I-Corps: Liquid organic fertilizer produced through anaerobic digestion of organic waste

这个i-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是促进液体有机肥(LOF)的生产，该液体有机肥是通过一项新的专利技术生产的，该技术使用绿色植物材料或绿色植物废物的厌氧加速生物淋洗。合成自由液体有机肥是一种含有大量营养物质、微量营养物质和可溶性有机质的复合液。拟议产品的好处包括：(1)通过向土壤提供可溶性有机质来改善土壤生物活性；(2)向植物提供可溶性宏微观养分；(3)便于运输；(4)易于储存；(5)易于通过稀释调整养分含量；(6)易于通过灌溉系统使用；(7)固碳的环境效益。由于不使用合成化学品来生产LOF，它有潜力作为目前快速发展的有机农业所使用的有机肥料(如鱼乳和堆肥)的经济替代品。这项i-Corps项目使植物宏观和微观营养物质以及有机物质能够从绿色有机废物(如景观草剪枝)中提取。提出的新技术包括两个同步的过程：厌氧消化和有机废物的加速生物浸出生产液体有机肥(LOF)。从历史上看，利用有机废物生产有机肥一直是通过堆肥。研究表明，与堆肥相比，拟议的技术需要更少的时间、更低的能源消耗和更容易获得的养分。此外，LOF将植物的有机碳返回到土壤中，并有助于固碳。以前的研究也表明，与合成肥料相比，使用低氟化肥可以提高蔬菜的产量。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is to promote a liquid organic fertilizer (LOF) produced through a novel patented technology which uses anaerobic accelerated bio-leaching of green plant material or green plant waste. The synthetic free liquid organic fertilizer is a complex solution that contains macro nutrients, micro nutrient as well as organic matter in soluble form. The benefits of the proposed product include: (1) improvement of soil biological activities by providing the soil with soluble organic matter; (2) feeding the plants with soluble macro and micro nutrients; (3) ease of transportation; (4) ease of storage; (5) easy adjustment of the nutrient content through dilution; (6) easy application through irrigation systems and; (7) environmental benefit of carbon sequestration. Since no synthetic chemical is used for LOF production, it has the potential to be used as an economic alternative for currently used organic fertilizers such as fish emulsion and composts by the rapidly growing organic farming industry.This I-Corps project enables the extraction of plants macro and micro nutrients and organic matter from the body of green organic waste such as landscape grass clippings. The proposed novel technology consists of two simultaneous processes of anaerobic digestion and accelerated bio-leaching of organic waste to produce liquid organic fertilizer (LOF). Historically, the use of organic waste for production of organic fertilizer has been through composting. Research has shown that the proposed technology will require less time, lower energy consumption and easily available nutrients when compared to composting. In addition, LOF returns the plant organic carbon back to the soil and contributes to carbon sequestration. Previous studies have also shown that the use of LOF could lead to higher yield in vegetables when compared to synthetic fertilizer.