Organic or organo-mineral fertilizers, method of producing thereof and production unit therefor

Abstract

An apparatus for producing an organic or organo-mineral fertilizer includes a main tank receiving water, a reactor providing cavitation and magnetic field for activating water or for treating a biological suspension, a mixing tank containing a preliminary shredder, an injector receiving and saturating the suspension with air, a fermenter receiving the obtained mixture and creating a volumetric liquid-air flow passed therethrough and fermented by biological humus. The suspension is filtered and passed into a clearing tank. At predetermined conditions, the apparatus carries out a method encompassing a preliminary treatment of water in a looped circuit by connecting the main tank with the reactor via a pump. The activated water is supplied to the mixing tank added with preliminary shredded humus. The circuit is reconnected to further treat the suspension, finally shred its particles, supply it to the fermenter, additionally mix it with humus, filter it and thereby obtain the fertilizer.

Claims

1. An apparatus for producing an organic or organo-mineral fertilizer comprising: a main tank (4) capable of receiving at least a water component supplied thereinto; a hydrodynamic reactor (5) capable of producing hydrodynamic cavitation and magnetic field therein, provided, at a predetermined pressure, for activating the water component supplied thereinto, or for treating of a biological suspension supplied thereinto from said main tank (4), wherein said treating of the biological suspension results in a fine shredding of particles of the biological suspension and in obtaining a treated biological suspension; a mixing tank (2) at least capable of receiving and mixing biological humus supplied thereinto; a preliminary shredder (1) mounted in said mixing tank (2); said preliminary shredder (1) is capable at least of preliminary shredding the biological humus contained in the mixing tank (2), thereby obtaining said biological suspension further pumped out from the mixing tank (2) to the main tank (4); an injector (8) receiving said treated biological suspension, saturating said treated biological suspension with air, thereby obtaining a liquid mixture of air and the treated biological suspension; a fermenter (7) containing a pulverizer; said fermenter (7) receives said liquid mixture from the injector (8), creates, by means of the pulverizer, a volumetric flow of air and liquid with bubbles that is passed through the fermenter (7) being fermented by biological humus supplied thereinto, thereby obtaining a fermented suspension; and a filter (9) trapping dispersed large particles of biological humus from said fermented suspension, and passing through a so obtained filtered suspension into a clearing tank (10) connected to the filter (9), wherein a heavy fraction of the filtered suspension sinks onto a bottom of the clearing tank (10), and a remaining filtered suspension exits the clearing tank (10) as the fertilizer.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: said magnetic field is characterized with a magnetic induction being from 150 to 200 mT; said predetermined pressure is constant and doesn't exceed 0.5 atm; the water component is activated by the hydrodynamic reactor (5) within a time interval from 20 to 25 minutes; upon being activated, the water component has the following characteristics: a temperature is from 15 to 20 C.; a general mineralization is from 10 to 40 ppm, an oxidation and restoration potential is from +200to +300 mV, and a PH level is from 7 to 8.5 points; said preliminary shredding of the biological humus results in obtaining particles of the biological humus having a size essentially of 5 mm; and particles of said biological suspension are characterized with a size from 100 to 700 nanometers.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: a process of fermentation in the fermenter (7) occurs at a temperature from 30 to 40 C. and lasts from 30 to 45 minutes.

Description

DRAWING OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

(1) The attached FIGURE depicts a block-diagram representing major units of the inventive apparatus for implementation of aforesaid technology for producing organic (organo-mineral) fertilizers.

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

(2) While the invention may be susceptible to embodiment in different forms, there is shown in the drawing, and will be described in detail herein, a specific exemplary embodiment of the present invention, with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered an exemplification of the principles of the invention, and is not intended to limit the invention to that as illustrated and described herein.

(3) The inventive apparatus comprises the following components/units shown in the attached FIGURE: 1a preliminary shredder (for which known high shear dispersers can be employed, see 2nd phase above) of biological humus that shreds and mixes biological humus (see 2nd phase above) in the tank 2 (see below); 2a tank for mixing and preliminary treatment by the preliminary shredder 1 of the biological humus received from the main tank 4 (see below); the preliminary shredder 1 is mounted in the tank 2; 3a drainage pump for pumping the biological suspension out from the tank 2; 4a main tank receiving the biological suspension from the tank 2 via the drainage pump 3, receiving a preliminary treated water component from the GMK reactor (see below), mixing the biological suspension with the treated water component, thereby obtaining a mixture; 5a hydrodynamic reactor of vortex type GMK (herein also called a GMK reactor) combining processes of activation (by cavitation and magnetic field, see 1st phase above) of water supplied thereto and fine shredding of biological humus (see 3rd phase above); the reactor 5 receives a mixture of the activated water and biological humus (i.e. a biological suspension) from the main tank 4 via the main pump 6 (see below); the GMK reactor 5 first activates the water component (see 1st phase above) with a constant magnetic field with a magnetic induction B=150-200 mT, and then (see 3rd phase above) the GMK reactor 5 treats the biological suspension with a constant magnetic field with a magnetic induction B=150-200 mT; the reactor 5 outputs the activated water component after 1st phase to the main tank 4, and outputs the treated biological suspension after 3rd phase to the injector 8 (see below); 6a main pump pumping the mixture from the main tank 4 into the GMK reactor 5; 7a fermenter containing a pulverizer (i.e. a sprinkler-dispenser); 8an injector; 9a filter; 10a clearing tank for products; and 11a compressor.

(4) Inputs and outputs: Input No. 1 is an input for supply of working water; Input No. 2 is an input for supply of biological humus; and Input No. 3 is an input for supply of air to create a predetermined density of air and liquid flow in the fermenter 7. Output No. 1 is an output of finished products after clearing; and Output No. 2 is an output of a heavy fraction generated in the process of clearing.

(5) Operation of the Inventive Apparatus.

(6) After starting the inventive apparatus, water with the above-mentioned standardized parameters is supplied through input No. 1 to fill up the main tank 4. Thereafter, a looped (enclosed) recirculation circuit is created by connecting respective taps of the following components: main tank 4main pump 6GMK reactor 5main tank 4. This circuit creates and always maintains a manometer pressure up to 0.5 atm. After the circuit is connected and the manometer pressure is reached, the main pump 6 is on and the GMK reactor 5 activates water (by cavitation and magnetic field, see 1st phase above) in this circuit within 20 to 25 minutes, and then the looped circuit is disconnected.

(7) After the activation process, the activated water component is supplied from the tank 4 to the mixing tank 2. Thereafter, a predetermined quantity of biological humus is added to the tank 2 through input No. 2. After the tank 2 is filled up, the preliminary shredder 1 is switched on (2nd phase) to preliminary shred particles of the biological humus approximately to the size of 0.5 mm, to mix the contents of the tank 2, and to separate foreign objects, thereby completing 2nd phase. The so prepared biological suspension is supplied to the main tank 4 through outputting by the drainage pump 3.

(8) After the main tank 4 is filled up, the looped circuit is reconnected (3rd phase): main tank 4main pump 6GMK reactor 5main tank 4. The looped circuit creates again the manometer pressure up to 0.5 atm., which is maintained during the processing of the biological suspension. The biological suspension is treated by cavitation and magnetic field in the reactor 5 in the looped circuit at a temperature of 50 C., while the shredding of the biological suspension is finalized to the size of 100 to 700 nanometers in active water. After the 3rd phase is completed, the so treated biological suspension is supplied to the fermenter 7, containing a pulverizer mounted therein, through the injector 8.

(9) The fermenter 7 is preliminary filled with the treated biological suspension based on activated water at a temperature ranging from 25 to 30 C. After filling up the fermenter 7, the treated biological suspension is actively mixed with the air flows supplied from an external source (e.g. a compressor 11) to create a uniform substance throughout the entire volume of the fermenter 7 (4th phase).

(10) While passing through the injector 8, the treated biological suspension is saturated with air supplied from a compressor 11. A flow of air and liquid so generated enters the fermenter 7 wherein the pulverizer creates a volumetric air and liquid flow with bubbles ranging from 1.5 to 3 mm. The so obtained volumetric flow is fermented by biological flora during 30 to 35 minutes while the volumetric air and liquid flow passes though the biological suspension in the fermenter.

(11) After passing through the fermenter 7, the so obtained product passes through the filter 9. The filter 9 deters dispersed large particles of biological humus that may get into the finished product during the process of fermentation.

(12) After passing through the filter 9, the finished product is passed to the clearing tank 10 of finished products. The products stay in the tank 10 during 4 to 8 hours to clear from potentially remaining dispersed large particles of biological humus and acquires required final properties due to physical and chemical processes caused by changed physical and chemical properties of the suspension. Thereafter, the finished product is ready for use.

(13) The proposed method and apparatus enable in a simple way to produce high-quality and all-purpose liquid organic (organo-mineral) fertilizer based on biological humus with improved parameters as compared with existing types of fertilizers.