A growth medium for fungus is obtained by: (a) treating a mixture of lignocellulosic biomass and water with at least one oxidizing agent and steam at a temperature in a range of from about 130° C. to about 220° C. for a period from about 5 seconds to about 10 hours; (b) periodically measuring a pH of the mixture for substantially an entire duration of the treating step; and (c) as necessary, based on the pH of the mixture measured in step (b), adjusting the pH of the mixture into a range of from about pH 4.5 to about pH 7.5 by adding a base to the mixture. A method for producing the growth medium for fungi and a method for cultivating fungi are also provided.

A method is provided for producing functionally improved carbolime from carbolime and the use of the functionally improved carbolime as a filtering aid, as filler, as lime fertilizer or as adsorbent for the adsorption of dyes.

A composition comprising carbon and ash, wherein the composition comprises between 65 and 95% w/w carbon and between 2% and 25% w/w ash. There is also provided a method of producing the composition.

An system for processing biomass comprising a stator, a rotor having an axis of rotation, the rotor being disposed inside the stator and configured to rotate about the axis of rotation therein, a processing chamber defined between the rotor and the stator, an inlet in fluid communication with the processing chamber which is designed to introduce unprocessed biomass into the processing chamber, an outlet in fluid communication with the processing chamber which is designed to carry out processed biomass from the processing chamber and a pump operationally associated with the inlet and the outlet, wherein the pump is configured to pump the unprocessed biomass through the processing chamber.

Disclosed are a special fertilizer for intercropping maize and peanuts and a cultivation method for maintaining soil organic carbon (SOC) balance, belonging to the technical field of SOC balance. The special fertilizer for intercropping maize and peanuts includes the following raw materials: coated urea, heavy superphosphate, ammonium sulfate, fermented soybean meal, bentonite, sodium molybdate, borax, humic acid, ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, plant ash and zinc sulfate heptahydrate. The cultivation method includes the steps of land selection, land preparation, fertilizing, sowing, field management, and rotation.

Provided herein are microwave pyrolysis-derived biochar materials, biochar-hydrogel composites and methods of making and using. The biochar-hydrogel composites comprising: a hydrogel matrix and a biochar material.

A food recycler includes a case, a control system within the case, and a set of user interface components that are usable to at least cause the control system to initiate a food recycling cycle. The food recycler also includes a motor within the case and a bucket that has a volumetric capacity between 2.51 and 10 liters. A filter system configured to accommodate air filters is also included in the case of the food recycler. To remove water from waste food items, the food recycler includes a drying component.

A mineral organic fertilizer composition obtained by a process comprising the following steps performed homogeneously mix having a specific predetermined percentage (%) by weight relative to the total weight of the mineral organic fertilizer composition, specifically homogeneously mix a coal slag composition, the micronutrient solution with the manure composition to form a homogeneous mixture, in which, the homogeneous mixture is added with microbiological composition; composting the homogeneous mixture to form a foundation mixture; homogeneously mix the foundation mixture with the different mixing components comprising an NPK fertilizer and a mixture of micronutrient solutions and microbiological composition having a predetermined percentage (%) weight, and then drying or centrifuged.

A process for production of anaerobic digestate based organic fertilizer includes combining anaerobic digestate and one or more grain by-products to create a combination of anaerobic digestate and one or more grain by-products. The combination of anaerobic digestate and one or more grain by-products is processed to yield the pH adjusted anaerobic digestate based organic fertilizer product.

A combined organomineral NPK—Si-humate fertilizer having at least one particulate mineral NPK fertilizer is provided, which has at least one nutrient compound of nitrogen, phosphorous or potassium; and a particulate humic substance based silicon fertilizer, having chelates of monosilicic acid-humate compounds. The application also relates to a method of production of the combined organomineral NPK—Si-humate fertilizer.