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EMILE HERZKA, or ARECIBO, ronro RICO, assrcnon TO ABRAM I. KAJPLAN, or NEW

YORK, N. Y.

PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING FERTILIZER CONTAINING POTASSIUM, NITROGEN, AND

PHOSPHOROUS COMPOUNDS FROM MOLASSES REFUSE.

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Speci?oation of Letters Patent.

Application ?led January 25, 1915.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

Serial No. 4,365.

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tity which is necessary to decompose the

Be it known that I, EMILE HERZKA, a citi added phosphates and by the quantity neces
zen of Austria-Hungary, residing at Are sary for. changing the potassium carbonate
cibo,. in the county of Arecibo and Island of the concentrated molasses refuse- into
of Porto Rico, have invented new and use

potassium sulfate.

ful Improvements in the Process of Manu

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lVhen bone meal or guano containing

facturing Fertilizer Containing Potassium, nitrogen is used, the nitrogen content of the
Nitrogen, and Phosphorous Compounds ?nal product is increased.
from Molasses Refuse, of which the follow
10' ing is a speci?cation.

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I claim:
1. The process of manufacturing fertilizer

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This invention relates to a process of

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containing potassium, nitrogen, and phos

manufacturing dry fertilizer from molasses phoric acid out of molasses refuse, consist
refuse.

According to my invention such ing in concentrating the molasses refuse in ,_ 60

refuse, which contains valuable potassium a triple vacuum effect to 44 Baum and
salts and nitrogenous compounds, is treated then adding 30% to 50% of the Weight of
by a process which includes the addition of mineral phosphates, and in treating the re
phosphates and the further treatment With sulting mixturewith sulfuric acid of 66

sulfuric acid to produce a dry fertilizer.

Baum. .
I will now describe'an example of my
The process of manufacturing dry fer
invention in its preferred form as follows: tilizer from molasses refuse which consists
The refuse which is left in the manufac in concentrating the refuse, adding phos
ture of alcohol from cane sugar molasses or

beet sugar molasses of a speci?c gravity of

3" to 5 Baum, is concentrated to HO Baum

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phatic material, and treating the mixture

with sulfuric acid.

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3. The process of manufacturing dry fer-'

in a triple vacuum effect. The concentrated

tilizer from molasses refuse which consists

molasses refuse is then treated with from 30% in concentrating the refuse adding ?nely
to 50% of its weight of mineral phosphates, ' ground phosphatic materia l, and treating
guano, or bone meal, all of which materials the mixture with sulfuric acid.
are rich in phosphate of calcium, and the
Al. The process of manufacturing dry fer
resulting mixture is treated with sulfuric tilizer which consists in taking concentrated
acid of (36 Baum. After thorough mixing molasses refuse, adding thereto a material
the mass is permitted to cool and after lying rich" in calcium phosphate and treating the
for some time, a dry fertilizer which can resultant mixture with sulfuric acid.

be spread very easily is produced.

This

The phosphates are added in a finely

ground state. The amount of sulfuric acid

which is needed is determined by the quan

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The process of manufacturing dry fer~

fertilizer contains phosphates soluble in Wa tilizer from molasses refuse which consists
ter, besides the potassium and nitrogen com in concentrating the refuse, then adding
pounds which come from the molasses, and from 30% to 507;. of the Weight of phos
rich in organic'matter.
phate, and treating the mixture With a suffi
The choice of the particular phosphatic cient quantity of sulfuric acid to decompose
' material to he used in the manufacture of the added phosphate and to change the
the fertilizer is determined largely by the potassium carbonate of the concentrated mo
relative cost of mineral phosphate, guano or lasses refuse into potassium sulfate, substan
hone nlkul at the time and place of carrying tially as described.
on the process.

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EMILE HERZKA.
lVitnesses:

Mariner: H. Essen,
Emmo Gancs.

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