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- Patent Title: Method for recycling a byproduct of the phosphate fertilizer industry, soil conditioner, and soil conditioner manufacturing process
- Patent Title (中): 磷肥行业副产品回收利用方法,土壤调理剂,土壤调理剂制造工艺
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Application No.: US14517628Application Date: 2014-10-17
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Publication No.: US09346718B2Publication Date: 2016-05-24
- Inventor: Sérgio Leite Rodrigues , Luiz Roberto Guilherme , Silvio Júnio Ramos , Lucas Alberth Ribeiro Do Valle , Hamilton Seron Pereira , Enio Tarso De Souza Costa , José Oswaldo Siqueira
- Applicant: VALE S.A.
- Applicant Address: BR Rio de Janeiro
- Assignee: VALE S.A.
- Current Assignee: VALE S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: BR Rio de Janeiro
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Main IPC: C05D3/00
- IPC: C05D3/00 ; C05D3/02 ; C01F11/22 ; C05B17/00 ; C05G3/04

Abstract:
Industrial demand for hexafluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6) is often lower than the amount produced from fluoride recycling processes. One alternative for using this surplus is manufacturing a soil conditioner by neutralizing the hexafluorosilicic acid with calcium oxide (CaO) inside an open, Kullman type reactor. The reaction ensures alkalinity to the soil conditioner having a pH of about 10, moisture less than about 40%, phosphorus (P2O5) at about 2.5%, calcium at about 22%, about 0.5% magnesium, about 10% silicon (about 30% to 40% water-soluble), about 18% fluoride, neutralization power of about 5% to 15%, and total neutralization power of about 5% to 12%. The resulting product, called AgroSiCa, is easily manageable with very high contents of Ca and Si (total and soluble), and also contains Mg, P, Fe, Zn, and F. When applied to soil, it contributes to the supply of nutrients, provides a better root growth and improves the plants development.
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