Back to results
US 5,383,952 AGranted
Process for binding dust in fertilizer granules
AssigneeKali und Salz Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsArno Singewald, Otto Wendt, Gunter Nurnberger, Dieter Paetz, Wolfgang Walczyk, Klaus-Dieter Muller
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Dust is bound in fertilizer granules by spraying the granules with a solution of molasses and another oxygen-containing hydrocarbon from the group glycerin, polyethylene glycol and triethanolamine.
Claims3
Process for preventing dusting during the loading or transporting of granulates, comprising:
- adding to said granulates a dust-binding, liquid mixture consisting of molasses and another liquid selected from the group consisting of glycerin, polyethylene glycol, triethanolamine and the mixtures thereof;
- wherein the dust-binding mixture is used in an amount of 0.6% to 1.2% by weight, based on the weight of the granulates to be treated;
- wherein the weight ratio between the molasses and the another liquid is 1:0.3 to 1:2;
- and
- adding said dust-binding liquid mixture in extremely finely divided form.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.