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US 11,597,688 B1Granted
Process for making a fully water-soluble granule comprising humic acid and a microbial community composition
AssigneeHumic Growth Solutions, Inc.
InventorKevin Merritt
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Abstract
Disclosed is a process for making a fully water-soluble granule comprising humic acid and a microbial community composition. Disclosed also is a fully water-soluble granule comprising humic acid and a microbial community composition. Such a granule is useful as an organic aid to crop growth, particularly in applications where solubility is desirable or necessary.
Claims10
A fully water soluble composite granule comprising:
- a homogenous powder, wherein the homogenous powder comprises:
- a hydrolyzed humic acid enriched powder extracted from leonardite or humalite with an alkaline mixture and;
- a microbial community composition powder comprising a plurality of dormant microbial organisms at a ratio of about 1:100 to about 1:5;
- wherein the homogenous powder is granulated to form a fully water soluble composite granule such that at least 95% of the fully water soluble composite granule dissolves within five minutes when the fully water soluble composite granule is submerged in one liter of water at a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius;
- wherein the fully water soluble composite granule is between about 0.5 mm and about 4.5 mm in diameter.
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A fully water soluble granule comprising humic acid and a microbial community composition, the fully water soluble granule made by a process comprising:
- obtaining a sample of a carbonaceous substance comprising humic acid and one or more other substances;
- contacting the sample with an amount of an alkaline mixture, thereby forming an extraction mixture, the extraction mixture consisting essentially of a sludge component, the sludge component comprising, predominantly, the sample, and an extraction component, the extraction component comprising, predominantly, the alkaline mixture;
- maintaining the sludge component in contact with the extraction component for a period of time sufficient for the extraction component to become relatively enriched in humic acid and the sludge component to become relatively depleted of humic acid;
- separating the sludge component from the extraction component;
- drying the extraction component, thereby forming a plurality of humic acid enriched powder particles, wherein the plurality of humic acid enriched particles has a moisture content of about 9% to about 15% and a loose bulk density between about 28 and 49 pounds per cubic feet;
- combining the microbial community composition to the plurality of humic acid enriched powder particles, thereby forming a powder combination, wherein the powder combination has a ratio of about 1:100 to 1:5 microbial community composition to the plurality of humic acid enriched powder particles;
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- compacting at least a portion of the powder combination under conditions, wherein the at least a portion of the powder combination, as a result of the compacting, are made into a form of a granule;
- thereby making a fully water soluble granule comprising humic acid and a microbial community composition, wherein at least 95% of the fully water soluble composite granule dissolves within five minutes when the fully water soluble composite granule is submerged in one liter of water at a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.