Agricultural binder system, agricultural blend, and process of forming an agricultural blend
View Patent ↗The present disclosure describes an agricultural blend and a process of forming an agricultural blend. The agricultural blend includes a slag by-product from a process having a slag other than stainless steel slag or includes 11 atomic % silicon from a soluble compound and total silicon of less than about 30 atomic % silicon or greater than about 39 atomic % silicon. The process includes producing a slag by-product and blending the slag by-product with a liquid binder system to form the agricultural blend, the slag not being stainless steel slag.
1. An agricultural blend, comprising:
a liquid binder system having a carbohydrate sugar;
wherein the agricultural blend includes greater than 10 atomic % silicon from a soluble compound.
2. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the liquid binder system comprises:
between about 50 volume % and about 70 volume % carbohydrate sugar; and
water.
3. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , further comprising an insoluble compound.
4. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , further comprising a slag by-product, the slag by-product including soluble silicon.
5. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the carbohydrate sugar comprises a protein.
6. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the carbohydrate sugar is beet juice.
7. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the carbohydrate sugar is corn starch.
8. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the carbohydrate sugar is molasses.
9. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the carbohydrate sugar is calcium citrate.
10. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the carbohydrate sugar is condensed fermentation residual.
11. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the carbohydrate sugar is soy polymer.
12. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the carbohydrate sugar is at about 50%.
13. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the carbohydrate sugar is at about 70%.
14. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the agricultural binder system includes a property of promoting pellet strength when used for forming agricultural pellets.
15. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the agricultural binder system includes a property of promoting dispersion when used for blending agricultural binders.
16. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the agricultural binder system is greater than about 3 weight % of the agricultural blend.
17. The agricultural blend of claim 1 , wherein the agricultural binder system is greater than about 3.5 weight % of the agricultural blend.
18. A process of making a pelletized agricultural blend, the process comprising:
applying a liquid binder system to a slag by-product to form an agricultural blend; and
pelletizing the agricultural blend;
wherein the liquid binder system includes a carbohydrate sugar;
wherein the agricultural blend includes greater than 10 atomic % silicon from a soluble compound.