A header design for an efficient single pass enlargement process of sulfur granules having two internal piping structures within an external header conduit for delivering separate molten sulfur liquid streams to different sets of nozzles, wherein a first set of nozzles is subjected to flow streams and pressures uniquely different from a second set of nozzles. A water header design may also include two internal piping structures inside an external pipe casing for delivering water in at least two sets of nozzles, wherein the first set is subjected to flow streams and pressures different from the second set. A method of sulfur seed generation and sulfur granule enlargement for processing sulfur, employing a unique sulfur header design with dual internal piping structures, and possibly utilizing in tandem a water header design having a dual internal piping structure for feeding two sets of nozzles.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an organic fertilizer manufacturing system, comprising: a fixed quantity ejector which feeds raw materials into a plurality of hoppers storing different raw materials; a crusher which crushes the raw materials fed from the hoppers; a mixer which mixes the raw materials crushed by the crusher; a steamer which provides moisture to the raw materials mixed by the mixer; a molder which molds the raw materials fed from the steamer into solid raw materials; a coater which coats microorganisms on the solid raw materials molded by the molder; a dryer which dries the solid raw materials fed from the coater to manufacture a fertilizer; and a packager which packages the fertilizer dried by the drier.

Provided is a control method of a coating device that can perform coating of coating targets well. The control method of a coating device includes a coating tank (25) which includes a drum (28A) having a cylindrical shape and rotatable, and a disk (38A) having a dish shape and disposed to close a lower end of the drum (28A) and rotatable coaxially with the drum (28A). The method executes a first rotation process of setting a posture of the coating tank (25) in a standing posture in which a rotation axis of the coating tank (25) is directed in a vertical direction, rotating the drum (28A) in one direction, and rotating the disk (38A) in the other direction, and a second rotation process of setting a posture of the coating tank (25) in an inclined posture in which the rotation axis is inclined with respect to the vertical direction and rotating the drum (28A) and the disk (38A) in the one direction.

A method for capturing material extracted from biochar is provided comprising the steps of: (i) providing a biochar; (ii) contacting the biochar with an extraction media, where the extraction media causes the removal of residual compounds from the pores and surface of the biochar, creating a resulting extract comprised of the extraction media and removed compounds; and (iii) collecting the resulting extract. The method also can include other steps of extraction and purification. The method further comprises the step of applying the resulting extract to seeds, plants, soil, other agricultural products, or for use in other applications. A biochar having high levels of soluble signaling compounds is also provided, where the biochar is derived from a biomass source that together with predefined pyrolysis parameters produces resulting biochar having increased levels of soluble signaling compounds that are known to increase seed germination rates and early plant growth. Such soluble signaling compounds can then be collected in a biochar extract by contacting the biochar with an extraction media.

A method for capturing material extracted from biochar is provided comprising the steps of: (i) providing a biochar; (ii) contacting the biochar with an extraction media, where the extraction media causes the removal of residual compounds from the pores and surface of the biochar, creating a resulting extract comprised of the extraction media and removed compounds; and (iii) collecting the resulting extract. The method also can include other steps of extraction and purification. The method further comprises the step of applying the resulting extract to seeds, plants, soil, other agricultural products, or for use in other applications. A biochar having high levels of soluble signaling compounds is also provided, where the biochar is derived from a biomass source that together with predefined pyrolysis parameters produces resulting biochar having increased levels of soluble signaling compounds that are known to increase seed germination rates and early plant growth. Such soluble signaling compounds can then be collected in a biochar extract by contacting the biochar with an extraction media.

Disclosed herein is the selective functionalization of one or more hydrocarbons ranging from the longest macromolecules to methane as the smallest. Functionalization is achieved through CH activation of the one or more hydrocarbons and is carried out by the catalytic complex described herein. Also disclosed is the compound of formula (I) and the compound of formula (II).