Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for hydrogen production as well as apparatuses useful in such systems and methods. Hydrogen is produced by steam reforming of a hydrocarbon in a gas heated reformer that is heated using one or more streams comprising combustion products of a fuel in an oxidant, preferably in the presence of a carbon dioxide circulating stream.

Abstract: The present application relates to an iron impregnated biochar and its use as a fertilizer. The iron impregnated biochar of the present application has a ratio of iron (III) to iron (II) ranging from 5:1 to 10:1. The biochar may be produced by a method including treating the biomass with an iron (II) ion solution, pyrolyzing the iron (II)-treated biomass in an oxidative environment and recovering the biochar product from the pyrolyzed iron (II)-treated biomass.

Abstract: Improvements in fertilizer is disclosed. The fertilizer is made by processing fish or other aquatic animal by-products to utilize parts of a fish that are normally discarded. The discarded part of a fish such as the head, fins, tail and bones. These components are typically tossed into the ocean where they decompose or are scavenged by other sea creatures. The by-products are separated based upon the mineral strength of the fertilizer that will be produced from the by-products. Different parts of fish and ocean material have different nutritional and decomposing properties. The separation of the components such as the head from the fins/tail, from the blood and ocean products. The extraction of the minerals provides the essential nutritional value for the fertilizer. The minerals and nutrients are used to enhance growth to plants or soil to increase the production of flowering, fruits, vegetables and growth.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hydrogen purification/storage apparatus and method using a liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC).

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymeric soil conditioner Absorbency stability as a new water absorbing polymeric material and a process for the production of water absorbing materials consisting of a combination of synthetic polymers and biopolymers, with an improved high water absorbency at repeated watering, capable to reduce the effect of accumulation of salts in polymeric matrix as of multiple cycles of swelling-deswelling that occurs during all period of living of vegetable culture, by decreasing of crosslinking density of three dimensional network of the material caused by biochemical processes that developed in polymeric gels.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel nitrification inhibitors of formula I, which are substituted 2-thiazoline compounds. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of compounds of formula I as nitrification inhibitors, i.e. for reducing nitrification, as well as agrochemical mixtures and compositions comprising the nitrification inhibitors of formula I.

Abstract: A fertilizer composition, comprising solid granules each including a homogeneous blend of ammonium sulfate, a water insoluble oxide of a micronutrient metal, and a water-soluble sulfate of the micronutrient metal. A method of forming a fertilizer composition, comprising the steps of: combining ammonium sulfate and a water insoluble oxide of a micronutrient metal; granulating the ammonium sulfate and water insoluble oxide of the micronutrient metal in the presence of a liquid to initiate reaction of a portion of the ammonium sulfate with a portion of the water insoluble oxide of the micronutrient metal to form ammonia and a water-soluble sulfate of the micronutrient metal; and producing a fertilizer composition in the form of solid fertilizer granules each comprising a homogeneous blend of ammonium sulfate, the water insoluble oxide of the micronutrient metal, and the water-soluble sulfate of the micronutrient metal.

Abstract: Processes capable of producing bulk materials suitable for use by the horticulture industry, resulting bulk materials produced thereby, and applications for these processes and materials. Preferred bulk materials have physical properties similar to peat moss and comprise individual materials, each at least partially having a twisted, curled, clumped and rolled structure. The individual materials may further comprise small granular particles dispersed throughout the twisted, curled, clumped and rolled structure. The individual materials may be rolled fibers such that the bulk material has physical properties similar to sphagnum peat moss so as to be particularly suitable as, for example, a soil conditioner, an absorbent material, a chemical carrier, or a filtering material. Alternatively, the individual materials may be rolled particles such that the bulk material has physical properties similar to milled peat moss so as to be particularly suitable as propagation media.

Abstract: The present document describes a method of producing sulfur particles by injecting an unbroken stream of molten sulfur under a pulsation free pressure, from a distance, into tempered water moving at a velocity, to produce a physical reaction of said molten sulfur with said tempered water to produce sulfur particles. Also described are sulfur particles produced by the process and methods of using the same for fertilizing soil.

Abstract: Magnesium oxide, urease inhibitor, and superphosphate coated urea-based fertilizer core, methods for their use, and production thereof, are disclosed. The coating can be a powder coating containing particles that are 1 micron to 100 microns in average mean diameter. The fertilizer core, coated by the magnesium oxide, urease inhibitor, and superphosphate coating, can contain 50 wt. % or more, based on the total weight of the core, of a urea-based fertilizer, such as urea. The coating can optionally contain or exclude anticaking agent(s), and/or binding agent(s).

Abstract: A method and a device for generating of hydrogen are provided with which an instantaneous release of hydrogen in considerable amounts is possible. The method comprises a one or two step mixing including injecting the fuel and an activator fluid into a reaction chamber. The device is adapted to be operated with such a method. Further, a fuel suitable for the use with such a method is provided, the fuel being based on a dry metal hydride or a dry metal borohydride being dispersed in a non-aqueous dispersion medium. Moreover, a method for (re-) fueling the hydrogen generating device at a service station and a method for supplying a service station with fuel are provided.

Abstract: System, including methods and compositions, for making and using transgenic plants and/or transgenic fungi that metabolize phosphite as a source of phosphorus for supporting growth.

Abstract: Animal waste contains most of the essential nutrients required for plant growth. However, animal waste also contains microbes that convert urea to ammonium ions, nitrification of the ammonium ions to NO2 and NO3 and denitrification of NO2 or NO3 to N2. N2O is produced as an intermediate of nitrification and denitrification processes and N2O is a 300 times more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. The instant invention discloses low-cost, fluid suspension compositions comprising a combination of urease, nitrification and denitrification inhibitors that decrease the loss of nitrogen from animal waste and lessen the biological formation of the greenhouse gas N2O. These compositions comprise nitrogenous phosphoryl compounds and nitrification inhibitors that utilize manufacturing processes for the formation of low cost, fluid suspensions comprising one or more inhibitor particles selected from the group consisting of urease inhibitor particles, b) nitrification inhibitor particles, and c) fused particles.

Abstract: A method of supplying ammonia to a gas chromatography-chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometry (GC/CI-MS/MS) includes the steps of: providing ammonium carbonate and diethanolamine in a reaction vessel; heating the reaction vessel to a temperature of 50-60° C. to decompose the ammonium carbonate to form ammonia, carbon dioxide and water; absorbing the carbon dioxide and water by the diethanolamine to form diethanolamine carbonate; and supplying the ammonia to the GC/CI-MS/MS. Another method of supplying ammonia to a gas chromatography-chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometry (GC/CI-MS/MS) includes the steps of: providing ammonium carbonate and a mixture of monoethanolamine and diethanolamine in a reaction vessel; reacting the ammonium carbonate with the monoethanolamine to form ammonia and monoethanolamine carbonate; and supplying the ammonia to the GC/CI-MS/MS.

Abstract: Present disclosure discloses a method for recovering phosphorus and iron, and use thereof. The method comprises the following steps of: S1: mixing iron salt and phosphorus-containing sewage according to the amount of the phosphorus-containing sewage to obtain a mixture, the concentration of the iron salt in the obtained mixture being 4 mg/L to 25 mg/L, fermenting the mixture at 20° C. to 60° C. for 2 days to 10 days, taking a fermentation supernatant, and removing the impurities; and S2: oxidizing the fermentation supernatant subjected to impurity removal in an acidic system. The present disclosure provides the method for recovering phosphorus and iron, which realizes high efficient recycling of phosphorus resources in sludge.

Abstract: A growth medium for fungus is obtained by: (a) treating a mixture of lignocellulosic biomass and water with at least one oxidizing agent and steam at a temperature in a range of from about 130° C. to about 220° C. for a period from about 5 seconds to about 10 hours; (b) periodically measuring a pH of the mixture for substantially an entire duration of the treating step; and (c) as necessary, based on the pH of the mixture measured in step (b), adjusting the pH of the mixture into a range of from about pH 4.5 to about pH 7.5 by adding a base to the mixture. A method for producing the growth medium for fungi and a method for cultivating fungi are also provided.

Abstract: A organic fertilizer for controlling pollution or accumulation of heavy metal cadmium in rice and a preparation method and an application method thereof are related to the technical field of fertilizers. The fertilizer is, based on 100 kg of organic material with a water content of 15%, added with 0.05-5 kg of iron salt calculated as iron, and is also added with manganese salt, zinc salt and copper salt, wherein a mass ratio of the iron salt calculated as iron, the manganese salt calculated as manganese, the zinc salt calculated as zinc and the copper salt calculated as copper is 1:0.2-8:0.08-2:0.001-0.5.

Abstract: Fertilizer granules containing elemental sulfur and a hydrogel which expands or swells in the soil to more readily disperse the elemental sulfur surface throughout the soil, which increases the elemental sulfur surface area available for oxidation, and ultimately uptake of sulfur by the plant. The elemental sulfur and hydrogel can be added to a fertilizer composition as either an exterior coating or co-granulated with the base fertilizer composition.

Abstract: A method for converting uranium hexafluoride to uranium dioxide includes steps of hydrolysis of UF6 to uranium oxyfluoride (UO2F2) in a hydrolysis reactor (4) by reaction between gaseous UF6 and dry water vapour injected into the reactor (4), and pyrohydrolysis of UO2F2 to UO2 in a pyrohydrolysis furnace (6) by reaction of UO2F2 with dry water vapour and hydrogen gas (H2) injected into the furnace (6). The hourly mass flowrate of gaseous UF6 supplied to the reactor (4) is between 75 and 130 kg/h, the hourly mass flowrate of dry water vapour supplied to the reactor (4) for hydrolysis is between 15 and 30 kg/h, and the temperature inside the reactor (4) is between 150 and 250° C.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for treating water to remove contaminants using treated biochar placed in the water flow pathway of a water treatment process. The system further includes the further treatment of the treated biochar after its use in the water treatment process for use in agricultural or animal applications.