Treated Biochar for Animal Feed Additive and Odor Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing biochar applications in animal husbandry are limited as they primarily focus on reducing gaseous emissions without addressing odor control, animal health, or the removal of toxic substances, and lack a mechanism for delivering supplements effectively.
Innovation Solution
Biochars are treated to remove harmful substances and infused with beneficial additives, utilizing their porous structure to act as both a feed additive and a delivery mechanism for nutrients, medications, and microorganisms, enhancing animal health and reducing waste nutrient loss.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-generated harmful factors
If biochar is used as a feed additive to reduce gaseous emissions, then environmental benefits are achieved, but odor control and animal health improvements are not addressed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies multi-functionality by treating biochar with multiple additives simultaneously or sequentially, enabling a single biochar product to perform multiple functions: reducing gaseous emissions, controlling odor, delivering nutrients, providing medications, and improving animal health. This transforms the single-function emission-reduction biochar into a multi-functional feed additive that addresses all previously unmet needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple beneficial substances (nutrients, medications, microorganisms, odor-control agents) with biochar in a single integrated formulation. This merging of previously separate functions into one composite product allows simultaneous delivery of multiple benefits through a single feed additive administration.
2Reliability
If biochar is used without additive infusion, then the porous structure remains available, but the mechanism for delivering supplements is absent
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the inherent porous structure of biochar as a delivery vehicle for supplements. The pores serve as reservoirs that hold nutrients, medications, and microorganisms, enabling controlled release and efficient delivery to animals through the feed additive. This transforms the passive porous structure into an active delivery mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The biochar acts as an intermediary carrier that bridges the gap between supplement sources and animal consumption. By infusing additives into the biochar matrix, the system creates a stable intermediate form that protects supplements during storage and delivery, then releases them efficiently when consumed by animals.
3Ease of manufacture
If biochar is used without treatment, then production is simpler, but toxic substances are not removed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies extraction by treating biochar with washing solutions, chemical treatments, or thermal processing to remove toxic substances and unwanted contaminants from the biochar matrix. This extraction process eliminates harmful elements while preserving the beneficial porous structure and adding desirable additives in subsequent treatment steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary treatment of biochar to remove toxic substances before infusion of beneficial additives. This preliminary action ensures that the biochar is safe for animal consumption before it is used as a feed additive, preventing contamination while maintaining production efficiency through a systematic multi-step process.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The treated biochars improve animal health by efficiently delivering nutrients and reducing waste nutrient loss, while also detoxifying animals and improving environmental conditions such as odor control and soil quality.
Implementation Method 1
utilizing their porous structure to act as both a feed additive and a delivery mechanism
Implementation Method 2
The treated biochars improve animal health by efficiently delivering nutrients and reducing waste nutrient loss, while also detoxifying animals
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AI summary
Biochars and methods for treating biochars are provided that are useful in various applications, including, but not limited to, applications related to the raising, care, maintenance, disease prevention, disease treatment and odor control of animals.