Preparing organic powder by anaerobically treating fermentation waste fluid and aerobically treating the digested fermentation liquor

• US 6,039,782 A
• Filed: 01/16/1998
• Issued: 03/21/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Company Limited (Kirin Holdings Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Company Limited (Kirin Holdings Company Limited)
• Inventors: Azuma, Masaki, Okiura, Tomoo, Sota, Akio
• Primary Examiner(s): Straub, Gary P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Cam N.
• Application Number:
  US09/008,296
• Time in Patent Office: 795 Days
• Field of Search: 71/9, 71/25, 71/15, 71/33, 71/63, 71/64.03-64.06, 426/2, 210/768
• US Class Current: 71/10
• CPC Class Codes: C05F 17/40 Treatment of liquids or slurries
• CPC Class Codes: C05F 17/50 Treatments combining two or more different biological or biochemical treatments, e.g. anaerobic and aerobic treatment or vermicomposting and aerobic treatment
• CPC Class Codes: C05F 5/008 Waste from biochemical processing of material, e.g. fermentation, breweries
• CPC Class Codes: C05G 5/12 Granules or flakes
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/20 Fertilizers of biological origin, e.g. guano or fertilizers made from animal corpses
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 20/145 the feedstock being materials of biological origin
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 30/40 Bio-organic fraction processing; Production of fertilisers from the organic fraction of waste or refuse

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for producing granulated organic matters wherein a precipitated fraction obtaied in a settling tank from a methane fermentation fluid having been treated aerobically in an aeration tank is added to a fermentation waste fluid. According to the present invention, there is provided a process for producing physically stable granulated organic matters with reduced increase of stickiness occurring at the time of manufacturing granulated organic matters from fermentation waste fluid.

Claims

1. A process for producing granulated organic matter comprising the steps of:

(a) obtaining a fermentation waste fluid;

(b) anaerobically fermenting said fermentation waste fluid to obtain a digested fermentation liquor;

(c) aerobically treating said digested fermentation liquor;

(d) subjecting the aerobically treated digested fermentation liquor to precipitation to obtain a precipitated fraction;

(e) drying or dehydrating the precipitated fraction;

(f) blending the dried or dehydrated precipitated fraction with a fermentation waste fluid which has not been aerobically treated; and

(g) granulating the blended fermentation waste fluid and precipitated fraction obtained from step (f).

2. A process according to claim 1, wherein the fermentation waste fluid which has not been aerobically treated is concentrated until its solid content reaches 20 to 60%.

3. A process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein after the precipitated fraction is blended with the non-aerobically treated fermentation waste fluid, an inorganic fertilizer is added.

4. A process according to claim 3, wherein the non-aerobically treated fermentation waste fluid is an alcohol fermentation waste fluid.

5. A process according to claim 4, wherein the precipitated fraction is dried or dehydrated until its solid content reaches 15 to 55%.

6. A process according to claim 5, wherein after the precipitated fraction is blended with the non aerobically treated fermentation waste fluid, an inorganic fertilizer is added.

7. A process according to claim 6, wherein the inorganic fertilizer comprises at least one inorganic fertilizer selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid, diammonium phosphate, double superphoshate of lime, superphosphate of lime, potassium sulfate, potassium chloride, ammonium sulfate, ammonium chloride, urea and magnesium sulfate.

8. An organic fertilizer comprising granulated organic matters obtained by the process described in claim 7.

9. A process according to claim 3, wherein the fermentation waste fluid is subjected to anaerobic fermentation at 30 to 60°

C. for 3 days to two weeks.

10. A process according to claim 9, wherein the digested fermentation liquor is aerobically treated at an aeration rate of 0.2 to 1.2 vvm for 1 to 7 days.

11. A process according to claim 10, wherein the precipitated fraction is blended with the non-aerobically treated fermentation waste fluid in an amount of 30-200 W/W %.

12. A process according to claim 11, wherein the precipitated fraction is blended with the non-aerobically treated fermentation waste fluid in an amount of 50-100 W/W %.

13. A process according to claim 3, wherein the precipitated fraction is dried or dehydrated until its solid content reaches 15 to 55%.

14. A process according to claim 13, wherein after the precipitated fraction is blended with the non-aerobically treated fermentation waste fluid, an inorganic fertilizer is added.

15. A process according to claim 14, wherein the inorganic fertilizer comprises at least one inorganic fertilizer selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid, diammonium phosphate, double superphosphate of lime, superphosphate of lime, potassium sulfate, potassium chloride, ammonium sulfate, ammonium chloride, urea and magnesium sulfate.

16. An organic fertilizer comprising granulated organic matters obtained by the process described in claim 15.

17. An organic fertilizer comprising granulated organic matters obtained by the process described in claim 14.

18. A process according to claim 3, wherein the fermentation waste fluid is anaerobically fermented at 30 to 60°

C. for 3 days to 2 weeks.

19. A process according to claim 18, wherein the non-aerobically treated fermentation waste fluid is an alcohol fermentation fluid.

20. An organic fertilizer comprising granulated organic matters obtained in a process as described in claim 3.

21. A process according to claim 4, wherein the fermentation waste fluid is subjected to anaerobic fermentation at 30 to 60°

C. for 3 days to two weeks.

22. A process according to claim 21, wherein the digested fermentation liquor is aerobically treated at an aeration rate of 0.2 to 1.2 vvm for 1 to 7 days.

23. A process according to claim 22, wherein the precipitated fraction is blended with the non-aerobically treated fermentation waste fluid in an amount of 30-200 W/W %.

24. A process according to claim 23, wherein the precipitated fraction is blended with the non-aerobically treated fermentation waste fluid in an amount of 50-100 W/W %.

25. An organic fertilizer comprising granulated organic matters obtained in a process as described in claim 4.

26. An organic fertilizer comprising granulated organic matters obtained in a process as described in claim 5.

27. An organic fertilizer comprising granulated organic matters obtained by the process described in claim 6.

28. An organic fertilizer comprising granulated organic matters obtained in a process as described in claim 1 or 2.