NZ625100B2 - Fluid ionized compositions, methods of preparation and uses thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
Disclosed are liquid fertilizer compositions comprising urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) and the plant nutrient compound calcium cyanamide (CaNCN), wherein the UAN solution comprises about 50% urea nitrogen, 25% ammonic nitrogen and about 25% nitrate nitrogen. The disclosed compositions stabilize the contained active nutrient ions and digested carbon and improve the site-directed delivery of the fertilizer compositions. The compositions are effective for microbes nourishment plant fertilizing, soil amending, heavy metals leaching inhibition and, digesting organic proteinaceous excreta. The compositions are stable, easily calibrated, and non-clogging for soil injection, spray and irrigation water delivery to target sites. tained active nutrient ions and digested carbon and improve the site-directed delivery of the fertilizer compositions. The compositions are effective for microbes nourishment plant fertilizing, soil amending, heavy metals leaching inhibition and, digesting organic proteinaceous excreta. The compositions are stable, easily calibrated, and non-clogging for soil injection, spray and irrigation water delivery to target sites.
Description
FLUID IONIZED ITIONS, METHODS OF PREPARATION AND
USES F
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of US Provisional Application No.
61/565,004, filed November 30, 2011, which is orated herein by reference in
its entirety.
FIELD
The present application relates to fertilizers and in particular, to fluid ionized
compositions, such as fluid m cyanamide (CaNCN) fertilizer compositions,
methods of preparation and uses thereof, including, without limitation, in industry
and farming, plant feeding izing, organism carbon feeding, nitrogen nutrient
stabilization, alkaline phosphate nutrient stabilization, excreta digestion
odor/organism inhibition, particle digestion, soil amending, synergistic alkaline
tissue digestion, anti—corrosion and anti—freezing.
OUND
Today’s energy costly to produce, nearly insoluble, granular, dry, carbon,
calcium containing dry calcium cyanamide (CaNCN) nitrogen fertilizer that can
stabilize nitrogen and phosphate with its carbon and calcium. In moist to wet soil, as
disclosed, its carbon feeds soil microbes, thus stabilizing its own nitrogen and
compositions’ contained nitrogen from ng and its calcium can inhibit
phosphate losses into environmental heds. It can also stabilize nitrogen and
phosphate in other dry and fluid nitrogen fertilizers if combined with them. It has
been used singly for fertilizing crops worldwide for more than a hundred years.
However, dry calcium cyanamide fertilizer is associated with many disadvantages.
For example, in addition to being energy costly, it has 50% lower nitrogen nutrient
analysis than today’s high nitrogen analysis, but leachable, urea. It requires up to
twice as much to be equivalently nutrient effective to feed plants nitrogen as urea
does. Although dry CaNCN fertilizer has been shown to e additional ancillary
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benefits to young and maturing plants’ health, these benefits are only ed when
extremely large expensive quantities are used (such as application of hundreds of
pounds per acre) making it far more costly as compared to current plant protectants.
Additionally, historically used large, but noxious dust free, calcium cyanamide
granules, to be fully hydrolyzed, must be in r than l4x water (US. Patent No.
7,785,388). This has been unreliable in sometimes poorly, rain—dependent,
moistened soils for its macro and micro ionic nutrients and ancillary benefits to be
fully effective. Also, if its benefits are to aid other dry nitrogen fertilizers by
contributing its eco—safe nutrient izing and ancillary benefits, the large granules
are inefficiently not likely to be co—j oined next to the granules of the other fertilizers
when both are physically mixed together and spread onto and into cultivated soils.
Finally, because the evolving ionic forms can be toxic to seeds and ngs, a
waiting period between ation and planting is often needed, which not only
ses the time for crop production, but can often result in fertilizer f into
streams and rivers. Putting poorly soluble CaNCN hard, non—dusty granules or
commercial dusty CaNCN powder into water containing vessels of urea nitrogen
fertilizers to stabilize them causes the carbon and calcium containing particles to
settle as un—sprayable sludge.
SUMMARY
Disclosed herein are fluid ionized compositions, such as fluid calcium
ide fertilizer compositions, methods of preparation and uses thereof. The
disclosed compositions and methods create and stabilize active ionic compounds
present in the compositions, such that nutrients can more effectively be taken up by
plants, such as in crops. The sed compositions and methods facilitate
controllable site—directed delivery of the contents of the d, itions. The
compositions and methods are effective for fertilizing, soil amending, calcium
stabilizing leachable heavy metals in soil and metal tank corrosion prevention and
freeze protection of the itions, as well as providing ionized active calcium
for odor and organism tion. The compositions are stable, easily calibrated, and
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non—clogging, such that they can effectively be used for immediate spray delivery
application to target sites.
In some embodiments, a fluid composition includes a mixture of about 40 to
parts of dissolved acid or acid—forrned nearly neutral pH nitrogen fluid plant
nutrient compounds and about 1 to about 5 parts of a mixture of insoluble or weakly
soluble high pH calcium—formed plant nutrient compounds. In some examples, the
dissolved acid includes nitric acid, phosphoric acid, weak carbonic acids or a
combination f. In some examples, such as some urea such as in some urea
mixing/blending es, the acid—formed nitrogen plant nutrient nds are
in solution and e ammonium e, calcium nitrate, urea ammonium nitrate,
calcium ammonium e, ammonium phosphate, high pH aqueous ammonia or
combinations thereof. In some examples the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH
calcium—forrned plant nutrient compounds are in solution and comprise calcium
cyanamide (CaCNz), gypsum (e.g. CaSO4-2H20), calcium carbonate (e.g. ,
calcium chloride (CaClg), potassium chloride (KCl), potassium sulfate (KS) or
combinations thereof.
Methods of using the disclosed compositions include, without tion, in
industry and farming, plant feeding, nt stabilization, calcium decomposition
(composting) to deprive odor and disease g organisms their food t,
fertilizing and soil amending, freezing prevention and corrosion prevention. In one
example, a method of treating excreta is disclosed. In some examples methods of
treating excreta can include adding an effective amount of a disclosed fluid
composition to excreta, where the H20 present in the fluid mixture comprises less or
more than l4x the mass of the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium formed
plant nutrient compounds, thereby forming a mixture of treated a.
Methods of enhancing plant growth are also disclosed. In one example, a
method of enhancing plant growth includes applying an effective amount of a
disclosed fluid compositions in which the H20 present in the fluid composition
comprises at least 14x the mass of the insoluble or weakly e high pH calcium
formed plant nutrient nds to soil prior to, during and/or after planting,
thereby enhancing plant growth.
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Methods of digesting insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium—formed
plant nutrient compounds to form ionized calcium compounds are also disclosed. In
some examples, the s include combining a mixture of about 40 to about 20
parts of ved acid or acid—formed approximately neutral pH nitrogen plant
nutrient compounds to about 1 to about 5 parts of a mixture of insoluble or weakly
soluble high pH calcium—formed plant nutrient compounds, where the dissolved acid
includes nitric acid, phosphoric acid, a weak carbonic acid or a combination thereof
and the acid—formed nitrogen plant nutrient compounds are in solution and includes
ammonium nitrate, m e, urea ammonium e, calcium ammonium
nitrate, ammonium phosphate, high pH aqueous ammonia or combinations thereof
which hydrolyze the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium—formed plant
nt compounds in on which can e calcium cyanamide with its free
carbon, gypsum, calcium carbonate, calcium chloride or combinations thereof,
thereby forming ionized elements from within calcium compounds and hydrolysis
activated, particle digested carbon.
Also ed are methods of making a fluid composition. In some
examples, a method of making a fluid composition includes combining a mixture of
about 40 to 20 parts of dissolved acid or acid—formed approximately l pH
nitrogen plant nutrient compounds to about 1 to about 5 parts of a mixture of
insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium—formed plant nutrient nds,
where the dissolved acid includes nitric acid, phosphoric acid, a weak ic acid
or a combination thereof and the acid—forrned nitrogen plant nutrient compounds are
in solution and comprise ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate, urea ammonium nitrate,
m ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate, high pH aqueous ammonia or
combinations thereof and the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH m—formed
plant nutrient compounds are in solution and comprise calcium cyanamide, gypsum,
calcium carbonate, calcium de or combinations thereof, thereby forming a
fluid composition.
The foregoing and other features and advantages of the disclosure will
become more apparent from the following ed description, which proceeds with
nce to the accompanying figures.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
is a bar graph g the differences over time of the levels of black
carbon color from calcium cyanamide (CaNCN) carbon in mixed ons of urea
ammonium nitrate (UAN 32) comprising 20% water and urea in 57% water. Shown
in the figure, there is considerably more insoluble black carbon suspended for a
longer time in the UAN solution, which demonstrates that the disclosed solutions are
more saturated with CaNCN ionic elements than in solutions with water.
is a bar graph comparing the fineness of digested particles. Here,
from a strong light being shown through dense carbon black solution vessels, it
appears that the alkaline aqua ammonia solution aids acid formed compounds in
UAN in digesting insoluble CaNCN particles. The 75% aqua ammonia on
allows more light through sooner each time after mixing and some jar shakings,
ting finer particles.
is a bar graph that displays the results of CaNCN particle size
reduction measured by passing through two extremely fine screenings, after mixing
insoluble CaNCN in the water of the three disclosed fertilizer solutions. Then the
effect of a suspension agent in them and the ed effect from using a venturi
by—pass system are shown in columns 4 and 5.
is a bar graph g enhanced CaNCN hydrolysis from as little as
% CaNCN disclosed UAN solution, rather than the disclosed 95% added to 14x
water hydrolyzed CaNCN. These bars indicate an increase in the speeding up of
CaNCN hydrolysis by 25% within 15 minutes.
is a line graph demonstrating the effect of particle ss and size
related to the speed and completion of CaNCN hydrolysis over time. This
differentiates by using CaNCN hardened and enlarged granules of l.7mm — 3.5mm
size compared to disclosed microchip powder of 0.0 to lmm size.
is a bar graph showing the field corn yield and sugar briX energy
increases of 13% and 33% from fluid 0.5% CaNCN in 99.5% disclosed stabilized
UAN 32 over rd fluid UAN 32, in triple replicated field corn nitrogen
fertilized studies. These are averages from 60 — 120 — 180 lbs nitrogen/acre.
is a bar graph showing the time degradation effect from disclosed
fluid ed m containing CaNCN in fluid manures. The ive is for
calcium to remove the undesirable factors of manures by the digestion of feces and
thus, the source of stink odor and harborant food for human harmful sms.
is a bar graph showing synergistic fertilizer ancillary d plant
competing weed pressure between pre—plant strawberry fertilizing with 1.) 750 lbs
hardened granules CaNCN/acre on 5 weed species, 2.) decanted aliquot from
making 82 lbs CaNCN/acre together with 190 lbs of cre in water on 7 weed
species, 3.) disclosed fertilized compositions from making 8 re CaNCN
together with 289 lbs UAN in solution/acre on 7 weed species. The 8 lbs was a
dramatic, unexpected 9X and 94X reduction of CaNCN use and 8 lbs/289 lbs was
100% alkaline weed seed tissue digestion versus less than 100% from 94X more
CaNCN. This was a visually clear tration of CaNCN’s synergistic
contribution to making soluble and some weakly soluble common fertilizer
compounds into the 3rd from left bar’s disclosed soluble, plant absorbable, ionic
nutrients solution.
is a bar graph showing the visual response to freezing overnight
temperature of jarred dilute 0.25% CaNCN in UAN 32. Clearly it yed that
CaNCN in UAN, reduces the freezing point of commercial UAN 32 down to zero
degrees Fahrenheit.
is a bar graph showing a field corn study yield increases from
CaNCN in fluid UAN compositions at two levels of 0.25% and 0.5%. This
demonstrates that 0.25% CaNCN in the present application activated carbon is
enough for microbes to feed on to hold their nitrogen from 99.75% UAN.
is a bar graph showing the improved nitrogen content in the ear
leaves of field corn in a study, from 0.5% CaNCN in fluid UAN compositions. This
evaluation is standard in determining the fate, ratio and destinations of soil applied
nitrogen.
is a pie chart showing the US nitrogen fertilizer market shares per
annum for both dry and fluid nitrogen fertilizers.
is a bar graph illustrating the compositions’ carbon that feeds soil
microbes that feed plant root growth. Thus, such microbe feeding carbon can be a
constant companion with the disclosed ionic plant nutrients, for a synergistic higher
level of feeding plant roots.
displays a UAN foliar oxicity effects summary from of three
separate non—replicated pansy holed pots with adjacent sod pads in a water holding
tray. The UAN desiccated the pansy and adjacent sod pad 100%. The carbon
ning 5% CaNCN composition lowered pansy and sod desiccation 65%. The
near nil 10X diluted 0.5% CaNCN ition, that was MDB treated, lowered the
pansy and sod desiccation 35%. Therefore, both the carbon and the MDB treatment
contributed to ng UAN desiccation.
lists two sequential corn and cover crop cropping, their grading
categories in yield and plant responses, in percentage increases from carbon UAN
over UAN only.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL EMBODIMENTS
I. uction
Embodiments disclose creating ionized fluid calcium cyanamide with
calcium fertilizer or other calcium containing nds or compositions, by
combining them with acid based nitrogen or calcium containing compounds of other
fluid fertilizers, such as fluid Urea Ammonium e (UAN), Calcium Ammonium
Nitrate (CAN), Ammonium Nitrate (AN) or Ammonium Phosphate. The latter are
for digesting dry calcium ide particles to sprayable particles and thus speed
up its hydrolysis to ionic component solutions where its carbon-is ed to finer,
much larger surface area, particles that may be graphene, reported as a le
silicon replacement memory tool, or other carbon allotropes that are easily
suspended or solutionized. An electrolytic suspension agent may be added to assure
the carbon’s suspension. Simple blending and no added heat is needed.
Surprisingly, t the disclosed fluids’ degradation, a full spectrum of
additional plant nutrients may be added to water or water containing fluid manures
into which such nutrients may be added, where the disclosed composition ses
further digest the particles of those additives where the CaNCN or added particles do
not harden together and settle. This process affords fluid blending fertilizer s
to no longer need the energy for heat to dissolve urea to attain higher fluid urea
nitrogen analysis.
The compositions reduce the llization freezing points of saturated
nitrogen fluids (UAN 32) from 32 OF down to below about 0.0 0F. This reduces the
need, in colder climates, to reduce UAN 32 down to UAN 28 to reduce UAN’s
freezing point down to 1 OF. The compositions raise the neutral pH of UAN to above
7.8 to essentially eliminate UAN tank welds’ cracking ferrous corrosion (Wilson,
Fodor, Kenton US. Patent No. 522), without standard UAN corrosion
inhibitors such as chromate, dichromate or phosphorus ions.
CaNCN/UAN has demonstrated to dramatically reduce CaNCN le sizes
to immediately sprayable sizes as compared to urea in water and non—calcium
cyanamide/UAN. Today, UAN, which is suitable for combined pesticide
applications, is evermore becoming the choice nitrogen fertilizer. As herein
disclosed, m cyanamide ized UAN can easily be made by fluid fertilizer
dealer blenders, for cleaner water watersheds one watershed at a time. Annual use
statistics for US. fluid nitrogen fertilizers are ,000 tons/annum for UAN,
6,000,000 tons/annum for dry urea and 4,000,000 nnum for ssed gas
ammonia.
In corn replicated field studies, a microchip (1mm) of calcium cyanamide,
pre—hydrolyzed in 300 OF moist hot urea factory melted urea to become a pre—
hydrolyzed CaNCN seed inside each urea granule always increased yields to an
average over urea of 11%, over 8 years, in both wet and dry years and reached
surprisingly lower nitrogen to higher yield ratios for greater nutrient use efficiency
(NUE). This lowers nitrogen use and thus less exposure for loss to ground waters
and release of ozone suspect nitrous oxide gas to air.
It would be very desirable for the public and farming practices to have pre—
hydrolyzed, immediately sprayable/injectable, fluid ionic plant nutrients from fines
and granules of calcium cyanamide, to stabilize pollution suspect, but lower cost,
fluid common fertilizers and s where the combined comprise carbon fed soil
microbes’ that hold otherwise ble, to non—leachable, nitrogen and phosphate
that feeds plants and soil microorganisms in an eco—safe manner, until plant root
hairs need them ing other macro and micro plant foods in soluble on
forms that may be co—applied for them all to comply with environmental pollution
laws where the nutrients all go into plants so they are not before, during and after
season—exposed to leaching into ground waters.
Although calcium cyanamide is defined as a nitrification inhibitor (AAPFCO
N—12 vol. 57), the present application discloses that hydrolyzed active carbon feeds
soil microbes which hold nutrients in the soil to attain the AAPFCO definition
effects, which are where low percentages of CaNCN fertilizer can prevent nitrogen
and phosphate plant food components from being lost to leaching into ground waters
before the plants can use them all up.
Nearly immediately, after high pH in water CaNCN (12.2 pH) is in moist
soil below 10 pH, the yzed acid HNCN dimerizes to amide (DCD)
which is a nitrogen only stabilizer DCD, that is exempt from pesticide regulation.
Over numerous corn field studies (12 years), the or ered that as
little as a 0.25% calcium cyanamide additive to UAN can speed up common
granular and fluid nitrogen fertilizer plant uptake and in doing so prevent pollution
and increase crop yields in ranges from 5— 13% and sugar energy 33%, and thus well
pays for and gets multiples of dollar returns (ROIs) in yields from disclosed
otherwise costly high rates of calcium cyanamide fertilizer alone. Calcium
cyanamide prevention of nitrogen (N) and orus (P) loss to ground waters,
d going into corn kernel food and energy yields, was expressed by at—harvest
higher corn ear leaf N.
In a station field corn study, it was determined that calcium ide
powder at as low as 0.25% in UAN increased average yields 13% over UAN only, at
down to 66% less nitrogen. In a similar study-the carbon UAN-average—corn plant
chlorophyll was sed 9% with again less nitrogen than UAN alone.
Chlorophyll, the plant’s means to absorb and convert sun energy to starch energy, is
related to plant conversion to sugar energy.
Nitrate (N03) N in UAN is reported to rob plants of energy for the plants to
convert it to plant useable NH4 N. High sugar briX energy corn is ant in
increasing corn biofuel yields. In the field corn studies of microbe held N fertilizers,
along with other recent farm innovations, yielded up to 150 gallons more biofuel per
acre while producing 2.8x more food from corn on today’s corn acres, over non—
m cyanamide stabilized N. Calculated, this made—in—USA energy and not
buying foreign fossil energy at $2.50/gallon gasoline adds up to 1/2 $trillion/annum
stimulus for US. jobs and treasuries economy. Sweeter (more energy) food and feed
is preferred by humans and lly by animals. And, such healthier plants express
natural plant immunity resistance against plant antagonists.
During the corn studies, simultaneously in rnia strawberry culture, the
inventor attempted to add dry calcium cyanamide to fluidized urea containing 14X
water. However, it plugged valves and s. A successful decant filtering system
was implemented, but it left solid hardened cakes of aluable carbon and plant
le calcium in near insoluble form to be separately discarded in piles.
The decant CaNCN/urea aliquot in irrigation delivery systems proved to
display the same traits in strawberries as in corn, but at high dilution aliquot rates.
Pre—planting, in its high pH created soil made it alkaline tissue digestion unfavorable
to young plant root antagonists and competing , for less young plant pressures.
In sequential post—plant drip irrigations it sequentially, via contributing a higher
carbon/nitrogen ratio instead of en only, created uniform blossoming and picks
which increased strawberry yields. And one study showed curing calcium deficiency
in an unheard of brief period of 3 days. These aspects increased mid—season
erry yields over standard practice costly slow release fertilizer and costly soil
cleaning, ozone t, methyl bromide gas. Low cost fast release common
fertilizer in these plots had best results over high cost slow release izer.
Together, these features can save the California strawberry industry greater than
$100,000,000/annum.
Unanticipated, a ield California two years pre—plant strawberry bed
triple ated studies demonstrated the superiority of carbon stabilized UAN over
carbon/calcium sludge drop out below decant aliquot stabilized urea in irrigation
water systems. In these studies, the reduced weed pressure from 50 lbs of
nitrogen/acre from calcium ide carbon stabilized UAN exceeded such
response from 100 lbs of nitrogen from stabilized t CaNCN/urea. This
ted that UAN was a much more active companion to calcium cyanamide than
urea. This calls attention to ammoniated nitric acid ammonium nitrate added to urea
in UAN being the operative in improved calcium cyanamide hydrolysis from its
UAN particle digestion in the present disclosure sed ionic states, which
enhances urea hydrolysis to gaseous a in water, that’s associated with high
pH alkaline tissue digestion.
Agriculture farm heds that need stabilized nitrogen, such as
Midwestern agriculture farm watersheds, are dependent upon rain water and
therefore do not have irrigation s to ion deliver fertilizers to those plants.
One option was to blend calcium cyanamide and urea into water and directly
spray/shank/inject onto/into crop soils. However, in spite of many suspension agent
jar tests, often this still led to calcium ide plugging of sprayer screens. In the
Midwest this proved that short time water residence did not dissolve commercial
calcium cyanamide’s larger solid sizes. Expensive re—shipping of on hand stock to
expensive milling/blending and re—packaging processes to make uniform fine
sprayable calcium cyanamide powder solids became the only solution. Such uniform
powder in water did not stay fully suspended for an hour and had to be pre—
circulated to attain uniform field applications.
About 300 jars were used in testing the addition of various agents to water to
attain calcium cyanamide screen passage and suspension through screen sizes used
in sprayers, such as 80 mesh and finer up to 200 mesh. None were successful.
Heating aided this somewhat, but not satisfactorily.
Surprisingly, cial calcium cyanamide poured into jars of fluid UAN
32 and shaken allowed all the solids to pass through 80 and 100 mesh screens and
even 200 mesh screens. That suspension lasted over 3 hours. Nozzle plugging was
not experienced in any of the studies when CaNCN was mixed into jars of UAN.
Further jar tests revealed that similar action to UAN 32 was attained in fluid
AN 20 and CAN 17. This demonstrated that it’s the ammonium e or reformed
nitric acid that likely caused the increased calcium in calcium ide particle
digestion to enhance hydrolysis to disclosed ionic fluid calcium cyanamide
compositions.
All previous jar tests with calcium cyanamide dissolved in water or aqua
ammonia created near immediate settlements of large black particles of calcium
cyanamide.
The solution to the this dilemma turned out to be to first make a concentrate
of 5% calcium cyanamide in UAN. Then dilute it by pouring that concentrate into
dissolved urea in water (Urea 20) or ammonia in water (Aqua 20) to 10x dilution
(0.5% calcium cyanamide) needed to hold the soil nitrogen when using the latter
two. Thus, the latter two had uniform fluid ionized calcium cyanamide throughout
that lasted for days.
The only drawback of not using UAN is the lack of urea hydrolysis in UAN
that butes to the disclosed high pH alkaline digestion.
Gaseous a (NH3) fertilizer is typically injected deep into soil to
prevent its gaseous escape in Midwest field crop culture, rather than the disclosed
strawberry bed top spray and sprinkle method or in drip irrigation water methods to
create the disclosed water alkaline digestion of protein matter on bed es.
UAN’s urea digested to ammonia essentially resulted in aqua ammonia.
r it is not heric or human ammonia exposure allowed in closely
inhabited strawberry culture whereas, safe urea in water or UAN is well accepted for
topical soil application. It can be bed top sprayed and sprinkle irrigated or precision
placed in ion placed tion water to un—cropped or cropped soils, it was
discovered that irrigation water traps the ammonia even better than plastic tarping
for controlled soil conversion to harmless soil attaching ammonium (NH4) fertilizer.
There’s no irrigation in Midwest field crops culture.
onal jar studies revealed that when a powerful light was put against the
jar of the black calcium cyanamide suspension, right after combining the two, one
could see a black pillowing or blooming effect, like a volcano erupting. Black
calcium cyanamide in water with dissolved urea never showed such effect. This
ted that ammoniated nitric acid ammonium nitrate added to urea in UAN
likely caused the digesting of the non—uniform black m ate .
Powder m cyanamide in UAN made uniform tiny micro particles that passed
through even the smallest screen sizes. Thus, these fine les yzed faster to
CaNCN ionic macro and micro nt ions, uniformly saturating its UAN diluent,
displayed by longer g of CaNCN’s otherwise insoluble carbon. This
demonstrated that the solution mixtures were likely all in solution far longer than
imagined possible, or as black carbon displayed at least 300% longer than water
only. In a subsequent commercial venturi by—pass MDB test run carbon stable—UAN,
without suspension agent stayed completely black for weeks, with maximum 25%
reduction in the black level for months, suggesting the alteration was permanent.
CaNCN (0.025% to 0.05%) added to UAN ted that compounds within
commercial CaNCN became fully ionic elements. Surprisingly, the concentrate
UAN digestion process, in jars after 12 hours, displayed a yellow aliquot visually
showing the hydrolyzing of calcium cyanamide’s 2.5% considered insoluble calcium
sulfate, (gypsum) micro nutrient to ionic sulfur ion elements, for ate plant
uptake. This supported the supposition that the UAN digestion of calcium
cyanamide assured the full hydrolysis of all calcium cyanamide compounds into
their ionic elements. Thus, finished disclosed compositions with added nutrient
compounds likely all comprise fully plant soluble ionic elements in the disclosed
compositions.
This means that plant root hairs, which can only take in or let out their
nutrients by osmosis from osmotic pressure variances through semi—permeable
membranes, going from hypertonic to hypotonic to static isotonic states inside the
root hair cells, are more likely to take those in if as in disclosed solution
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compositions they primarily comprise ions rather than dissolved compounds. See
sed figures and tables 6 (Sugar Brix), 10 (Yield Increases) 11 (Ear Leaf N).
Osmotic pressures are associated with water of crystallization and lowering of
freezing points of solutions (Jacobus H. van ‘t Hoff; Osmotic pressure and chemical
equilibrium; Nobel lecture, December 13, 1901) See disclosed figures and Table 9
ing). The disclosed figures and tables demonstrate un—obvious enhanced
ses compared to soil fertilization with common izer nds and
lowered freezing points of the disclosed composition solutions.
Also, the disclosed compositions are more likely to assure plant nutrient
element assimilation of micronutrients in soluble ionic forms in soil solutions from
fluid calcium ide/UAN itions (nitrogen, calcium, iron, silicon,
aluminum, magnesium, nickel, sulfur). Adding the disclosed compositions to animal
digested fluid a manures will do the same with their animal digested
ate, potash and contained micronutrients. And, calcium cyanamide digested
excreta will add a new array of broad spectrum, digested organics and
micronutrients contained, ionic composition fertilizers.
Ionic calcium cyanamide components in water depend on its hydrolysis. In
the disclosed study 5% UAN was added to calcium ide in 14x water. 5%
UAN increased calcium cyanamide hydrolysis toward its theoretical ionic
cyanamide nitrogen yield by 25% over water only within 15 minutes. An additional
laboratory water study took one hour to reach 90% of theoretical cyanamide
nitrogen yield. The disclosed study was intended to determine if UAN increased
ysis time to cyanamid (NCN) over water only. If as here disclosed the
mixtures were 95% UAN (comprising 20% water) and 5% calcium cyanamide it is
ed that the full hydrolysis to full theoretical cyanamide yield would be within
or much less than 15 minutes, based on disclosed discovered “volcano eruption” like
action, from 5% calcium cyanamide/95% UAN.
In a subsequent study, a 200 gallon UAN/5% CaNCN concentrate was
prepared using a commercial izer blending system that comprised a venturii
MDB by—pass system for inductions. Non—uniform calcium cyanamide solids were
inducted into MDB venturi circulating UAN. The resulting concentrate stayed in
near full suspension/dilution for weeks. Slight jar tipping disturbance made it go
back into apparent full supension/dilution solution. An added electrolytic suspension
agent never before displayed such micro black insoluble carbon particles to staying
in full suspension, ting nitely.
This means that calcium cyanamide can become fluid calcium cyanamide. A
concentrate of that was diluted in water and fluid manures t caking and where
the dilute comprised all the calcium cyanamide components and its nutrient
compounds into rapidly plant able, soluble ionic forms. ly, jar tests of
fluid AN (Ammonium Nitrate) and fluid CAN (Calcium Ammonium Nitrate)
displayed the same as UAN or better.
m cyanamide in water initially reaches 122 pH. Calcium cyanamide
added to UAN as a concentrate moves to a pH of 9.5. At equilibrium it becomes 8.5
pH. 0.25% m cyanamide sustains a pH of 8.5. Wilson, Fodor, Kenton (Patent
No. 4,239,522) claim that a pH of at least 7.8 is sufficient to substantially eliminate
ferrous corrosion. Today UAN 28—32 older storage tanks’ weld cracking is a top
level of EPA pollution and OSHA accident concerns.
In the winter, jars of suspension agent calcium cyanamide/UAN 32
compared to UAN 32 only were left e overnight at below freezing
temperatures. The calcium ide jars had no crystals in them the next morning,
compared to 90% crystals UAN jars where these crystals would not pass through a
gauze mesh but the CaNCN/UAN full passed through the gauze. This was extended
in a freezer where the same comparative results were demonstrated down to 0 0F.
This can become major economic storage and shipping savings.
The disclosed compositions are associated with a number of advantages
including, but not limited to, the following: (1) mitigate the limitation of UAN
composition freezing points; (2) mitigate UAN metal tanks corrosion; (3) speed the
hydrolysis of calcium cyanamide hydrolysis to ionic nutrient forms; (4) se the
delivery time and uptake of nutrients into plants of ionic calcium cyanamide and
combined macro and utrients in carbon stabilized UAN compositions; (5)
increase plant sugar production from UAN N; (6) increase calcium cyanamide inside
UAN plant yields over UAN only; (7) have a venturi, MDB circulation or the like, in
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fluid fertilizer blending plants while circulating UAN to attain calcium ide
micro particles status to attain stabilized UAN in long suspension/solution states; (8)
have UAN speed up hydrolysis and le ion of calcium cyanamide, (9)
have UAN hydrolysis assure the delivery of all calcium cyanamide and combined
nt sources, ing fluid manures, in ionic states; (10) have ammonium
nitrate added to urea in UAN which enhances the ion of calcium cyanamide
particles over urea only; (11) have calcium cyanamide inside UAN to increase
nutrient use efficiency (NUE) more than with urea; (12) where calcium
cyanamide/UAN solves the issues incurred in pre—hydrolyzing calcium cyanamide in
water before usages, such as losing calcium and carbon to waste piles from near
immediate settlement of calcium cyanamide solids into hard cakes of carbon and
near insoluble calcium carbonate; (13) where UAN solves clogged valves and screen
problems that prevent immediate spraying in water of m cyanamide stabilized
fertilizers and fluid manures; (14) where UAN eliminates expensive
milling/blending/re—packaging of y grade over size particles to prepare
commercial calcium cyanamide for into water mixtures; (15) where UAN extends
the time of calcium cyanamide in solution and or suspension; and (16) where UAN
and agents create a base fluid stabilized composition suitable to add any numbers of
plant food nutrients to deliver a full spectrum of ionized plant food elements in one
fluid solution. The disclosure’s increased plant responses to the disclosed fluid
ionized compositions also indicates that calcium cyanamide nitrogen microbe
stabilization can result from microbes more rapidly consuming the disclosed soluble,
likely molecular, carbon form and ing the disclosed nitrogen ition’s
nitrogen for later release as plant roots e the d microbes’ containing
en
11. Overview of Several Embodiments
Disclosed herein are fluid d compositions, such as fluid calcium
cyanamide fertilizer compositions, methods of preparation and uses thereof,
including, without limitation, in industry and farming, plant feeding, nutrient
stabilization, decomposition (composting), odor and organism inhibition, fertilizing
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and soil amending. In some embodiments, a fluid composition es a mixture of
about 40 to 20 parts of dissolved acid or acid—formed approximately neutral pH
nitrogen plant nutrient compounds and about 1 to about 5 parts of a mixture of
insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium—formed plant nutrient compounds,
where the dissolved acid comprises nitric acid, oric acid, a weak carbonic
acid or a combination thereof and the acid—formed nitrogen plant nutrient
compounds are in solution and comprise ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate, urea
um nitrate, calcium ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate, high pH
aqueous ammonia or ations thereof; and the insoluble or weakly soluble high
pH m—forrned plant nt compounds are in solution and comprise calcium
ide, , calcium carbonate, calcium chloride, potassium chloride,
potassium sulfate or combinations thereof, and microbe nutrient free carbon.
In some embodiments, a disclosed composition includes ved acid or
acid—formed approximately neutral pH nitrogen plant nutrient compounds including
a urea ammonium nitrate (UAN), where the UAN solution comprises about 30% to
about 35% urea, about 40% to about 45% ammonium nitrate with the residual as
H20; and the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH m—formed plant nutrient
compounds are in solutions comprising H20 that contain calcium cyanamide. In
some embodiments, the H20 present in the fluid mixture ses less than l4x the
mass of the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium formed plant nt
compounds in the mixture. In some embodiments, the H20 present in the fluid
mixture comprises at least 14x the mass of the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH
m formed plant nutrient compounds in the mixture.
In some embodiments, a sed composition includes about 5 percent to
about 10 percent by weight calcium cyanamide, such as about 7 percent to about 8
percent by weight calcium cyanamide.
In some embodiments, a disclosed composition further includes excreta, such
as liquidized manure. In some embodiments, the excreta is dairy.
In some embodiments, the disclosed composition includes from about 0.01
t calcium cyanamide to about 99.99 percent UAN solution and from about 0.1
percent to about 99.9 percent fluid excreta.
In some embodiments, the sed composition includes about 25 percent
calcium cyanamide, about 75 percent UAN solution and from about 25 t
excreta.
In some embodiments, a disclosed composition includes at least one non—
nitrogen material to the mixture, such as a plant nutrient. In some embodiments, the
non—nitrogen material includes phosphorous, potassium, iron, copper, zinc,
manganese, boron, ium, molybdenum, sulfur, nickel, and mixtures thereof.
In some embodiments, a disclosed composition includes an electrolytic
suspension agent, such as aniline or nigrosine or carbon black ionic substances or
ionized metal elements, such as silicon, iron, aluminum, carbon or a combination
thereof.
In some embodiments, the approximately neutral pH en plant nutrient
compound mixtures include a pH of about or above 7.8 and 7.9.
In some embodiments, a sed composition includes particles with an
about 200 mesh screen pass through.
In some embodiments, a method of treating excreta includes adding an
effective amount of a disclosed fluid composition to excreta, where the H20 present
in the fluid mixture comprises at least 14x the mass of the insoluble or weakly
soluble high pH calcium formed plant nutrient compounds, thereby forming a
mixture and treating excreta.
In some embodiments, the excreta is liquidized manure. In some
embodiments, the excreta is not limited to, dairy.
In some embodiments, the method further includes adding at least one non—
nitrogen material to the mixture, such as a plant nutrient. In some ments, the
trogen material is selected from the group consisting of phosphorous,
potassium, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, boron, magnesium, molybdenum, sulfur,
nickel, and mixtures thereof.
In some embodiments, the method r includes adding an electrolytic
suspension agent to the mixture, such as an d metal t, such as silicon,
iron, ium, nickel, aluminum, carbon or a combination thereof.
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In some embodiments, the approximately neutral pH nitrogen plant nutrient
compound mixture has a pH of or above about 7.8 and 7.9.
In some embodiments, the fluid composition used to treat the excreta
comprises particles of with an about 60 to about 100 mesh pass through screen size,
such as about 80 to about 100 mesh pass through screen size.
In some embodiments, the method of treating excreta further includes
applying the mixture to soil by spraying.
In some embodiments, a method of enhancing plant growth includes
applying an effective amount of a disclosed fluid composition in which the H20
present in the fluid ition comprises at least 14x the mass of the insoluble or
weakly soluble high pH calcium formed plant nt compounds to soil prior to,
during and or after planting, thereby ing plant growth.
In some embodiments, applying an ive amount comprises applying the
composition by spraying, shank soil injection or into sprinkler or drip irrigation.
In some embodiments, a method of making a fluid composition includes
combining a e of about 40 to 20 parts of dissolved acid or acid—formed
approximately neutral pH nitrogen plant nutrient nds to about 1 to about 5
parts of a mixture of ble or weakly e high pH m—formed plant
nutrient compounds, where the dissolved acid includes nitric acid, phosphoric acid, a
weak carbonic acid or a combination thereof and the acid—formed nitrogen plant
nutrient compound are in solution and comprise ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate,
urea ammonium nitrate, m ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate, high pH
aqueous ammonia or combinations thereof and the insoluble or weakly soluble high
pH m—forrned plant nutrient compounds are in solution and comprise calcium
cyanamide, gypsum, calcium carbonate, calcium chloride or combinations thereof,
thereby forming a fluid composition.
In some embodiments, the method of making a fluid composition is one in
which the dissolved acid or acid—forrned approximately neutral pH nitrogen plant
nt compound is a urea ammonium e (UAN), where the UAN solution
comprises about 30% to about 35% urea, about 40% to about 45% ammonium
nitrate with the residual as H20; and the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH
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calcium—forrned plant nutrient compounds are in on sing H20 and
include calcium cyanamide.
In some embodiments of the method of making, the H20 present in the fluid
mixture includes less than l4x the mass of the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH
calcium formed plant nutrient compounds in the mixture.
In some embodiments of the method of making, the H20 present in the fluid
mixture comprises at least 14x the mass of the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH
calcium formed plant nutrient compounds in the mixture.
In some embodiments of the method of , the ing is performed
in the presence of a circulation process, such as a venturi by—pass MDB circulation
system.
In some embodiments, the method of making further includes adding at least
one non—nitrogen material to the composition, such as a plant or microbe nutrient.
In some embodiments, the non—nitrogen material is selected from the group
consisting of phosphorous, potassium, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, boron,
magnesium, molybdenum, sulfur, and mixtures thereof.
In some embodiments, the method of making further includes adding a
to the composition, such as liquidized manure. In some embodiments, the excreta is
dairy a.
In some embodiments, the method of making is performed in an opened
container.
In some embodiments, the method of making is performed in an unsealed
container.
In some embodiments, the method of making is performed in the presence of
atmospheric C02.
In some ments, the method of making further includes dehydrating
the fertilizer composition to form a solid.
In some embodiments, a method of digesting insoluble or weakly soluble
high pH m—forrned plant nt compounds to form ionized calcium
compounds includes ing into a mixture of about 40 to about 20 parts of
ved acid or acid—formed approximately neutral pH nitrogen plant nutrient
compounds to about 1 to about 5 parts of a mixture of insoluble or weakly soluble
high pH calcium—formed plant nutrient compounds. Then the dissolved acid
comprising nitric acid, phosphoric acid, a weak carbonic acid or a ation
thereof and the ormed nitrogen plant nutrient compound are in solution and
comprise ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate, urea ammonium nitrate, calcium
ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate, high pH aqueous ammonia or
combinations thereof and hydrolyze the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH
calcium—formed plant nutrient compounds in solution which comprise calcium
cyanamide, , calcium carbonate, calcium chloride or combinations thereof,
thereby forming ionized calcium compounds and insoluble carbon.
In some embodiments of the method of ing, the mixture of insoluble or
weakly soluble high pH m—formed plant nutrient compounds includes calcium
cyanamide.
In some embodiments of the method of digesting, the combining is
performed in the presence of a circulation process, such as a venturi by—pass system.
111. iations and Terms
a. Abbreviations
F: Fahrenheit
N: nitrogen
NUE: nutrient use efficiency
P: phosphorus
Tons/a: tons per acre
UAN: urea um nitrate
CaNCN m cyanamide
b. Terms
The following ations of terms and methods are provided to better
describe the present disclosure and to guide those of ordinary skill in the art in the
practice of the present sure. As used herein and in the appended , the
singular forms 4‘ 77
a or “an” or “the” include plural references unless the context
y dictates otherwise. The term “or” refers to a single element of stated
alternative elements or a combination of two or more elements, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise. As used herein, “comprises” means “includes.” Thus,
“comprising A or B,” means “including A, B, or A and B,” without excluding
additional elements.
Unless explained otherwise, all cal and scientific terms used herein
have the same g as commonly understood to one of ordinary skill in the art to
which this disclosure belongs. Although methods and materials similar or equivalent
to those described herein can be used in the practice or g of the present
disclosure, suitable methods and materials are described below. It is further to be
understood that any quantitative values are approximate whether the word “about”
or “approximately” or the like are stated or not. All percentages and ratios are
ated by weight unless otherwise indicated.
Acid-formed approximately neutral pH nitrogen plant nutrient
compound: A phrase to include compounds including ammonium nitrate, calcium
nitrate, urea ammonium e, calcium ammonium nitrate, um phosphate,
high pH aqueous ammonia or combinations thereof.
Ammonia: A compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the a NH3.
Ammonium is the ionized form of ammonia and has a formula of NH4. In some
embodiments, a disclosed composition includes ammonia and or ammonium, such
as ammonium e, calcium nitrate, urea ammonium nitrate, calcium ammonium
nitrate, ammonium ate, high pH s ammonia with or without additives
or combinations thereof. Additionally, where high pH ammonia in water digestion
breaks down moist living or dead organic matter, as disclosed, it can result in the
disclosed plant matter effects.
m: Calcium ions (Ca2+) are present in most organic matter and are
necessary for many enzymatic reactions, including those that facilitate energy use
by living organisms such as microbes. rmore, calcium ions aid in soil
reclamation by flocculating soil and ting water percolation. Additionally,
calcium tends to enhance the breakdown of organic or carbon matter through these
and other actions.
While m ions are abundant in nature in naturally occurring one
(calcium carbonate, CaCO3), they are not y available for uptake because of
the relative insolubility of calcium carbonate. From this is seen the need to stabilize
calcium ions in soluble form to enhance the speed of calcium uptake into organic
matter, both living and dead, to aid plant growth and soil reclamation. In some
examples, the disclosed compositions e calcium.
Calcium Cyanamide (CaNCN): A composition including about 44%
calcium and about 24% en and about 12% carbon was first made in the late
1800s, as part of a search for a high analysis nitrogen source for industry and
agriculture to replace low is (1 — <12%) excreta deposits. It is produced in
1000 to >3,000°C electric arc furnaces by g black coal and white limestone
in the presence of atmospheric nitrogen. Energy costs represent the bulk of calcium
cyanamide production costs. Calcium cyanamide is also referred to and
synonymous with lime nitrogen (LN); the term lime nitrogen or calcium cyanamide
can be used interchangeably.
Commercial CaNCN also known as Nitrolime is actually a mixture of
several components formed during or remaining after production of the desired
calcium cyanamide compound. onal components found in commercial
calcium cyanamide include calcium oxide (CaO), graphite carbon (C),
diamide [(HNCN)2] and oxides of iron, aluminum, magnesium, nickel,
silicon and calcium e (CaSO4).
As used herein, the term calcium cyanamide is synonymous with the term
commercial calcium cyanamide, its components and its hydrolysis/dissolution
products, unless it is clear from the context that the compound calcium cyanamide
itself is intended. However, it should be recognized that the terms calcium
cyanamide and commercial calcium cyanamide encompass calcium cyanamide
als where additional components of commercial calcium cyanamide such as
carbon, m oxide, dicyandiamide are , subject to components derived
from component lime, or are present in amounts different from typical commercial
calcium cyanamide. These terms also encompass calcium cyanamide materials that
have onal nitrogen—containing compounds and/or non—nitrogen plant
nutrients. Furthermore, it should be understood that certain embodiments of the
composition and method of the disclosure may be utilized to activate and stabilize
the products of water dissolution of the individual components lly found in
commercial m cyanamide, including, for example, dicyandiamide.
lly, for one reason or another, commercial calcium cyanamide is
treated to alter the form of cyanamide or remove components remaining after
manufacture. For example, e calcium cyanamide is a slow acting fertilizer
that is gly e in water, it is often factory converted to water—soluble
molecular ide (HZNCN), which is faster acting and a higher analysis source
of nitrogen. In this process, calcium cyanamide is forced to dissolve in water by
precipitation of calcium ions (Ca2+) as calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and by
acidification to convert initially formed ide ions (HCNZ') into acid
cyanamide ion (HNCN') and then into molecular cyanamide which predominates at
a pH of 4.5—5.5. Insoluble calcium carbonate and graphite carbon, which may be
entrained in the calcium carbonate, are then removed by tion. The resulting
solution must be kept cool, for example, refrigerated, because it is le above
about 70°F.
Because calcium cyanamide is slow acting, one application at a rate of up to
100 to 3000 lbs/acre lasts all growing season long. However, when calcium
cyanamide is applied at these typical season long rates, particularly in cool and or
dry conditions, it is necessary to delay planting until the high concentrations of
plant penetrating initial hydrolysis products of calcium cyanamide, which are toxic
to seeds and ngs toxic), dissipate. Furthermore, because calcium
cyanamide in its noxiously dusty irregular granule form is difficult to ate, its
application may be haphazard so that one part of a field may be ready for planting
while others exhibit persistent phytotoxicity. The phytotoxic characteristics of
calcium cyanamide also make even repeated dry applications at lower rates
impractical.
For the reasons above, use of dry calcium cyanamide has decreased, and
presently it is no longer used as only a fertilizer or for no longer today claims as
pesticide in the United States. Worldwide, its’ use is largely restricted to rice
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cultivation, where hot, wet conditions quickly degrade and remove other nitrogen
fertilizers, such as urea, from the soil.
Calcium cyanamide is more typically converted to faster acting and higher
analysis forms of nitrogen. For example, calcium cyanamide may be aerobically
hydrolyzed in the presence of carbon dioxide to provide calcium free urea (42%
N). Other high analysis en forms which are produced from calcium
cyanamide include calcium free, dicyandiamide ((HNCN)2, 66%N) and molecular
cyanamide (HZNCN, 66%N). These forms have found use in both agriculture and
the production of many of today’s industrial polymer chemicals and medicines.
However, plant cial calcium is not a part of these products.
It would be a t to provide compositions and methods that exploit the
slow acting nature of calcium cyanamide yet provide immediately available plant
nitrogen and calcium without phytotoxic uences. It also would be a benefit
if such compositions and methods made it easier to calibrate applications of
calcium cyanamide and tate repeated smaller applications throughout the
growing season. Furthermore, it would be an age if these benefits were
achieved at more economical rates of application and enabled more of the
components that exist in commercial calcium cyanamide to be utilized.
These benefits have been partially realized by Hartmann, as described in
US. Patent Nos. 5,698,004, 5,976,212, and 7,785,388 B2, which are orated
herein by reference. ry to teachings against fertilizing plants with the initial
hydrolysis products of calcium cyanamide (because of their phytotoxicity),
Hartmann has worked to provide easily deliverable, stable, yzed ionic
CaNCN solutions, containing plant penetrating acid cyanamide anions directly to
plants. Caustic can be added to such ionic solutions to maintain a pH that favors the
acid ide ion. The m cyanamide solutions taught in these prior patents
are sprayable if bles, such as calcium carbonate and residual carbon, are
removed by a means of filtration. Balls and clumps of calcium carbonate that
entrain otherwise sprayable carbon tend to plug pumping and spraying equipment.
e carbon is also beneficial to plants, microorganisms and soils it would be
advantageous if s existed to prevent formation of balls and clumps of it, so
that more m remained soluble, filtration was unnecessary, and the residual
insoluble carbon found in commercial m cyanamide could be maintained in
an easily sprayable form, because even some sprayables are not easy to spray
t adjutants and or more water. Furthermore, it would be a benefit if it were
possible to maintain a pH favorable to acid cyanamide ions t having to add
caustic to me the tendency of these solutions to drop in pH and form
dicyandiamide within pH range between 8 and 10.
When calcium cyanamide first yzes in water it produces calcium ions
(Ca2+) and cyanamide ions (HCNZ') as products. The cyanamide ion is very basic
and reacts with water to form the acid cyanamide ion (HNCN'). The acid
cyanamide ion is amphoteric, i.e. it can act as either an acid or a base. If the acid
cyanamide ion acts as an acid it will revert to the cyanamide ion, and if it acts as a
base it will react to form molecular cyanamide (HZNCN). The form that cyanamide
takes in solution will depend upon the pH of the solution, but molecular cyanamide
is favored at pHs below 10.3, which are typical of soils. Molecular cyanamide may
then undergo hydrolysis to form dicyandiamide (C2H4N4) and then urea, which
may r react to form volatile a and then ammonium molecules, which
may further be converted to e.
As stated previously, the acid cyanamide ion is plant and organism
penetrating. Once absorbed by plants, the acid cyanamide ion lasts only 2—4 hours
before it forms urea, which lasts 4—8 hours. Both urea and acid cyanamide stimulate
plant arginine production in plants, which is related to plant health (see for
example, Kunz et. al., Zeitschriftfar Plantzen Krankheiten and Flanzenschatz, 61:
481—521, 1954; Lovatt et. al., dings California Plant and Soil Conference
1992 & 1995; Wunsch et. al., Zeitshriftfar Pflanzenphysiology, 72: 359-366, 1974;
and Von Fishbeck et. al., Zeitschriftfar Planzen Krankheiten, 71: 24—34, 1964).
Therefore, compositions and methods that stabilize and provide urea and acid
cyanamide ions to plants-are desirable-toward producing fruitful, parasite—free,
disease—free, healthy plants. For example, recently discovered, aphids and other
sucking s have no as to convert sugar, therefore they die. The inventor
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applied disclosed CaNCN solution sprays on plants or in the soil and observed
thick, er shinier leaves that remain fungus and insect free.
When CaNCN is applied at fertilizer rates, atop warm, wet soil, rapid
uncontrollable aerobic hydrolysis , moving lly soluble calcium to
insoluble calcium forms and cyanamide ions to—urea, then to dicyandiamide, and
then to urea and then to gaseous ammonia at that location. A need is thus seen to
economically stabilize initial pre—hydrolysis soluble acid cyanamide ions and
calcium ions in high dilutions so that they can rapidly ate to target sites of
choice where the ions can be absorbed by plants and aid in ining soil
porosity.
Dissolved acid: An acid in solution. In some examples, a disclosed fluid
nd includes a dissolved acid, such as nitric acid, phosphoric acid, a weak
carbonic acid or a combination thereof.
Excreta: Waste matter discharged from the body. In some examples, excreta
is manure, such as liquidized manure.
Gypsum: A e mineral composed of calcium sulfate dehydrate, with the
chemical a CaSO4- ZHZO. In some embodiments, a disclosed fluid
composition includes gypsum.
Insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium-formed plant nutrient
compounds: A phrase to describe compounds including calcium cyanamide,
gypsum, calcium carbonate, calcium chloride or combinations thereof.
Nitrogen: In its molecular form N2, nitrogen makes up approximately 78%
of the earth’s here. Nitrogen is a component of all naceous matter
found in living organisms, but only a few organisms (such as nitrogen—fixing
bacteria) are able to directly capture atmospheric nitrogen and add it to the
biosphere.
Proteinaceous matter, ned in dead and decaying organic matter and
additionally in the excreta of animals represents a vast potential source of nitrogen
for growth of living organisms. However, in naceous form, nitrogen is
insoluble and unavailable to living organisms except through the action of
decomposers, which release nitrogen in the forms of gaseous NH3 and leachable
NH4+, N02", and N03". These forms can be utilized by plants and allow en to
reenter the living ere. In some examples, the disclosed compositions include
nitrogen, such as in the form of nitrate.
Non-nitrogen material: A material that does not contain nitrogen. In some
examples, the non—nitrogen material is a plant nutrient that does not contain
nitrogen. A non—nitrogen material can include phosphorous, potassium, iron,
copper, zinc, manganese, boron, magnesium, molybdenum, , nickel and
mixtures thereof.
Plant nutrient: A molecule that affects plant growth. A number of
molecules have been determined to be essential to plant growth including carbon,
, water, primary macronutrients including en (N), phosphorus (P),
potassium (K), secondary macronutrients including calcium (Ca), sulphur (S),
magnesium (Mg), macronutrient Silicon (Si), and micronutrients or trace minerals
(such as boron (B), chlorine (Cl), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), copper
(Cu), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), selenium (Se), and sodium (Na)). The
macronutrients are consumed in larger quantities and are present in plant tissue in
quantities from 0.2% to 4.0% (on a dry matter weight basis). Micronutrients are
present in plant tissue in quantities ed in parts per million, ranging from 5 to
200 ppm, or less than 0.02% dry weight.
Powdered-activated carbon (PAC): Traditionally, active carbons are made
in particulate form as powders or fine granules less than 1.0 mm in size with an
average diameter between 0. 15 and 0.25 mm. Thus, they present a large e to
volume ratio with a small diffusion distance. PAC is made up of crushed or ground
carbon les, % of which will pass through a designated mesh sieve.
Granular activated carbon is d as the activated carbon retained on a 50—mesh
sieve (0.297 mm) and PAC material as finer material, while American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM) classifies le sizes corresponding to an 80—
mesh sieve (0.177 mm) and smaller as PAC. PAC is not ly used in a
dedicated vessel, due to the high head loss that would occur. PAC is generally
added directly to other process units, such as raw water intakes, rapid mix basins,
clarifiers, and gravity filters.
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Soil Microbes or microorganisms: Soil microorganisms, including, but not
d to, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa, exist in large numbers in the soil as long as
there is a carbon source for energy. A large number of bacteria in the soil exists, but
because of their small size, they have a r biomass. Actinomycetes are a factor
of 10 times smaller in number but are larger in size so they are similar in biomass to
bacteria. Fungus population numbers are smaller but they dominate the soil
biomass when the soil is not disturbed. ia, actinomycetes, and oa are
hardy and can tolerate more soil disturbance than fungal populations so they
dominate in tilled soils while fungal and nematode populations tend to dominate in
untilled or no—till soils.
Soil organic matter (SOM) is composed of the “living” (microorganisms),
the “dead” (fresh residues), and the “very dead” (humus) fractions. The “very dead”
or humus is the long—term SOM fraction that is thousands of years old and is
ant to decomposition. Soil c matter has two components called the
active (35%) and the passive (65%) SOM. Active SOM is composed of the “living”
and “dead” fresh plant or animal material which is food for microbes and is
composed of easily digested sugars and proteins. The passive SOM is resistant to
decomposition by microbes and is higher in lignin.
Microbes need regular supplies of active SOM in the soil to survive in the
soil. Long—term no—tilled soils have significantly r levels of microbes, more
active carbon, more SOM, and more stored carbon than conventional tilled soils. A
majority of the microbes in the soil exist under starvation conditions and thus they
tend to be in a dormant state, especially in tilled soils. Soil organic matter can be
broken down into its component parts. One hundred grams (g) or 100 pounds (lbs)
of dead plant al yields about 60—80 g (lbs) of carbon dioxide, which is
released into the atmosphere. The remaining 20—40 g (lbs) of energy and nutrients
is decomposed and turned into about 3—8 g (lbs) of microorganisms (the living), 3—
8 g (lbs) of non—humic compounds (the dead), and 10—30 g (lbs) of humus (the very
dead matter, resistant to decomposition).
Dead plant residues and plant nutrients become food for the microbes in the
soil. Soil organic matter (SOM) is lly all the organic substances (anything
with ) in the soil, both living and dead. SOM includes plants, blue green
algae, microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, beetles, springtails,
etc.) and the fresh and osing organic matter from plants, animals, and
microorganisms. As soil es decompose organic residues, they slowly release
nutrients back into the soil for the winter cover crops or for the preceding crop.
Higher temperatures and moisture increase the destruction of SOM by increasing
microbial populations in the soil. Organic es with a low carbon to nitrogen
(CzN) ratio (less than 20) are easily osed and nutrients are quickly ed
(4 to 8 weeks), while organic residue with a high C:N ratio (greater than 20)
decompose slowly and the microbes will tie up soil nitrogen to decompose the
residues. Protozoa and nematodes consume other microbes in the soil and release
the nitrogen as ammonia, which becomes available to other microorganisms or is
absorbed by plant roots.
Soil organic matter (SOM) is composed of mostly carbon but associated with
the carbon is high amounts of nitrogen and sulfur from proteins, phosphorus, and
potassium. Soils that are ically active and have higher amounts of active
carbon recycle and release more nutrients for plant growth than soils that are
biologically inactive and contain less active organic matter. Under no—till
conditions, small amounts of nutrients are released annually to provide nutrients
slowly and efficiently to plant roots. However, with tillage, large amounts of
nutrients can be released since the SOM is consumed and destroyed by the
microbes. Since SOM levels are slow to build, the storage capacity for nts is
decreased and excess nutrients ed are often leached to e waters. SOM is
a storehouse for many plant nutrients.
Urea 01‘ carbamide: An organic compound with the chemical formula
CO(NH2)2. Urea serves a role in the metabolism of nitrogen—containing compounds
by animals and is the main nitrogen—containing substance in the urine of mammals.
It is solid, ess, and highly soluble in water. ved in water it is neither
acidic nor alkaline. The body uses it in many processes, most notably nitrogen
excretion. Urea is widely used in fertilizers as a convenient source of nitrogen.
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A temperature controlled oven study over 37 weekly water es of either
urea only, 2 ratios of CaNCN/Urea or water only control h loam soil columns
with water catching pots demonstrated that urea, which stayed below but near the
ratios were soil amending and stayed in root zones, suggesting desirable soil and
plant root targets delivery traits for delivery in irrigation systems. The water control
caused soil hardening and cracks, thus dropping through to the bottom from the
beginning.
Dry, water—soluble urea is a low cost, fast acting, and easily calibrated
soluble nitrogen form. However, urea is recognized to undergo rapid hydrolysis,
which may lead to ammonia gas release and/or losses due to nitrate leaching. Urea
and excreta ysis also contribute large amounts of the greenhouse gas C02. In
fact, urea and decomposed proteinaceous animal excreta containing urea are now
considered so environmentally threatening that farmers using such fertilizers have
already been subject to fines and judgments for violation of clean water laws that
regulate nitrates. It therefore would be desirable to provide compositions and
methods that allow urea and animal a to be utilized as fertilizers without
a loss or rapid ng of nitrates.
There are two basic prior approaches to simultaneously making urea—
derived nitrogen available to plants for longer periods and reducing e
contamination. The first is to coated urea for releasing urea slowly, called slow
release. The second is to slow the sion of urea to nitrate by soil
microorganisms, either by inhibiting the action of urease or inhibiting nitrification,
or both.
Urea dissolution control may be accomplished by coating urea with
hydrophobic substances, such as sulfur, to produce slow release granules. US.
Patent No. 4,081,264 to Ali exemplifies this technology. Ali describes encapsulated
slow release fertilizers prepared by coating a izer substrate (e.g., urea) with
molten sulfur. Sulfur coated urea particles are brittle so they are often coated with a
plasticizing substance, such as bitumen, to increase their mechanical strength.
Finally, r coating of an inorganic material, such as talc, may be ed to
provide a free flowing material. While slow release granules can extend nitrogen
bility throughout the growing season and reduce nitrate leaching, they are too
costly for general agricultural use, especially in light of their lower nitrogen
content.
Urease inhibitors serve to slow the conversion of urea to ammonium ions.
Such inhibitors include phosphoric triamides, such as N—(n—butyl)thiophosphoric
triamide (NBPT)(see for example US. Patent No. 4,530,714). Phosphoric
triamides r are difficult to handle and susceptible to decomposition.
Efficient oration of phosphoric triamides into granular urea—containing
fertilizers may be accomplished using liquid amide solvents, but use of such
solvents in the granulation process increases fertilizer costs.
Nitrification inhibitors, when combined with urea, ammonia, and
ammonium salt fertilizers, also can serve to reduce nitrate leaching. Known
nitrification inhibitors include dicyandiamide (DCD) and N—Halamine compounds.
Dicyandiamide, which is made from calcium ide, and forms in soil shortly
after CaNCN delivery to moist soils also functions as a nitrification inhibitor. It is
r, short—lived in hot soils.
While calcium cyanamide is believed to function as both a urease and
nitrification inhibitor, direct on of calcium cyanamide to urea is dissuaded
because the residual calcium form in commercial calcium cyanamide promotes
ammonia volatilization, especially under wet conditions (Nianzu et al., izer
Research, 41: 19—26, 1995).
What is needed therefore are compositions and methods that make it
possible to take advantage of m cyanamide’s potential to mitigate nitrate
leaching following application of urea. Furthermore, it would be advantageous to
provide compositions and methods that make it possible to combine commercial
calcium cyanamide directly with urea, even in wet conditions, and preserve the
calcium form ent of the calcium cyanamide and/or its water dissolution
ts. Disclosed is calcium cyanamide’s carbon to activated or active carbon
that more easily feeds soil microbes that thus will harbor nitrogen and other plant
nutrients, that root hairs mine from them as they need it. The es continue to
hold nitrogen, phosphorous and other nutrients for growing plant roots to consume,
preventing waste and loss to water environments.
Urea ammonium e (UAN) is a solution of urea and ammonium nitrate
in water used as a fertilizer. The combination of urea and um nitrate has an
extremely low critical relative humidity (18% at 30°C) and is used in liquid
izers. The most commonly used grade of these fertilizer solutions is UAN 32—0—
0 (32%N) also known as UAN32 or UAN—32, which includes 50% urea, 25%
ammonium nitrogen and 25% nitrate nitrogen and 20% water. Other grades are
UAN 28 (includes 40% ammonium nitrate, 30% urea and 30% water), UAN 30
(includes 42% ammonium nitrate, 33% urea and 30% water) and UAN 18. The
solutions are corrosive s mild steel (up to 500 MPY on C1010 steel) and are
therefore generally equipped with a corrosion inhibitor to protect tanks, nes,
nozzles, etc., or sed as herein newly disclosed to prevent such corrosive
IV. Fluid Ionized Compositions
Disclosed herein are fluid ionized compositions, such as fluid calcium
cyanamide fertilizer compositions. In some embodiments, a fluid composition
includes a mixture of about 40 to 20 parts, such as 35 to 25 parts, 30 to 20 parts,
including 40 parts, 39 parts, 38 parts, 37 parts, 36 parts, 35 parts, 34 parts, 33 parts,
32 parts, 31 parts, 30 parts, 29 parts, 28 parts, 27 parts, 26 parts, 25 parts, 24 parts,
23 parts, 22 parts, 21 parts, or 20 parts of ved acid or acid—formed
approximately neutral pH nitrogen plant nutrient compounds and about 1 to about 10
parts, such as about 2 to 8 parts, about 3 to 7 parts, about 1 to about 5 parts,
including 1 part, 2 parts, 3 parts, 4 parts, or 5 parts of a mixture of insoluble or
weakly soluble high pH calcium—formed plant nutrient compounds. In some
examples, the dissolved acid comprises nitric acid, phosphoric acid, a weak ic
acid or a combination thereof and the acid—formed nitrogen plant nutrient compound
are in solution and se ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate, urea ammonium
e, calcium ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate, high pH aqueous
ammonia or combinations thereof; and the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH
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calcium—forrned plant nutrient compounds are in solution and comprise calcium
cyanamide, gypsum, calcium carbonate, m chloride or ations thereof.
In some examples, the H20 present in the fluid composition comprises less
than 14x the mass of the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium formed plant
nutrient compounds in the e, such as about 13x, about 12x, about 11x, about
10x, about 9x, about 8x, about 7x, including 13x, 12x, 11x, 10x, 9x, 8x, 7x the mass
of the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium formed plant nutrient
compounds in the e. In some embodiments, a composition including H2O less
than 14x the mass of the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium formed plant
nt compounds in the mixture is denoted as a concentrate. In some
embodiments, the H20 present in the fluid mixture comprises at least 14x, such as
about 14x, about 15x, about 16x, about 17x, 8x, about 19x, about 20x, about
21x, about 22x, about 23x, about 24x, about 25x, about 26x, about 27x, about 28x,
about 29x, about 30x, ing 14x, 15x, 16x, 17x, 18x, 19x, 20x, 21x, 22x, 23x,
24x, 25x, 26x, 27x, 28x, 29x, 30x the mass of the insoluble or weakly soluble high
pH calcium formed plant nutrient compounds in the mixture. In some examples, a
composition including H2O at least 14x the mass of the mass of the insoluble or
weakly soluble high pH calcium formed plant nutrient compounds in the mixture is
prepared by diluting a concentrate.
In some es, the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium—formed
plant nutrient compounds are in solution and ranges from about 0.1 % by weight to
less than about 30% by weight, more preferably from about 0.1% to less than about
% by weight, even more preferably from about 0.1% to less than about 10% by
weight, and typically between 5% to 10%, such as about 7% and about 8%,
including about 0.1%, about 0.5%, about 1%, about 2%, about 3%, about 4%, about
%, about 6%, about 7%, about 8%, about 9%, about 10%, about 11%, about 12%,
about 13%, about 14%, about 15%, about 16%, about 17%, about 18%, about 19%,
about 20%, about 21%, about 22%, about 23%, about 24%, about 25%, about 26%,
about 27%, about 28%, about 29%, about 30%, by weight.
In some examples, a sed composition includes dissolved acid or acid—
forrned approximately neutral pH nitrogen plant nutrient compounds including a
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urea ammonium nitrate (UAN), where the UAN solution comprises about 20% to
about 40% urea, such as about 30% to about 35% urea, including 20%, 21%, 22%,
23%, 24%, 25%, 26%, 27%, 28%, 29%, 30%, 31%, 32%, 33%, 34%, 35%, 36%,
37%, 38%, 39%, 40% of urea, about 30% to about 55% ammonium nitrate, such as
about 35% to about 50%, such as about 40% to about 45% ammonium nitrate,
ing 35%, 36%, 37%, 38%, 39%, 40%, 41%, 42%, 43%, 44%, 45%, 46%,
47%, 48%, 49%, 50%, 51%, 52%, 53%, 54%, 55% of um nitrate with the
residual as H20; and the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium—formed plant
nutrient compounds are in a solution comprising H20 and comprise calcium
cyanamide. In some embodiments, the H20 present in the fluid mixture comprises
less than 14x the mass of calcium cyanamide, such as about 13x, about 12x, about
11x, about 10x, about 9x, about 8x, about 7x, including 13x, 12x, 11x, 10x, 9x, 8x,
7x the mass of the calcium cyanamide in the mixture. In some examples, a
composition including H20 present in the fluid mixture less than 14x is denoted as a
concentrate. In some embodiments, the H20 present in the fluid mixture comprises
at least 14x, such as about 14x, about 15x, about 16x, about 17x, about 18x, about
19x, about 20x, about 21x, about 22x, about 23x, about 24x, about 25x, about 26x,
about 27x, about 28x, about 29x, about 30x, including 14x, 15x, 16x, 17x, 18x, 19x,
20x, 21x, 22x, 23x, 24x, 25x, 26x, 27x, 28x, 29x, 30x the mass of the calcium
cyanamide. In some examples, a ition including H20 at least 14x the mass of
calcium ide is prepared by diluting a trate.
In some examples, a disclosed composition includes m cyanamide
from about 0.1 % by weight to less than about 30% by weight, more preferably from
about 0.1% to less than about 20% by weight, even more preferably from about
0.1% to less than about 10% by weight, and typically n 5% to 10%, such as
about 7% and about 8%, including about 0.1%, about 0.5%, about 1%, about 2%,
about 3%, about 4%, about 5%, about 6%, about 7%, about 8%, about 9%, about
%, about 11%, about 12%, about 13%, about 14%, about 15%, about 16%, about
17%, about 18%, about 19%, about 20%, about 21%, about 22%, about 23%, about
24%, about 25%, about 26%, about 27%, about 28%, about 29%, about 30%, by
weight.
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In some examples, a disclosed composition further includes excreta, such as
liquidized excreta (e.g., an aqueous manure slurry). In some es, the excreta is
animal excreta, such as dairy or swine excreta.
In some embodiments, the disclosed composition includes from about 0.01
percent calcium ide to about 99.99 percent UAN solution and from about 0.1
percent to about 99.9 percent fluid excreta.
In some embodiments, the disclosed composition includes about 25 percent
calcium cyanamide, 25 t to about 50 percent UAN solution and from about 50
percent to about 25 percent a.
It is possible to include other plant fertilizing als, nutrients and soil
amendments in embodiments of the compositions of the present disclosure. Other
plant fertilizers, nutrients and soil amendments e, but are not d to,
phosphorous, potassium, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, sulfur, boron, magnesium,
molybdenum, and mixtures thereof. A more exhaustive list of plant nutrients,
including micronutrients, is found in the official publication of the Association of
American Plant Food Control Officials O), volume 53, 2000 or later, which
is incorporated herein by nce.
In some examples, a disclosed composition includes at least one non—
nitrogen material to the mixture, such as a plant nutrient. In some examples, the non—
nitrogen material includes phosphorous, potassium, iron, copper, zinc, manganese,
boron, magnesium, molybdenum, sulfur, nickel, and mixtures thereof.
In some examples, a sed composition includes an electrolytic
sion agent, such as an ionized metal element, such as silicon, iron, aluminum,
carbon or a combination thereof.
In some examples, the approximately neutral pH nitrogen plant nutrient
compound mixture includes a pH of about 7.4 and about 8, such as about 7.6 and
about 7.9, such as about 7.8 and 7.9. such as about 7.4, about 7.5, about 7.6, about
7.7, about 7.8, about 7.9 or about 8.
In some examples, a disclosed composition includes particles of with an
about 60 to about 240 mesh pass through, such as about 80 to about 200 mesh pass
through, such about 60, about 80, about 100, about 120, about 180, about 200 mesh
pass through.
Compositions of the t disclosure can be prepared, orted, sold and
stored in containers. Prior disclosures required that calcium cyanamide fertilizers be
prepared and maintained in the absence of aeration to prevent soluble calcium ions
forming inactive CaCO3. In particular, aeration of the mixture was inhibited, for
example, by forming the mixture in a container, where the container also held a gas,
such as en, argon, ammonia, acetylene, and mixtures thereof, that serves to
inhibit gas exchange between the container and the atmosphere. It has been
surprisingly determined herein that the disclosed compositions do not need be
prepared or maintained in sealed containers, and in fact, can be exposed to air, or
other gas, including carbon dioxide (which is accelerated by open—air agitation)
without causing soluble calcium ions to form inactive CaCO3.
V. Methods ofMaking a Fluid Ionized Composition
s of making a sed fluid ionized composition are ed. In
some examples, a method of making a fluid composition includes combining a
mixture of about 40 to 20 parts, such as 35 to 25 parts, 30 to 20 parts, including 40
parts, 39 parts, 38 parts, 37 parts, 36 parts, 35 parts, 34 parts, 33 parts, 32 parts, 31
parts, 30 parts, 29 parts, 28 parts, 27 parts, 26 parts, 25 parts, 24 parts, 23 parts, 22
parts, 21 parts, or 20 parts of ved acid or acid—formed approximately neutral
pH nitrogen plant nutrient compounds and about 1 to about 10 parts, such as about 2
to 8 parts, about 3 to 7 parts, about 1 to about 5 parts, including 1 part, 2 parts, 3
parts, 4 parts, or 5 parts of a mixture of ble or weakly e high pH
calcium—formed plant nutrient compounds, thereby forming a fluid ition. In
some examples, the dissolved acid comprises nitric acid, phosphoric acid, a weak
carbonic acid or a combination thereof and the acid—formed nitrogen plant nutrient
compound comprises ammonium nitrate, calcium e, urea ammonium nitrate,
calcium ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate, high pH aqueous ammonia or
combinations thereof; and the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium—formed
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plant nutrient compounds comprise m cyanamide, gypsum, calcium carbonate,
calcium chloride or combinations f.
In some es, the approximately neutral pH nitrogen plant nutrient
compound mixture has a pH of about 7.4 and about 8, such as about 7.6 and about
7.9, such as about 7.8 and 7.9. such as about 7.4, about 7.5, about 7.6, about 7.7,
about 7.8, about 7.9 or about 8.
In some examples, H20 is added to the mixture so that the resulting fluid
composition comprises less than 14x the mass of the ble or weakly soluble
high pH calcium formed plant nutrient compounds in the mixture, such as about
13x, about 12x, about 11x, about 10x, about 9x, about 8x, about 7x, including 13x,
12x, 11x, 10x, 9x, 8x, 7x the mass of the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH
calcium formed plant nutrient nds in the mixture. In some examples, a
concentrate of a disclosed composition is prepared by including H20 less than 14x
the mass of the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium formed plant nutrient
nds in the mixture.
In some examples, H20 is added to the mixture so that the resulting fluid
composition comprises at least 14x, such as about 14x, about 15x, about 16x, about
17x, about 18x, about 19x, about 20x, about 21x, about 22x, about 23x, about 24x,
about 25x, about 26x, about 27x, about 28x, about 29x, about 30x, including 14x,
15x, 16x, 17x, 18x, 19x, 20x, 21x, 22x, 23x, 24x, 25x, 26x, 27x, 28x, 29x, 30x the
mass of the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium formed plant nutrient
compounds in the mixture. In some examples, a composition including H20 at least
14x the mass of the mass of the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium—formed
plant nutrient compounds in the mixture is prepared by adding the d amount of
H20 to a prepared concentrate.
In some examples, fluid compositions are prepared by adding the ble
or weakly soluble high pH calcium—formed plant nutrient compounds to a solution,
ranging from about 0.1 % by weight to less than about 30% by weight, more
preferably from about 0.1% to less than about 20% by weight, even more ably
from about 0.1% to less than about 10% by weight, and typically between 5% to
%, such as about 7% and about 8%, including about 0.1%, about 0.5%, about 1%,
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about 2%, about 3%, about 4%, about 5%, about 6%, about 7%, about 8%, about
9%, about 10%, about 11%, about 12%, about 13%, about 14%, about 15%, about
16%, about 17%, about 18%, about 19%, about 20%, about 21%, about 22%, about
23%, about 24%, about 25%, about 26%, about 27%, about 28%, about 29%, about
%, by weight.
In some examples, a disclosed composition which includes urea ammonium
nitrate (UAN) is prepared by combining a UAN solution comprising about 20% to
about 40% urea, such as about 30% to about 35% urea, including 20%, 21%, 22%,
23%, 24%, 25%, 26%, 27%, 28%, 29%, 30%, 31%, 32%, 33%, 34%, 35%, 36%,
37%, 38%, 39%, 40% of urea, about 30% to about 55% ammonium e, such as
about 35% to about 50%, such as about 40% to about 45% ammonium nitrate,
including 35%, 36%, 37%, 38%, 39%, 40%, 41%, 42%, 43%, 44%, 45%, 46%,
47%, 48%, 49%, 50%, 51%, 52%, 53%, 54%, 55% of ammonium e with H20
and calcium ide. In some examples, the fluid composition is prepared so that
H2O is less than 14x the mass of m cyanamide, such as about 13x, about 12x,
about 11x, about 10x, about 9x, about 8x, about 7x, ing 13x, 12x, 11x, 10x,
9x, 8x, 7x the mass of the calcium cyanamide in the composition. In some examples,
a concentrate of a fluid composition including m cyanamide is prepared by
adding H2O at a volume so that it is less than 14x the mass of calcium cyanamide.
In some examples, the H20 is added to a fluid mixture including calcium
cyanamide so that the H20 is at least 14x the mass of calcium cyanamide, such as
about 14x, about 15x, about 16x, about 17x, about 18x, about 19x, about 20x, about
21x, about 22x, about 23x, about 24x, about 25x, about 26x, about 27x, about 28x,
about 29x, about 30x, including 14x, 15x, 16x, 17x, 18x, 19x, 20x, 21x, 22x, 23x,
24x, 25x, 26x, 27x, 28x, 29x, or 30x the mass of calcium cyanamide. In some
examples, a composition including H2O at least 14x the mass of calcium cyanamide
is prepared by diluting a concentrate.
In some examples, a disclosed composition is prepared by adding calcium
cyanamide from about 0.1 % by weight to less than about 30% by , more
preferably from about 0.1% to less than about 20% by weight, even more preferably
from about 0.1% to less than about 10% by weight, and typically between 5% to
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%, such as about 7% and about 8%, including about 0.1%, about 0.5%, about 1%,
about 2%, about 3%, about 4%, about 5%, about 6%, about 7%, about 8%, about
9%, about 10%, about 11%, about 12%, about 13%, about 14%, about 15%, about
16%, about 17%, about 18%, about 19%, about 20%, about 21%, about 22%, about
23%, about 24%, about 25%, about 26%, about 27%, about 28%, about 29%, about
%, by weight to a solution including H20 and UAN.
In some examples, excreta, such as liquidized excreta (including, but not
limited to dairy a), is combined with a mixture comprising about 40 to 20 parts
of dissolved acid or acid—formed imately neutral pH nitrogen plant nutrient
compounds to about 1 to about 5 parts of a mixture of insoluble or weakly soluble
high pH calcium—formed plant nutrient compounds, where the dissolved acid
includes nitric acid, phosphoric acid, a weak carbonic acid or a combination thereof
and the acid—formed en plant nutrient compound are in solution and comprise
ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate, urea ammonium nitrate, calcium ammonium
nitrate, ammonium phosphate, high pH aqueous a or combinations thereof
and the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium—formed plant nutrient
compounds are in solution and comprise calcium cyanamide, gypsum, calcium
carbonate, m chloride or combinations thereof, thereby forming a fluid
composition.
In some examples, other plant fertilizing materials, nts and soil
amendments are ed with a disclosed fluid composition. Other plant
fertilizers, nutrients and soil ents include, but are not limited to,
phosphorous, potassium, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, sulfur, boron, magnesium,
molybdenum, and mixtures f.
In some examples, at least one non—nitrogen material, such as a plant
nutrient, is added to the fluid mixture. In some examples, non—nitrogen materials,
such as phosphorous, potassium, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, boron, magnesium,
molybdenum, sulfur, nickel, or mixtures thereof are added to the mixture.
In some examples, an electrolytic suspension agent is added to the mixture.
Exemplary electrolytic suspension agents include, but are not d to, ionized
metal elements, such as silicon, iron, aluminum, carbon or a ation thereof.
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In some examples, a disclosed composition is ed to yield particles with
an about 60 to about 240 mesh pass through size, such as about 80 to about 200
mesh pass through, such about 60, about 80 about 100, about 120, about 180, about
200 mesh pass through size.
In some es of the method of making, the combining is med in
the presence of a circulation process. It is contemplated that any circulation process
known to one of skill in the art may be used to prepare the fluid compositions. In
some examples, a i by—pass system or other like intensive blending system is
used to prepare a disclosed fluid composition.
The disclosed methods can be performed in an opened vessel or a closed
vessel. The efficiency of the method is not dependent upon the absence of
atmospheric gases, such as C02. Further, no additives or heat are required to
maintain the fluid state of the compositions. In some examples, the method is
performed in an opened container. In some examples, the method is performed in an
ed container. In some examples, the method is performed in the presence of
atmospheric C02. In some examples, the method of making is performed in an
opened container, an unsealed container, and/or in the presence of atmospheric C02.
While the method may be performed in a closed container, it is not ed.
In some examples, the method of making further includes dehydrating the
fertilizer composition to form a solid. By forming the disclosed liquid compositions,
such as fluid itions comprising calcium cyanamide, and dehydrating them, it
is possible to provide solids that n the initial ution and hydrolysis
products of calcium cyanamide in a readily dissolvable, calibrateable, and stable
form.
Processes for dehydration of liquid compositions to provide solid materials
are well known in the chemical and fertilizer arts. In its simplest form, water from
an s composition can simply be allowed to evaporate. It is possible to
accelerate the evaporation process by using a vacuum, by bubbling a gas, such as
an inert gas, through the composition, or by allowing the composition to evaporate
under a protective blanket of inert gas, for example argon. Heat can also be
employed to stimulate evaporation. —drying of aqueous compositions is
another alternative. During freeze drying, a vacuum is used to sublime water from
the frozen liquid composition. Dehydration ent is available from MCD
Technologies (Tacoma, WA).
VI. Methods of Use
Disclosed herein are methods of using the provided fluid ionized
compositions. These uses include agricultural uses, such as fertilizing and/or soil
ng compositions (such as increasing soil base of beneficial microbes) as well
as for disinfecting and controlling odors of certain als, including fertilizing
and/or waste materials, such as, without limitation, human waste effluents, livestock
manure and waste effluents, garbage, oils, plant als, such as vegetable waste,
and paper processing als. While not ng the present disclosure to a
particular theory of operation, it is believed that the disclosed synergistic
compositions in use, derive their efficacy in large part from a stabilization of the
bioactive acid cyanamide ion and soluble calcium such as provided by calcium
cyanamide and gypsum CaSO4-2HZO. In addition, the efficacy of the synergistic
compositions may derive from the discovery of the ability of these compositions to
enhance soil permeability and allow percolation of the bioactive cyanamide ion and
soluble calcium ions into plants at or above ground level and deep into the soil for
root uptake.
Using the methods described herein as fertilizing and soil amending
compositions, or as odor—controlling and disinfecting compositions, typically
comprises (1) forming the compositions, and (2) applying the compositions to
various materials and/or locations, such as ous materials, particularly human
and animal wastes and fluids, terhouse wastes, or agricultural plots. The
compositions are formed as described above. Once formed, the compositions can be
applied to odiferous materials and/or agricultural plots by any suitable method,
including by hand or using conventional spraying or irrigation techniques. In some
examples, the disclosed itions are applied as aqueous sions, ing
both suspensions and ed solutions. For example, a concentrate composition may
be diluted to a desired concentration by adding an additional solvent, such as H20,
mixed, decanted and/or filtered as desired, and thereafter applied to agricultural
plots, such as by using conventional spraying and irrigation injection devices. The
sed compositions provide a distinct advantage in that spraying devices can
iently be used without the heretofore ubiquitous clogging problems
associated with using the conventional, substantially large particles of calcium
cyanamide or those which required aeration inhibition.
In particular, methods of treating excreta, methods of enhancing plant growth
and methods of digesting insoluble or weakly e high pH calcium—formed plant
nutrient compounds are disclosed.
1'. Methods of treating excreta
In some examples, s of treating excreta can include adding an
effective amount of a disclosed fluid ition such as those described in detail in
Section IV to excreta, such as animal a. In some examples, an effective
amount is one in which the H20 present in the fluid composition comprises at least
14x the mass of the ble or weakly soluble high pH calcium formed plant
nt compounds. The disclosed methods can be used to treat excreta, such as
animal excreta, in various forms including liquidized manure. In some examples, the
excreta is dairy, swine or chicken.
In some examples, the method further includes adding at least one non—
nitrogen material to the mixture, such as a plant nutrient. In some embodiments, the
non—nitrogen material is ed from the group consisting of phosphorous,
potassium, iron, copper, zinc, ese, boron, magnesium, molybdenum, ,
nickel, and mixtures thereof.
In some examples, the method further includes adding an electrolytic
suspension agent to the mixture, such as an ionized metal element, such as silicon,
iron, aluminum, carbon or a ation thereof.
In some examples, the approximately l pH nitrogen plant nutrient
compound mixture has a pH of about 7.8 and 7.9.
In some examples, the fluid composition comprises particles of with an about
60 to about 100 mesh pass through screen size, such as about 80 to about 100 mesh
pass through screen size.
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In some examples, the method of treating excreta further includes applying
the mixture to plants, soils or mediums through an irrigation system, for example a
fertigation/nitrigation system. In some examples, the method of treating excreta
includes applying a disclosed composition to the soils, plants or mediums including
excreta by spraying.
In some examples, the method of treating excreta includes treating
municipal effluent waste, for example in treatment facilities.
ii. Methods ofEnhancing Plant Growth
Methods of enhancing plant growth are sed. In some examples, a
method of enhancing plant growth includes applying an effective amount of a
disclosed fluid composition in which the H20 t in the fluid composition
comprises at least 14x the mass of the insoluble or weakly e high pH calcium
formed plant nutrient compounds to soil prior to, during and/or after planting,
thereby enhancing plant growth.
In some embodiments, applying an effective amount comprises applying the
composition to plants, soils or mediums h an irrigation system, for example a
fertigation/nitrigation or drip system. In some es, the method of ing
plant growth comprises applying an effective amount of a disclosed composition to
the soils, plants or mediums including excreta by spraying.
In some embodiments, methods of enhancing plant growth comprise
applying quantum harmonic resonance for molecular and electron spin for a
dextrorotary bias to se ibility with biological systems (QHR) or
mechanical method of imparting a heavy/complete dextrorotary bias to molecular
and on spin to increase ibility with biological systems (MDB) to the
disclosed itions in vessels of the disclosed compositions. Thus, methods of
modulating the electron spin of elements within a fluid composition are also
disclosed. In some embodiments, methods of enhancing plant growth comprise
exposing the plants to sound, such as audible, low frequency sound of less than 4000
Hertz, prior to, during, and/or following treatment with one or more of the sed
fluid compositions. For example, the frequency of the sound is selected to enhance
plant leaf pore opening.
iii. Methods of digesting insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium-
formed plant nutrient compounds
Methods of digesting insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium—formed
plant nutrients to form ionized calcium compounds are disclosed. In some
embodiments, a method of digesting ble or weakly e high pH calcium—
formed plant nt compounds to form ionized calcium compounds includes
combining a mixture of about 40 to about 20 parts of dissolved acid or acid—formed
approximately neutral pH nitrogen plant nutrient compounds to about 1 to about 5
parts of a mixture of insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium—formed plant
nutrient nds, where the dissolved acid comprising nitric acid, phosphoric
acid, a weak carbonic acid or a combination thereof and the acid—formed nitrogen
plant nutrient compound are in solution and comprise ammonium nitrate, calcium
e, urea ammonium nitrate, calcium ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate,
high pH aqueous ammonia or combinations thereof and hydrolyze the insoluble or
weakly soluble high pH calcium—formed plant nutrient compounds in solution which
comprise calcium cyanamide, gypsum, calcium carbonate, calcium chloride or
combinations f, thereby forming ionized calcium compounds and insoluble
carbon.
In some examples of the method of digesting, the e of ble or
weakly e high pH calcium—formed plant nutrient compounds es calcium
cyanamide.
In some examples of the method of digesting, the combining is performed in
the ce of a circulation process, such as a venturi by—pass system or other like
intensive blending system.
In some embodiments, the method further comprises ng sound.
iv. Methods of digesting proteinaceous matter
Methods of digesting proteinaceous matter are sed. In some
embodiments, a method of digesting proteinaceous matter is a method for alkaline
digestion of proteinaceous matter by using ammonia in water. In some examples,
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proteinaceous matter is a plant, a plant part or a plant seed. In some examples, the
method es g ammonia by hydrolyzing urea in water. For instance,
calcium cyanamide is used to hydrolyze urea in water. In some examples, the
method includes using calcium cyanamide comprising calcium to hydrolyze urea in
water. In some examples, the calcium within the calcium cyanamide is employed to
hydrolyze the urea in urea ammonium nitrate.
In some examples of the method of digesting, the combining is performed in
the presence of a circulation process, such as a venturi MDB by—pass ation
system or the QHR resonance system or other like intensive blending systems.
Urea is produced by compressing C02 with ammonia (NH3). Fluid Urea
Ammonium Nitrate UAN comprises water in percentages from 30 to 20% as to the
concentration of urea and ammonium nitrate dissolved in water to comprise 28% or
32% en.
In the present disclosure calcium cyanamide is yzed in a vessel of
fluid UAN comprising water. That creates soluble ionic calcium, which aggressively
yses urea in water back to its original components of ammonia and C02.
Typically and with this process UAN can have ammonia.
This disclosure also bes ammonium being hydrolyzed, disassociated or
separated away from its original component nitric acid, which can further digest
calcium from calcium cyanamide’ s other m compounds and metal nutrients
compounds creating other soluble ionic nutrient forms. Irnportantly, this includes
digesting calcium de’s free graphite carbon to very active carbon, easily
absorbed and digested by soil microbes that depend on their energy coming from
carbon, when the mixture compositions are applied to the soil for farming.
This disclosure further discloses a method of pumping through a MDB by—
pass circulation system that pounds all the disclosed compounds er in a
blending process. This partical ng mechanism helps digest the particles in all
of calcium cyanamide’s components or any other nutrients compounds added to the
mixture. This creates solution grade sprayable fluid ionic calcium cyanamide that
contains ammonia.
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v. Methods of digesting free carbon into solution grade to e soil
microbes’ carbon consumption
Methods of digesting free carbon into solution grade to enhance soil
microbes’ carbon consumption are sed. In some embodiments, a method of
digesting free carbon into solution grade to enhance soil microbes’ carbon
consumption includes using nce QHR) or mechanical blending systems
(HDB) to create activated carbon with more surface area for even more access to
es. In some examples, the method includes applying the disclosed
compositions to soil that has been . In other examples, the method includes
applying the disclosed compositions to soil that has not been recently tilled, such as
within the past 12 months, 24 months, 36 months or more. It is plated that
the method includes applying one or more of the disclosed compositions to the soil
by any means known to one of ordinary skill in the art, including those mentioned
within this disclosure.
The foregoing may be better illustrated by the following example. Other
aspects and advantages of the present invention are illustrated in the example
which is provided solely for purposes of illustration. The scope of the present
disclosure should not be limited to those features described in this example.
EXAMPLE
This example describes various s terizing the disclosed fluid
compositions.
Table 1 illustrates the carbon suspension levels in static jars over time. This
data was created from static clear jar mixtures of CaNCN in UAN 32 and CaNCN in
urea and water and grading them as to visible levels of carbon from CaNCN over
time. compares carbon black color levels in jars. Here, the UAN with less
water was a more dense solution than urea in water, thus the former holds up the
black CaNCN particles longer.
TABLE 1
BLACK
MINUTES
Table 2 displays the color density of black carbon from light through jars at
various time intervals. Table 2 data was d from static clear jar mixtures of
CaNCN in UAN 32 and CaNCN in urea and water and grading them as to visible
levels of carbon from CaNCN over time, while shining a bright light into them. The
less color, the finer the colored particles are. graphically compares the
fineness of digested particles. Here it appears that the alkaline aqua ammonia aided
acid formed nds in UAN are digesting the black carbon CaNCN particles.
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TABLE 2
BLACK CaNCN in CaNCN in
MINUTES 100% UAN 32 25% UAN 75% Aqua Amm.
SHAKE
1 Hrs
SHAKE
1 Hrs
2 Hrs
Table 3 displays particle sizes from static jar tests after passing through
screen sizes. Table 3/ data was created from static clear jar mixtures of
CaNCN in water, UAN 32, AN 20, CAN l7 and suspension agent in water judging
them as to passage through 2 grades of finer screens than used in farm spraying
ces. Additionally included was a screening judgment made of CaNCN in UAN
from a commercial venturi MDB system. Intended was to comparatively y
differences between diluents and the overall benefit from venturi MDB processing.
TABLE 3
CaNCN PASS PASS
WATER
UAN 32
AN 20
CAN l7
AGENT
VENTURI
Table 4 illustrates percentage of cyanamide hydrolysis in the presence and
absence of UAN by adding either 7 grams of CaNCN to 100 ml DI water or 7 grams
of CaNCN to 95 ml DI water and 5 ml UAN 32. This is an addition of 5% UAN
containing 20% water to a 14X water mixture to CaNCN (essentially maintaining a
7% solution) increase cyanamide yield by 25% in 15 minutes. UAN was observed to
break apart the black solids to create a black solution within this short period of
time. Such effect was not observed in the water only on. This result indicates
that if the CaNCN is 14X proportionately in UAN's 20% water inside UAN and thus
exposed to 118x more UAN, the apparent aggressive hydrolyzation of UAN seen
here can increase these results to attain full theoretical hydrolyzation within this 15
minute time limitation.
TABLE 4
7 gm CaNCN/100 ml Di 7 gm CaNCN/ 95 ml Di
Water Water and 5 ml UAN 32
% of Cy ysis 15 40%
Table 5 demonstrates the importance of particle hardness and size related to
speed and completion of CaNCN hydrolysis over time. Table 5 data was created by
lab titrations to net cyanamide yields from hardened CaNCN granules and
microchips of CaNCN used in the t disclosure. This differentiates CaNCN
microchip powder (0.0 — 0.1 mm powder) (18 to 200 mesh screen size) from
cially ed and enlarged granules (l.7—3.5mm) (12 to 5.5 mesh screen
size).
TABLE 5
Hardened
CY YIELDS Granules Microchips
DAYS CaNCN CaNCN
Table 6 and illustrate the field corn yield and sugar increases from
fluid 0.5% CaNCN Stabilized UAN 32 over standard fluid UAN 32, in Arise
Research and Discovery Station, Martinsville, Illinois, triple replicated field corn
nitrogen fertilized studies. These are averages over 60 — l20 — 180 lbs Nitrogen/acre.
Three field corn studies that included yields and chlorophyll related plant sap sugar
briX studies were performed.
TABLE 6
SUGAR
YIELD/SUGAR YIELD BRIX
PERCENTS INCREASE INCREASE
0. 25% CaNCN/UAN 32 13%
Table 7 and display the time ation effect of CaNCN in fluid
dairy manure. This data was generated from extensive tory studies that graded
disappearance and appearance of negative and positive ions and visuals from
CaNCN treated fluid dairy excreta.
The operative is the digestion of feces and thus the source of stink odor and
harborant food for human l sms. Not shown is that CaNCN increases
beneficial organisms, included in the term coliform, of which is ed human
harmful coliform. Laboratory analysis showed an increase in beneficial “coliform”
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while human harmful e—coli coliform was un—detectable. Exposure of CaNCN was
over a 5 day period.
TABLE 7
0.2% CaNCN
In Fluid Manures N P
Time Stink Odor e—Coli Leachable Fibers Solids
Table 8 and show synergistic fertilizer ancillary reduced plant
competing weed pressure between pre—plant strawberry fertilizing with l.) 750 lbs
hardened granules CaNCN/acre on 5 weed species, 2.) decanted aliquot from
making 82 lbs CaNCN/acre er with 190 lbs of urea/acre in water on 7 weed
species, 3.) disclosed fertilized compositions from making 8 lbs/acre CaNCN
together with 289 lbs UAN in solution/acre on 7 weed species. The 8 lbs was a
dramatic, unexpected 9X and 94X reduction of CaNCN use and 8 lbs/289 lbs was
100% alkaline weed seed tissue ion versus less than 100% from 94X more
CaNCN. This was a Visually clear demonstration of CaNCN’s synergistic
contribution to making soluble and some weakly soluble common izer
nds into disclosed soluble, plant absorbable, ionic nutrients on (
far right 3rd bar displays this effect).
TABLE 8
FERTILIZER WEEDS NOT
RATES EMERGED
750 lbs CaNCN/Acre Granular
82 lbs CaNCN/Acre 190 lbs UREA (Aliquot)
8 lbs CaNCN/Acre 289 lbs UAN (Solution)
At about 1 part of CaNCN fertilizer to about 40 to about 100 parts of
common fluid nitrogen fertilizers, this record of visuals shown in displays the
disclosed operative of improved nutrient efficiency sed by fertilizer ancillary
s. As seen in the effects are from the common fluid fertilizers, ionized
to electrolyte solutions by CaNCN, not from CaNCN itself. This visually displays
the synergistic ratio between CaNCN and common fertilizers, disclosed in the tables
and figures.
One of the most practical and surprising operative of this disclosure is that
the effects were ed at practical rates of nitrogen per acre. The CaNCN/UAN
rates were 106 and 94 lbs of nitrogen/acre whereas the CaNCN rate/acre was at 180
lbs of nitrogen/acre, which is considered excessive for environmental protection
purpose. A CaNCN/UAN rate of 50 re attained a 90% emergence reduction of
nut grass, which even ozone suspect gaseous methyl bromide gas cannot attain at
350 lbs. per acre.
The cost of the base fertilizers added to CaNCN is zero, because they are
assessed against typical nitrogen nutrient g by common izer at standard
rates/acre.
The disclosed method of soil pre—plant placement was concentrated at about
4 inches deep, where new, newly planted, strawberry plant roots are to reside two
weeks later. Over the following 9 months of the strawberry season, standard UAN
on is typically post—plant drip nitrigated at non—plant—harmful rates/acre.
re CaNCN in UAN stabilizes that UAN. Such UAN drips induced
ary effects of uniform blossoming and fruit pickings, expected from
carbon/nitrogen and ammonium N forms and electrolyte solutions created by the
disclosed solutions. Such effects at llb CaNCN/acre in UAN, ant sprayed onto
cultivated soil are confirmed by disclosed FIGS. 6, 10, and ll corn studies.
Additionally, the sed effect on weed emergence calls attention to the
published effect of Alkaline Tissue Digestion (Alkaline Hydrolysis); U.S. patented
Christmas day 1888, Amos Herbert Hobson, MiddleseX, England, 394,982, where
the disclosed tissue is weed seeds. Weed seed emergence made underground effects
visible. Invisible microscopic plant root antagonists are likely similarly ed. The
latter’s reproduction is pH sensitive. The disclosed, no—heat, cultural practice effects
were recorded by Hartmann as a ary high soil pH shift.
The disclosed 38X and l25X >“8lbs/acre CaNCN” (about 2.5%) clearly
trates that the disclosed dynamic alkaline tissue digesting effect is from
0.25% — 2.5% CaNCN stabilized UAN fertilizing, not from CaNCN fertilizing. The
likely operative for the disclosed visual effect of alkaline weed seed tissue digestion
is the last in a sequence of UAN phases from CaNCN particle digesting to the
disclosed fluid equilibrium compositions.
CaNCN in water s 122 pH. UAN nitric acid alkaline metals digestion
first attains 9.5 pH. Continuing Ca++ alkaline acid metals digestion attains final pH
8.5. Ca++ urea polymer digestion to NH3 gas can attain pH 14. Its on in water
to 24% NH4 (NH4OH) equilibrium is typicallyl2 to 13 pH.
Stabilized NH4 nitrogen is naturally preferred by plants. Non—CaNCN—
stabilized NH4 transforms to leachable N03 N which plants cannot use, that robs
plants of energy because they lose energy by converting it back to plant useable
NH4. This ent is consistent with disclosed 10X less 0.25% CaNCN stabilized
UAN sing ear leaf nitrogen, 29% more yield and 33% more sugar energy,
disclosed in Tables and FIGS. 6 and ll.
Table 9 and display the visual ses to freezing overnight
ature of jarred dilute 0.5% CaNCN in UAN 32. Table 9 data was developed
from observations of static jars of the disclosed solutions in winter ght and
freezer conditions and confirmed by mid—winter Missouri overnight ations.
Clearly it displayed that CaNCN in UAN, even at lowest dose, prevents freezing of
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commercial UAN 32 down to zero OF. One such observation was at 5 degrees below
zero.
TABLE 9
0 Deg. F FREEZING CaNCN Stabilized
PERCENTS 32 UAN 32
Jar Crystals 90%
Ice Slush Gauze Catch 100%
Table 10 and display field corn yield ses from CaNCN inside
UAN at two levels of 0.25% and 0.5%. This information suggests that 0.25% is
enough to create stabilized nitrogen in 99.75% UAN.
The principal of this stabilizing technology is for CaNCN to induce early
release of its diluents’ N nutrients for early baby plant roots feeding so the nutrients
are plant captured for succeeding plant maturity phases h harvest, instead of
being lost to early in—soil leaching.
ized indicates succeeding in—season reproductive, resistant growth. This
phenomenon is of record for CaNCN. CaNCN at l lb/acre inside 100 lbs of UAN
nitrogen (N)/acre ts synergistic action between UAN and hydrolyzed CaNCN.
This means that all of UAN can express unique reproductive and ancillary fertilizer
I'CSpOl’lSCS.
TABLE 10
CaNCN BUSHELS
PERCENTS SE
0.25% UAN 7%
0.5% CaNCN/UAN 7%
Table ll and FIG. ll display the improved nitrogen content in the ear leaves
of field corn from 0.5% CaNCN inside fluid UAN. This evaluation is standard in
determining the ratio and destinations of soil applied nitrogen.
Corn kernel yields from corn ears are the objective of applied nitrogen. The
ear leaf sap is likely to indicate what degree of applied nitrogen has reached the corn
ears. CaNCN inside UAN was recorded as not only influencing reproductive corn
growth, but also sing phyll related to red increased sugar briX in
growing corn stock and leaves’ sap, likely to be expressed in corn s,
“intuitively preferred by animals.”
This has also been recorded as making 2.8x more food from corn and 150
more gallons of biofuel/acre, all on today’s corn acres. At $2.50/gallon of gas this
can generate l/2 $Trillion to US. treasuries and jobs economy.
TABLE ll
YIELD/LEAF N YIELD EAR LEAF N
TS INCREASE INCREASE
0.5% CaNCN/UREA 2%
illustrates the US nitrogen fertilizer market shares per annum for
both dry and fluid nitrogen fertilizers. Putting CaNCN usage to practice as in these
disclosures to 50% US. market share nitrogen solutions is most likely to reach most
of the nation’ s watersheds for cleaner waters and air and farm fertilizing practice
benefits in les over any other means.
illustrates that carbon that feeds soil microbes that feed plant root
growth, can be a constant companion with the ionic plant nts disclosed herein.
Each of the columns depicts jars of insoluble Calcium Cyanamide (CaNCN) in UAN
for 25 days. The left hand column, with two levels of gray settlement, resulted from
hand shaking 5% dry CaNCN in a jar of UAN; the middle , with no
settlement, resulted from dumping pre—venturi blended 5% CaNCN in UAN into an
empty jar; and the right hand column depicted where carbon from CaNCN statically
floats in a jar of UAN from slowly pouring Pre—venturi blended 5% CaNCN at a l to
ratio into a jar of UAN. This opportunity to visually see the status of carbon in
saturated UAN indicates fluid ionized compositions disclosed herein likely include
such digestion action on the carbon from CaNCN. The PAC definition (carbon
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granules less than 0.15mm with holes and dramatically enlarged surface areas)
describes this lighter les suspended in dense fluids effect on CaNCN graphite
. The next smallest carbon form from te may be graphine.
displays UAN foliar pyhytotoxicity effects y results from of
two separate non replicated pansy pots and adjacent sod pads in a water holding tray.
The UAN desiccated the pansy and sod pad 100%. The carbon containing 5%
calcium cyanamide ) ition lowered pansy and sod desiccation 65%.
The near nil 10x diluted 0.5% CaNCN composition, that was QHD resonance
treated, lowered the pansy and sod desiccation 35%. Therefore, both the carbon and
the QHD resonance contributed to lowering UAN desiccation.
Table 12
2012 CARBON UAN OVER UAN
SPRING IZED FOR BOTH SUMMER CORN &
FALL RYEGRASS/RADISH COVER CROP
Summer Corn 5 Bushels Per Acre
inter Cover Crop Ryegrass Root Mass
inter Cover Crop Radish Root Mass
inter Cover Crop Ryegrass Top Height
inter Cover Crop Radish Top Height
inter Cover Crop Ryegrass Leaf Width
inter Cover Crop Radish Leaf Width
and Table 12 illustrate the influences of carbon feeding soil
microbes when carbon is in UAN over UAN only. In four field corn replications at
Southern Illinois Arise Research and Discovery Station these influences were
expressed in magnitudes. Consistent with preVious years studies, the carbon UAN
influenced a significant 5 bushels per acre corn yield increase from one spring
fertilizer treatment for the summer corn, which is typically expected to use up its
fertilizer treatment. Unexpected, that one treatment further extended itself into the
following second crop of Annual Ryegrass/Tillage Radish winter cover crop. In fact,
these latter mixed plant types, pulled at their same early stages crop sed plant
responses in much greater magnitudes than the corn even in early stage. Tillage is
ed to damage soil microbes. Both these crops were lled. This indicates
that carbon from ionized fluid UAN feeds soil microbes to the extent that they thrive
under tillage actions to a point of building an increasingly sustainable healthy soil,
like from organic farming. Such microbe rich soil holds plant nutrients in the
microbes for e multiplying growth. Thus, the nutrients are not lost to the
environment.
In view of the many possible embodiments to which the principles of the
sed invention may be applied, it should be recognized that the illustrated
embodiments are only preferred examples of the invention and should not be taken
as limiting the scope of the invention. Rather, the scope of the invention is defined
by the following claims. We therefore claim as our invention all that comes within
the scope and spirit of these claims.
Claims (62)
1. A fluid composition, comprising: a mixture of about 40 to 20 parts of dissolved acid or acid-formed approximately neutral pH nitrogen plant nutrient nds and about 1 to about 5 parts of a mixture of insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium-formed plant nutrient compounds, where the dissolved acid ses nitric acid, phosphoric acid, a weak carbonic acid or a combination thereof and the acid-formed nitrogen plant nutrient compounds are in solution and comprise ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate, urea ammonium nitrate, calcium ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate, high pH aqueous a or combinations thereof; and the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium-formed plant nutrient compounds are in solution and se calcium cyanamide, gypsum, calcium carbonate, m chloride or combinations thereof.
2. The composition of claim 1, where the dissolved acid or acid-formed approximately neutral pH nitrogen plant nutrient compounds comprises urea ammonium e (UAN), where the UAN solution comprises about 50% urea nitrogen, 25% c nitrogen and about 25% nitrate nitrogen and the ble or weakly soluble high pH calcium-formed plant nutrient compounds are in solution comprising H2O and contain calcium cyanamide.
3. The composition of claim 1 or 2, where the H2O present in the fluid mixture comprises less than 14x the mass of the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium formed plant nutrient compounds in the mixture.
4. The ition of claim 1 or 2, where the H2O present in the fluid mixture comprises at least 14x the mass of the insoluble or weakly e high pH calcium formed plant nutrient compounds in the mixture.
5. The composition of any one of claims 1-3, where the ition comprises about 0.25 percent to about 10 percent by weight calcium cyanamide.
6. The composition of any one of claims 1-3, where the composition comprises about 7 t to about 8 percent by weight calcium cyanamide.
7. The composition of any one of claims 1-6, further comprising excreta.
8. The ition of claim 7, where the excreta is liquidized manure.
9. The composition of claim 7 or 8, where the excreta is dairy.
10. The composition of any one of claims 7-9, where the e comprises from about 0.1 percent calcium cyanamide to about 25 percent m cyanamide, about 25 percent to about 50 percent UAN solution and from about 74.99 percent to about 24.99 percent fluid excreta.
11. The ition of any one of claims 7-9, where the mixture comprises about 25 percent calcium cyanamide, 25 percent to about 50 percent UAN solution and from about 50 percent to about 25 percent excreta.
12. The composition of any one of claims 1-11, further comprising at least one nonnitrogen material to the mixture.
13. The composition of claim 12, where the non-nitrogen al is a plant nutrient.
14. The composition of claim 13, where the non-nitrogen material is selected from the group consisting of phosphorous, potassium, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, boron, magnesium, molybdenum, sulfur, nickel, and mixtures f.
15. The composition of any one of claims 1-14, r comprising an electrolytic suspension agent.
16. The composition of claim 15, where the electrolytic suspension agent is an aniline or nigrosine or carbon black anionic substances or ionized metal elements, such as silicon, iron, aluminum, carbon or a combination thereof.
17. The composition of any one of claims 1-16, where the imately neutral pH nitrogen plant nutrient compound mixture comprises a pH of about 7.8 and 7.9.
18. The composition of any one of claims 1-17, where the fluid composition comprises particles of with an about 200 mesh pass through.
19. A method of treating a, comprising: adding an effective amount of the fluid composition of claim 1 to excreta, where the H2O present in the fluid composition comprises at least 14x the mass of the insoluble or weakly e high pH m formed plant nutrient compounds, thereby forming a mixture and treating excreta.
20. The method of claim 19, where the method is performed in the presence of atmospheric CO2.
21. The method of claim 19 or 20, where the excreta is liquidized manure.
22. The method of any one of claims 19-21, where the excreta is dairy.
23. The method of any one of claims 19-22, further comprising adding at least one nonnitrogen al to the composition.
24. The method of claim 23, where the non-nitrogen material is a plant nt.
25. The method of claim 24, where the non-nitrogen material is selected from the group consisting of orous, potassium, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, magnesium, nickel, boron, magnesium, molybdenum, sulfur, nickel, and mixtures thereof.
26. The method of any one of claims 19-25, further comprising adding an electrolytic suspension agent to the composition.
27. The method of claim 26, where the electrolytic suspension agent is ionized aniline or nigrosine or carbon black c substances or ionized metal elements, such as silicon, iron, aluminum, carbon, magnesium or a combination thereof.
28. The method of any one of claims 19-27, where the approximately neutral pH en plant nutrient compound mixture of claim 1 comprises a pH of about 7.8 and 7.9.
29. The method of any one of claims 19-28, where the fluid composition comprises particles of with an about 60 to about 100 mesh pass through screen size.
30. The method of any one of claims 19-28, where the fluid composition comprises particles of with an about 80 to about 100 mesh pass through screen size.
31. The method of any one of claims 19-30, further comprising applying the fluid composition to excreta by spraying.
32. A method of enhancing plant growth, comprising: ng an ive amount of the fluid composition of claim 1 in which the H2O present in the fluid composition comprises at least 14x the mass of the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium formed plant nutrient compounds to soil prior to, during and/or after planting, thereby enhancing plant growth.
33. The method of claim 32, where applying an effective amount comprises applying the ition by spraying, soil shank injecting or sprinkler or drip irrigation.
34. The method of claim 32 or 33, where the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium formed plant nutrient comprises m cyanamide.
35. The method of any one of claims 32-34, where the fluid composition comprises particles of with an about 60 to about 100 mesh pass through screen size.
36. A method of making a fluid composition, comprising: combining a mixture of about 40 to 20 parts of dissolved acid or acid-formed imately neutral pH nitrogen plant nutrient compounds to about 1 to about 5 parts of a mixture of insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium-formed plant nt compounds, where the dissolved acid comprises nitric acid, phosphoric acid, a weak carbonic acid or a combination thereof and the acid-formed nitrogen plant nutrient nds are in solution and comprise ammonium nitrate, m nitrate, urea ammonium nitrate, calcium ammonium nitrate, ammonium ate, high pH aqueous a or combinations thereof; and the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH m-formed plant nutrients are in solution and comprise calcium ide, gypsum, calcium carbonate, calcium chloride or combinations thereof, thereby forming a fluid composition.
37. The method of claim 36, where the dissolved acid or acid-formed approximately l pH en plant nt compounds comprises a urea ammonium nitrate (UAN), where the UAN solution comprises about 30% to about 35% urea, about 40% to about 45% ammonium nitrate with the residual as H2O; and the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium-formed plant nutrient compounds are in solution comprising H2O and comprise calcium cyanamide.
38. The method of claim 36 or 37, where the H2O present in the fluid mixture comprises less than 14x the mass of the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium formed plant nutrient compounds in the mixture.
39. The method of claim 38, where the H2O present in the fluid mixture comprises at least 14x the mass of the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH m formed plant nutrient compounds in the mixture.
40. The method of any one of claims 36-39, where the combining is performed in the presence of a circulation process.
41. The method of claim 40, where the circulation process comprises a venturi by-pass system.
42. The method of any one of claims 36-41, further comprising adding at least one nonnitrogen material to the composition.
43. The method of claim 42, where the non-nitrogen material is a plant nutrient.
44. The method of claim 43, where the non-nitrogen material is selected from the group consisting of phosphorous, potassium, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, boron, magnesium, molybdenum, sulfur, magnesium, nickel, and mixtures f.
45. The method of any one of claims 36-44, further sing adding excreta to the composition.
46. The method of claim 45, where the excreta is liquidized manure.
47. The method of claim 45 or 46, where the excreta is dairy.
48. The method of any one of claims 36-47, where the method is performed in an opened container.
49. The method of any one of claims 36-47, where the method is performed in an unsealed container.
50. The method of any one of claims 36-49, where the method is performed in the ce of atmospheric CO2.
51. The method of any one of claims 36-50, further comprising ating the fertilizer composition to form a solid.
52. A method of digesting insoluble or weakly e high pH calcium-formed plant nutrient compounds to form ionized calcium compounds, sing: combining a mixture of about 40 to about 20 parts of dissolved acid or acid-formed approximately l pH en plant nutrient nds to about 1 to about 5 parts of a mixture of insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium-formed plant nutrient compounds, where the dissolved acid comprising nitric acid, phosphoric acid, a weak carbonic acid or a combination thereof and the acid-formed nitrogen plant nutrient compound are in solution and comprise um nitrate, calcium nitrate, urea ammonium nitrate, calcium ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate, high pH aqueous ammonia or combinations thereof and hydrolyze the insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium-formed plant nutrient compounds in solution which comprise calcium cyanamide, gypsum, calcium carbonate, calcium chloride or combinations thereof, thereby forming ionized m compounds and ble carbon.
53. The method of claim 52, where the mixture of insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium-formed plant nutrient compounds comprises calcium cyanamide.
54. The method of claim 52 or 53, where the combining is performed in the ce of a circulation process.
55. A composition of any one of claims 1-18, where the composition becomes or is hot in which the composition is about 60 °F to about 300 °F.
56. A composition of any one of claims 1-18, where the composition is or becomes cool in which the composition is about 0 °F to about 80 °F.
57. A composition of any one of claims 1-18, where mixtures are synergistic.
58. A composition according to any one of claims 1-18 or 55-57, ntially as herein described.
59. A method of treating excreta ing to any one of claims 19-31, substantially as herein described.
60. A method of enhancing plant growth according to any one of claims 32-35, substantially as herein described.
61. A method of making a fluid composition according to any one of claims 36-51, substantially as herein described.
62. A method of digesting ble or weakly soluble high pH calcium-formed plant nutrient compounds to form ionized calcium compounds according to any one of claims 52- 54, substantially as herein described.
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