The following article was written by Lee D. Hoffmann, and presented at the Fertilizer Industry Round Table (FIRT) in October, 1992. 1. Introduction – In 1982 John Naisbitt published a book called “Megatrends”. This book was based on a collection of news stories which were …
NPK fertilizer is a complex fertilizer comprised primarily of the three primary nutrients required for healthy plant growth. The agriculture industry relies heavily on the use of NPK fertilizer to meet global food supply and ensure healthy crops. According to the IFDC, about half of …
The enactment of the Acid Rain Program under the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments was in response to the discovery that acid rain was a major result of the burning of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels such as coal emit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides when …
The following is a summary of the article “The Role of the Engineering Company in the Implementation of a Urea-Based NPK Granulation Project in Malaysia,” by Lee D. Hoffman, and Glen H. Wesenberg. In this unique project for FPM of Malaysia, the owner served as …
The enactment of the Acid Rain Program under the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments was in response to the discovery that acid rain was a major result of the burning of fossil fuels. When burned, fossil fuels, such as coal, emit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen …
In the past several years, a problem in the agricultural industry has been gaining increasing attention: chicken manure. As chicken farms have blown up in size, the amount of manure they produce has escalated to a nearly unmanageable volume. People are scrambling to find a …
Whether a rotary drum is being used as a dryer, kiln, cooler, or otherwise, it is often a key process component in a production setting. As a result, downtime for the rotary drum can have the potential to hold an entire operation on idle. For …
Biogas has been a popular topic of discussion lately, as the need for energy increases, and sources are being run dry. Sometimes referred to as swamp gas, landfill gas, or digester gas, biogas is generated from anaerobic digesters such as animal manure, sewage, and municipal …
The Institute for Briquetting and Agglomeration is a group of business and technical people interested and involved in the research, development and production of briquets, pellets and other densified products and the equipment to produce them. FEECO is has been a sponsor and supportor of the …
Bay Business Journal Vol 17 #3 (June / July 2009) View / Download the article as a PDF Humans do it, animals do it, factories do it. Even cells do it. Producing waste is just one of those unavoidable evils – right up there with …