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Development of an organic fertilizer made from sheep whool

Authority

Thüringer Ministerium für Infrastruktur und Landwirtschaft

Federal State

Thuringia

Contact

Werner-Seelenbinder-Str. 8
99096 Erfurt

Website: External link to the authority

Project Title

Development of an organic fertilizer made from sheep whool

Project description

The superior objective of the project "Hydrowolle" is the development of an intelligent organic fertilizer product, based on an almost 100 % recycling of ingredients of sheep wholl via hydrolitic processes. The product that will be developed shall be used in cycle as biogenious source of nutrients for the plant nutrition in the gardening sector. The focus of the project is beside a perfect conversion of the educt into an applicable suspension and analytic of the compounds, to investigate the appropriateness respectively suitability of the organic fertilizer through definied cultivation experiments.

Final report

Results and the Final report will be found here, as soon as the project is completed.

Results focusing on practiceorientation

The requirements for an organic liquid fertilizer were developed and formulated with regard to nutrient content, storage stability and combinability with additives. Thermal compaction was successfully demonstrated, which allows the wool to be compacted without impairing the subsequent liquefaction process. A solvent was identified that enables complete liquefaction of the wool. The use of steam is particularly promising for liquefaction. It was demonstrated that production is technically feasible and that the necessary components are available on the market.

Key words

  • Plant nutrients
  • Soil

Main funding source

Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 56 of Reg.1305/2013)

OG contact information

Bikan GmbH
Auf der Windhöhe 2
07973 Greiz

Phone: +49 3661 705612

Email: Lwb.gruschwitz@web.de

Type of OG partners

  • Farmer
  • Researcher
  • Industry

Begin of project

2017

Project status

completed

Total budget applied for in EUR

58,050

Further information

2017 LFE 0005

Link 1

Project poster

NUTS3 CODE

DEG0L

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