IP Library Granted Patent US 7,785,387
Granted Patent B2
US 7,785,387 · App. 11/933,545 · Granted Aug 31, 2010

Chemically and physically modified fertilizers, methods of production and uses thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,785,387
App. No.
11/933,545
Granted
Aug 31, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Modified fertilizer materials are produced, comprising a) at least one fertilizer granule coated with a dispersant to form at least one fertilizer granule-dispersant particle, b) a dispersant, which comprises at least one agrochemical blended with at least one powder, and c) an overcoating material that is applied to the at least one fertilizer granule-dispersant particle. Methods of producing a modified fertilizer materials comprise: a) providing at least one fertilizer granule, b) providing a dispersant that comprises at least one agrochemical blended with at least one powder, c) providing an overcoating material, d) applying the dispersant to the at least one fertilizer granule to form at least one fertilizer granule-dispersant particle, and e) applying the overcoating material to the at least one fertilizer granule-dispersant particle to form the modified fertilizer material.

Claims (22)

1. A modified fertilizer material, comprising:

a dispersant comprising at least one agrochemical blended with at least one powder, the at least one agrochemical including nitrification inhibitors that comprise dicyanodiamide,

at least one fertilizer granule coated with the dispersant to form at least one fertilizer granule-dispersant particle, and

an overcoating material that is applied to the at least one fertilizer granule-dispersant particle to form the modified fertilizer material.

2. The modified fertilizer material of claim 1 , wherein the at least one fertilizer granule comprises a nitrogen-based fertilizer, a potassium-based fertilizer, a phosphorus-based fertilizer or a combination thereof.

3. The modified fertilizer material of claim 1 , wherein the at least one fertilizer granule comprises an ammonium fertilizer, a urea fertilizer or a combination thereof.

4. The modified fertilizer material of claim 3 , wherein the ammonium fertilizer comprises ammonium sulfate.

5. The modified fertilizer material of claim 1 , wherein the at least one powder material comprises amorphous sodium aluminum silicate.

6. The modified fertilizer material of claim 1 , wherein the overcoating material comprises a wax-type dedust/anti-cake material.

7. The modified fertilizer material of claim 1 , wherein the dispersant is a dry mixture of the agrochemical and the powder that is adapted to disperse and spread the agrochemical onto the fertilizer granule.

8. A method of producing a modified fertilizer materials, comprising:

providing at least one fertilizer granule,

providing a dispersant that comprises at least one agrochemical blended with at least one powder, the at least one agrochemical including nitrification inhibitors that comprise dicyanodiamide,

providing an overcoating material,

applying the dispersant to the at least one fertilizer granule to form at least one fertilizer granule-dispersant particle, and

applying the overcoating material to the at least one fertilizer granule-dispersant particle to form the modified fertilizer material.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one fertilizer granule comprises a nitrogen-based fertilizer, a potassium-based fertilizer, a phosphorus-based fertilizer or a combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one fertilizer granule comprises an ammonium fertilizer, a urea fertilizer or a combination thereof.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the ammonium fertilizer comprises ammonium sulfate.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one powder material comprises amorphous sodium aluminum silicate.

13. The method of claim 8 wherein the overcoating material comprises a wax-type dedust/anti-cake material.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the dispersant is a dry mixture of the agrochemical and the powder that is adapted to disperse and spread the agrochemical onto the fertilizer granule.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2021
From: ADVANSIX INC.; ADVANSIX RESINS & CHEMICALS LLC
To: TRUIST BANK, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 057940/0794 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2021
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: ADVANSIX INC.; ADVANSIX RESINS & CHEMICALS LLC
Reel/Frame 057941/0536 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2016
From: ADVANSIX INC.; ADVANSIX RESINS & CHEMICALS LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 040382/0909 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2016
From: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
To: ADVANSIX RESINS & CHEMICALS LLC
Reel/Frame 040337/0820 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2007
From: KWEEDER, JAMES A.
To: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Reel/Frame 020097/0645 →