Jason C Rogers

US Patent:

20190256433, Aug 22, 2019

Filed:

Feb 20, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/280840

Inventors:

- Washington MI, US
Jason A. Rogers - Washington MI, US

International Classification:

C05D 3/02
B01J 2/14
B01J 2/28
A01C 21/00

Abstract:

Water-dispersible pellets are provided that includes spent lime particles present from 80 to 99.5 total weight percent. A binder component is also present from 20 to 0.5 total weight percent. The pellets have a mean pellet domain size. The spent lime particles, and the binder component present in a form such that contact with water causes pellet dispersion into more than 100 pieces. A process of forming spent lime pellets is also provided that include spent lime being dewatered to a free-flowing powder. A binder is then added under conditions to induce agglomeration of the free-flowing powder to the form the pellets. A process of treating a target crop is also provided based on such pellets.