methane gas. The base is preferably potassium hydroxide (KOH) at a concentration of about 1%. The method may further include preheating the particulate biodegradable organic waste with latent heat of the separated solubilized organic material prior to thermal hydrolysis.

The invention describes a new method for treating sludge, which can result in the production of high nitrogen organically-augmented inorganic fertilizer that incorporates municipal sludges or biosolids or organic sludges that can compete with traditional fertilizers such as ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulfate and urea on the commodity fertilizer marketplace. The method takes advantage of the thixotropic property of dewatered biosolids or organic sludge to create a pumpable paste-like material from the biosolids or organic sludge that is then treated with an oxidizer to reduce odorant effects and an acid. This mix is then interacted with concentrated sulfuric and or phosphoric acids and an ammonia source or alternatively a hot or molten melt or salt of ammonium sulfate / phosphate to form a fertilizer mix. The present invention controls the heat, atmospheric pressure and retention time of the fertilizer mix in the reaction vessel. When a fertilizer melt is formed ammoniation is subsequently completed by the specific use of vaporized ammonia. The invention can also be an add-on to commercial production of ammonium salts. The fertilizer produced by the present invention contains more than 8 wt. % nitrogen and preferably 15 wt. % nitrogen. The invention is oriented to be tailored to the biosolids production for individual municipal waste treatment plants in order to keep the fertilizer manufacturing plants of the present invention small with a minimization of logistics and liability.

The invention discloses a fertilizing and conditioning agent for improving the saline alkali soil, and the fertilizing and conditioning agent includes an organic material, an inorganic material and a regulator for the plant growth, wherein, the weight proportion between the organic material and the inorganic material is 3:2 to 1:1. The organic material is fermented and maturated by one or a plurality of such organic matters as town living sludge, excrements of livestock and poultry, and furfural slag; and the inorganic material is formed by one or a plurality of such industrial waste and materials as desulfurized gypsum, phosphogypsum, and ammonium sulphate. Moreover, appropriate growth regulator for plant which is added according to the growing requirements can not only improve the saline alkali soil and fertilize the soil, but also can improve the plant growth and promote the plant to grow well as well as providing an effective path for promoting the recycling of the waste resources and reducing the secondary pollution to the town and the country.

Animal waste such as fecal material from swine, chicken, turkey, and cattle is converted into useful forms such as fertilizer, other types of soil builders, and even nutrient feed additives. Devices, systems, and methods are provided that allow economical conversion and in many instances, alleviate the production and release of undesirable gases such as sulfide and ammonia. In one embodiment, undesirable anaerobic and facultative anaerobic bacteria are killed at a greater rate than desirable soil compatible aerobic bacteria. The use of low temperature killing diminishes off gassing commonly associated with other techniques, and the use of gas trapping additives such as zeolites provides enhanced soil building qualities such as slow release of nitrogen and slow release of moisture to soil. The methods allow convenient adjustment of composition, allowing conversion of waste into tailored designer fertilizer suited for particular soils. Other embodiments provide other soil building qualities as well as nutrient qualities for feedstock used in animal husbandry such as aquaculture.

A water-dispersible particle for delivery of nitrogen to a plant is disclosed. The water-dispersible particle also delivers an active ingredient such as a plant hormone to a desirable plant or a pesticide or herbicide to an undesirable organism. Methods for making and using the water-dispersible particle are described.

The invention discloses a refined organic fertilizer and preparing method of sludge, which comprises the following steps: compounding piled raw materials; piling; turning the pile; ripening; drying in the hot cavity; sieving to obtain the product. The refined organic fertilizer contains composite sludge, organic amendment, inorganic amendment, matured accelerant, microbe grafting agent and adsorbant, which are blended completely according to certain proportion, wherein these materials are fermented for the second time, which are prepared into refined organic fertilizer.

The invention provides for methods, devices, and systems for pyrolyzing biomass. A pyrolysis unit can be used for the pyrolysis of biomass to form gas, liquid, and solid products. The biomass materials can be selected such that an enhanced biochar is formed after pyrolysis. The biomass can be pyrolyzed under specified conditions such that a selected biochar core is formed. The pyrolysis process can form a stable biochar core that is inert and / or resistant to degradation. The biochar or biochar core can be functionalized to form a functionalized biochar or functionalized biochar core. Functionalization can include post-pyrolysis treatments such as supplementation with microbes or physical transformations including annealing and / or activation.

This invention relates to the production and use of encapsulated and / or concentrically-constructed fertilizer or bioremediation granules such as, for example, granules of 0.5 mm to 10 mm in diameter constructed so that there are at least two components to the granule including a core with a surrounding capsule or a core with one or more concentric layers that are distinguishable from the core with respect to nutrient content, density, hardness, solubility, composition, microbial content and permeability, as in permeability to odors or the permeability of nutrients that might volatize to the atmosphere or leach into the soil. The basic idea was to create a method for manufacturing and using fertilizer granules, which incorporate multiple concentric layers or a core plus an encapsulating outer layer.

The invention relates to a green bioactive organic fertilizer, which effectively solves the problems of soil hardening, environmental pollution, and harm from residual chemical substances of grains, vegetables and fruits to human bodies. The solved technical scheme is that the green bioactive organic fertilizer is prepared by taking sludge, waste powder, poultry and animal feces, straw powder, residues, feather powder, amino acid original powder, phosphoesterases complex, a first group of complex bacteria, and a second group of complex bacteria as raw materials; uniformly mixing the sludge, the waste powder, the poultry and animal feces, the straw powder, the phosphoesterases complex and the first group of complex bacteria; stacking and covering the mixture with a sack for performing a biogenic reaction, and keeping a reaction product at the temperature of 50 to 55 DEG C for 2 days; adding the residues, the feather powder, the amino acid original powder into the reaction product, uniformly mixing the mixture for performing a secondary reaction, and keeping a reaction product at the temperature of 50 to 55 DEG C for 7 to 10 days; and adding the second complex bacteria into the latest reaction product, uniformly mixing, palletizing, checking and packaging the mixture. The green bioactive organic fertilizer has the advantages of scientific formulation, simple preparation method, good effect, no pollution and no harm to human bodies.

This invention is directed to systems, devices and methods for treating organic-containing sludges and converting such sludges to high value fertilizers containing both inorganic and organic fertilizer components, which creates an inorganically-augmented bioorganic fertilizer. The invention describes methods to create a thixotrophic or paste-like material via the application of mixing energy to the organic sludge followed by an alkaline treatment and a subsequent ammoniation. The invention further describes a method to increase the plant nutrient content in the organic containing product to a level which permits the finished granular fertilizer product to compete in the commercial agricultural fertilizer marketplace. Further, the invention reduces odors associated with said organic-containing sludges.

The invention discloses an organic matter decomposing inoculant, and a preparation method and application thereof. The organic matter decomposing inoculant comprises the following ingredients in part by weight: 10 to 20 parts of aspergillus niger microbial inoculum, 10 to 20 parts of lactobacillus plantarum microbial inoculum, 20 to 30 parts of saccharomyces cerevisiae microbial inoculum and 40 to 60 parts of bacillus subtilis microbial inoculum. The organic matter decomposing inoculant mainly comprises various microbial floras with mutual promotion and mutual synergy effects. The organic matter decomposing inoculant can decompose various organic matters quickly, can effectively kill germs, ova and weed seeds in the decomposed raw materials, can reduce diseases, weed and insect pests, andcan remove water and odor. The organic matter decomposing inoculant can stimulate growth and development of crops, can improve disease resistance, drought resistance and cold resistance, can increasesoil nutrients, can improve the soil structure, and can increase the utilization ratio of chemical fertilizer. The organic matter decomposing inoculant can be used directly and can also be used for producing commercial organic fertilizer, biological organic fertilizer, organic and inorganic complex fertilizer, biological organic and inorganic complex fertilizer and the like.

A device for separating water from sludge comprising a processing box, wherein a feeding cylinder is disposed above the processing box, and the feeding cylinder is fixedly connected to the processing box through a plurality of connecting rods; a rotating rod is rotationally connected into the feeding cylinder; a first rotating motor is fixedly connected to one side of the feeding cylinder; the output end of the first rotating motor penetrates through the side wall of the feeding cylinder, and is fixedly connected to the rotating rod; a spiral blade is fixedly sleeved with the rotating rod, and the outer side of the spiral blade is matched with the inner side wall of the feeding cylinder.

This invention discloses systems and methods for conversion of high moisture waste materials to dry or low moisture products for recycle or reuse. The equipment systems comprise a gas turbine generator unit (preferred heat source), a dryer vessel and a processing unit, wherein the connection between the gas turbine and the dryer vessel directs substantially all the gas turbine exhaust into the dryer vessel and substantially precludes the introduction of air into the dryer vessel and wherein the processing unit forms the dried material from the dryer vessel into granules, pellets or other desired form for the final product. Optionally, the systems and methods further provide for processing ventilation air from manufacturing facilities to reduce emissions therefrom.

A process is provided for the recovery of useful products, including fertilizers and nutritional supplements, from the organic matter and minerals contained in seawater and other brines. The dissolved organic carbon-based chemicals and suspended particulate carbon-based organic matter are co-precipitated together with the contained magnesium and / or calcium, along with incidental trace minerals, entrained water and water of hydration. Caustic soda (NaOH) and other alkali base or alkaline earth bases and / or carbon dioxide (CO2) are added to the brine until a pH of 10.75 to 11.0 is achieved. The settled or non-dry filtered or centrifuged precipitate is utilized as a slurry and the supernatant brine is discarded.

The invention describes a new method for the production of high nitrogen organically-augmented inorganic fertilizer that incorporates municipal biosolids or organic sludges that can compete with traditional fertilizers such as ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulfate and urea on the commodity fertilizer marketplace. The method creates a thixotropic paste-like material from the biosolids or organic sludge that is blended with hot or molten ammonium salts, especially a mixture of ammonium phosphate and ammonium sulfate. The invention can be an add-on to commercial production of ammonium salts or it can stand alone by manufacturing ammonium salts prior to their introduction to the conditioned biosolids. The invention is oriented to be tailored to production facilities for individual municipal waste treatment plants in order to keep manufacturing plants small with a minimization of logistics and liability.

The invention discloses a circulating sludge biological fermentation tower which comprises a tower body, an openable tower cover, a storage tank and a plurality of rotatable fermentation devices, wherein the openable tower cover is arranged on the top of the tower body; the storage tank is arranged at the bottom of the tower body; the rotatable fermentation devices are arranged in the tower body in parallel; the fermentation devices divide an inner cavity of the tower body into a plurality of layers of fermentation bins along the axial direction; the lower part of each layer of fermentation device is provided with a ventilating oxygen supply pipeline communicated with a blower; the upper part of each layer of fermentation device is provided with an air outlet pipeline communicated with aninduced draft fan and a monitoring device; the monitoring device is controlled by a control room; and a mechanism for driving the fermentation devices and the tower cover to move, the blower and the induced draft fan are all controlled by the control room. The invention also discloses a circulating sludge biological processing system and a processing method. By the circulating sludge biological fermentation tower, the circulating sludge biological processing system and the processing method, industrial biological fermentation desiccation treatment can be continuously and stably carried out onsludge under the conditions of high efficiency and low energy consumption.

This invention discloses systems and methods for conversion of manure to novel fertilizer and / or soil builder products useful as input for organic farming operations. The equipment systems comprise a gas turbine generator unit (preferred heat source), a dryer vessel and a processing unit, wherein the connection between the gas turbine and the dryer vessel directs substantially all the gas turbine exhaust into the dryer vessel and substantially precludes the introduction of air into the dryer vessel. The dryer vessel receives the manure for contact with the turbine exhaust gases to convert the manure to a dry material, which is passed to the processing unit where it is formed into granules, pellets or other desired form for the final dry fertilizer product. The method comprises drying, heating and converting the manure to form novel self binding fertilizer and soil builder type products for organic farming and other uses.

This invention relates to a gray water recycling invention that utilizes filtered gray water for maintaining constant moisture levels in building foundations and for other irrigation uses. The invention allows for the mixture of pesticides with a gray water stream injected under a building in order to treat for insects. Additionally, pesticides, fungicides, or fertilizers can be injected into a gray water stream prior to its application in landscape irrigating. The invention has applications in both a single residence and fill development real estate setting.