A method for producing a pedosphere-improving granulate (6) and granulate itself, the method includes a) producing a raw material dispersion including at least one inorganic secondary phosphate (1) and at least one reaction agent (2) in a liquid phase (4), b) separating part of the liquid phase (4) from the raw material dispersion, c) granulating and/or extruding the remaining raw material dispersion with a reduced liquid phase (4), d) either returning the liquid phase (4) separated in process step b) to process step a) in order to produce a raw material dispersion without at least partly separating (5) heavy metals or at least partly separating heavy metals (7) from the liquid phase (4) separated in process step b) and discharging the heavy metals (7) out of the process and subsequently returning the separated heavy metal reduced liquid phase (4) in order to produce a raw material dispersion in a manner analogous to process step a) and/or returning the liquid phase to process step c), and e) repeating process steps a) to d).

Provided are compositions and processes concerning efficient downstream processing of products derived from organic acids pretreatment of plant materials.

The present development is a method for producing a high concentration free amino acid soy hydrolysate composition and a method for using the resulting hydrolysate composition. The high concentration free amino acid soy hydrolysate is used to enhance the microbe population found in soil and wastewater. The enhanced microbe population can promote plant growth, particularly for use in brownfields and similar reclamation sites or on turf grasses, and can promote the digestion of sewage solids.

The present invention provides a special fertilizer for cut side slope soil remediation in high altitude areas, which is prepared by effectively compounding raw material components of a yak manure-containing compost, an organic micro multi-element fertilizer, a chemical fertilizer, attapulgite powder and sodium alginate under certain conditions. The special fertilizer has obvious effects on the aspects of improving the physicochemical properties of artificial soil at cut side slope wounds in the high altitude areas, increasing the fertilizer efficiency and promoting vegetation restoration.

The present invention provides a special fertilizer for cut side slope soil remediation in high altitude areas, which is prepared by effectively compounding raw material components of a yak manure-containing compost, an organic micro multi-element fertilizer, a chemical fertilizer, attapulgite powder and sodium alginate under certain conditions. The special fertilizer has obvious effects on the aspects of improving the physicochemical properties of artificial soil at cut side slope wounds in the high altitude areas, increasing the fertilizer efficiency and promoting vegetation restoration.

The invention is directed to compositions and processes concerning efficient downstream processing of products derived from organic acids pretreatment of plant materials.

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for anaerobic digestion of waste fibrous material and the recovery of nutrients are provided. Methods, systems, and apparatuses disclosed herein provide mechanisms to release dissolved gases from anaerobic digester effluent. Methods, systems and apparatuses disclosed herein can recover one or more nutrients from anaerobic digested effluent using a range of temperatures, aeration rates, aeration times, pH ranges, and settling times.

A method for preparing a plant derived product or a process intermediate or a process input, the method comprising the steps of providing a plant derived starting material, subjecting the starting material to a forward osmosis step against a draw solution so as to produce a plant material concentrate, and subjecting the draw solution to a water removal step. The water removal step may include further forward osmosis in combination with an evaporator system.

The present invention provides a method for the preparation of multi-nutrient potassic fertilizer, by recovering potassium from sugarcane molasses based alcohol distillery effluent (commonly known as spent wash). The process involves pre-treatment of spent wash to clarify the aqueous phase and utilization of the treated spent wash in production of potassic fertilizer. The present invention enables utilisation of spent wash for recovery of value-added product (viz., potash fertiliser of >99% purity) and improves ease of Zero Liquid Discharge compliance by subjecting the relatively benign process effluent to industrially practiced techniques for water recovery and salt reclamation.

A fortifier for growth and flowering in horticulture, trees and ornamental plants, aromatic plants and fruit trees, from wastewater from brewer's yeast with a very low protein concentration. The method including the step of: filtered by 80 m; magnetic treatment of the liquid; addition of 0.1 to 20 g/l phosphate and 10 to 20 g/l glycose. Fermentation is carried out keeping the free amino acid content greater than 0.1%, the content of Mg.sup.+2 greater than 0.1%, total nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium below 3.0%, the content of protein from 0.5% to 1.0% and EDTA from 0.02% to 0.2%, all by dry matter weight; addition of microbes from the environment; at temperatures of 15 C. to 40 C. with gentle agitation, for 24 hours to 30 days; subsequent filtering and pH adjustment. It has been found to be effective in various crops.