Humic Acid by Seaweed or Coal (Capacity: 2MT/Day)

HUMIC ACID BY SEAWEED OR COAL

[EIRI/EDPR/4581] J.C.: 2798XL

INTRODUCTION

Humic Acid is a bio-chemical which is a very complex mixture of organic constitents which have their counterpart in biological tissue of plants. It is a brown polymeric constituent of soils lignite and beat. It contains brownish-black pigment melanin and peat.

Humic Acid acts as a chelating agent a growth stimulant and catalyst and buffer against harsh conditions in the soil affecting the plants.

It unlocks and chelates major and minor nutrients for plant uptake. In the absence of chelates in the Soil, Iron, Zinc, Manganese, Copper and Magnesium are converted to insoluble hydroxides. It keep trace elements in solution available for growing plants. It buffers high and low pH's to allow nutrient uptake to less than optimum conditions.

Humic Acid has the ability to resist a change in the hydrogen ion concentration. Thus buffering capacity ranges between 5.5 and 6.5. It contains wide variety of major and trace elements several amino acid and has pH of not less than 7.0.

The degradation and transformations of post-mortal plant and animal material to humic substance is also attributed to the transfrormation function. Humic substances have been found in materials that have undergone coalification such as peat lignites and lignites.

COST ESTIMATION

Plant Capacity            2 MT/Day  

Land & Building (1200 sq.mt.)    Rs. 1.97 Cr    

Plant & Machinery                    Rs. 65 Lac 

Working Capital for 1 Month    Rs. 27 Lac 

Total Capital Investment          Rs. 3.05 Cr 

Rate of Return                          31%

Break Even Point                      60%

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PLANT NUTRITION AND THE SOIL PLANT SYSTEM

SPECIFICATION OF HUMIC ACID

PRODUCT SPECIFICATION

USES & APPLICATIONS

SOIL

FOLIAR

SEED TREATMENT

ROOT

SEEDS

PLANTS

PROPERTIES & CHARACTERISTICS

BENEFITS OF HUMIC ACID

PHYSICAL BENEFITS:

CHEMICAL BENEFITS:

BIOLOGICAL BENEFITS:

OPTIMAL UTILIZATION OF NUTRIENTS

CLAY HUMUS COMPLEX

FIGURE: INCREASED NUTRIENT DEPOSIT BY HUMIC ACID

FIGURE: CA-BRIDGE BETWEEN CLAY AND HUMUS

LIEBIG’S LAW

FIGURE: GROWTH IS CONTROLLED BY THE SCARCEST RESOURCE.

EFFECT IN SOILS

COMPACTED CLAY SOILS

FIGURE: COMPACT, HARDLY PENETRABLE SOIL STRUCTURE.

FIGURE: HUMIC ACIDS AERATE COMPACT SOILS.

LIGHT SANDY SOILS

FIGURE: SANDY SOILS POOR IN HUMUS CAN’T RETAIN NUTRIENTS.

FIGURE: EFFECT OF THE CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY TO SANDY SOILS.

PICTURE: SANDY SOILS WITHOUT HUMIC SUBSTANCE

PICTURE: GREENING WITH PERLHUMUS® (HUMINTECH® GMBH).

PICTURE: COMPACTED CLAY SOIL WITHOUT HUMIC SUBSTAN

SALINIZED SOILS

ALCIUM CONCENTRATION IN THE SOIL

FIGURE: HUMIC ACIDS REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF SALINITY.

FIGURE: SALINIZED GROUNDWATER IN A SOIL.

PICTURE: HIGHLY SALINIZED SOIL.

ACIDIC SOILS

FIGURE: COMP. SCHEME OF LIGHT SANDY, HEAVY CLAYEY AND RICH IN HUMUS SOILS

ALKALINE SOILS

FIGURE: HUMIC ACID OPIMIZES THE SOIL FOR THE ROOT DEVELOPMENT, E.G.NUTRIENT UPTAKE, SOIL AERATION, WATER-HOLDING CAOACITY, CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY (CEC) AND THE FORMATION OF CLAY-HUMUS-COMPLEXES.

ERODED SOILS

DRY SOILS

DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS OF HUMIC ACID

1. CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO SCHEFFR, ULRICH

2. CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO FLAIG:

3. CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO SWIFT

STARTING MATERIALS:

HUMIC ACID-PRECURSORS:

HUMIC ACID:

HUMINES:

EFFECT OF FOLIAR BIOFERTILIZER ON YIELD OF POTATO & WHEAT

TABLE: EFFECT OF FOLIAR BIOFERTILIZER ON YIELD OF POTATO AND WHEAT

THE AVERAGE NUTRIENT CONTENTS OF MANURES

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF CATTLE EXCRETA AND IT’S MANURIAL VALUE

B.I.S. SPECIFICATION

MARKET OVERVIEW OF HUMIC ACID

HUMIC ACID INDUSTRY SEGMENTATION

HUMIC ACID MARKET TRENDS

ORGANIC FERTILIZER SEGMENT TO DOMINATE THE MARKET

EUROPE TO DOMINATE THE MARKET

HUMIC ACID INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

HUMIC ACID MARKET LEADERS

PRESENT MANUFACTURERS OF HUMIC ACID

HUMIC ACID

DEALERS OF HUMIC ACID

MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF HUMIC ACID FROM COAL

PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM

PRODUCTION OF HUMIC ACID AND FORMULATION WITH SEAWEED LIQUID FERTILIZER

MATERIAL AND METHOD

PREPARATION OF HUMIC ACID FROM LIGNITE

FORMULATION OF SEAWEED LIQUID FERTILIZER USING HUMIC ACID

SEED GERMINATION

EFFECTS OF FORMULATED SEAWEED LIQUID FERTLISER ON SOLANUM MELONGENA

FORMULATION OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS

FOMULATION-1

FORMULATION-2

PROCESSING DETAILS OF HUMIC ACID MANUFACTURE

PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF HUMIC ACID FROM AGRO WASTE, COW DUNG ETC.

ADDRESSES OF PLANT & MACHINERY SUPPLIERS

REACTION VESSEL

OSCILLATING GRANULATOR

TRAY DRYER

PULVERIZERS

WEIGHING SCALE

LAB TESTING EQUIPMENTS

ADDRESSES OF RAW MATERIALS SUPPLIERS

SULPHURIC ACID

APPENDIX – A:

01. PLANT ECONOMICS

02. LAND & BUILDING

03. PLANT AND MACHINERY

04. OTHER FIXED ASSESTS

05. FIXED CAPITAL

06. RAW MATERIAL

07. SALARY AND WAGES

08. UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS

09. TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL

10. TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT

11. COST OF PRODUCTION

12. TURN OVER/ANNUM

13. BREAK EVEN POINT

14. RESOURCES FOR FINANCE

15. INSTALMENT PAYABLE IN 5 YEARS

16. DEPRECIATION CHART FOR 5 YEARS

17. PROFIT ANALYSIS FOR 5 YEARS

18. PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET FOR (5 YEARS)