Sapropel

• Ferment ООО

SAPROPEL activated

Ferment currently offers:

• technological solutions of production of sapropel-based eco products;

• activated sapropel with weight fraction of moisture from 7% to 60% as a raw material component and/or self-sufficient eco-product.

Fields of application of activated sapropel

• In medicine and cosmetology (cosmetic and therapeutic masks, mud, creams, shampoos, medical patches, drugs for the prevention of gastrointestinal tract diseases).

• In the production of building materials.

• In agriculture and crop production (eco-organic fertilizer, soil, soil ameliorants and creators, binding of heavy metals, radionuclides and xenobiotics).

• In livestock business (mineral and vitamin supplement, sorbent).

• In petrochemical industry (oil binding and in the preparation of drilling fluids)

• In innovative projects (as an alternative energy source, as water and land purifier, water binding – as a slow-acting source of moisture).

Description and composition of the product

Sapropels are centuries-old bottom sediments of freshwater water reservoirs formed from the remains of aquatic vegetation, living organisms and soil.

Extraction of the sapropel is ecologically safe, allows avoiding the reservoir silting and contributes to its rejuvenation.

Total reserves of sapropel in Belarus exceed 4 billion m3 or 1.6 billion tons with a moisture content of 60%. The main deposits are located in Brest, Grodno and Vitebsk regions.

The sapropel formation is influenced by biochemical, microbiological and mechanical processes and is a complex organic and mineral combination of substances.

Sapropel has two main components interacting with each other:

• Organic

• Mineral

The organic part of the sapropel

• Humic substances up to 40%

• Bitumens 3 to 11%

• Amino acids including the essential ones

• Vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12, C, D, E)

• Enzymes (protease, reductase, peroxidase, etc.)

• Other biologically active components (antiseptics, hormones, growth stimulants, antibiotics)

The mineral part of the sapropel contains a large number of macro and micro elements:

• P, K, Ca, Si, Fe, Al, Mg, S
• Co, Mn, Cu, B, Br, Mo, V, Сr, Ni, Ag, Ti

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Key product features

Sapropel in agriculture and crop production

Modern crop production is based on partial or complete abandonment of traditional "chemical" methods.

This gave impetus to the development of new forms and types of eco-fertilizers and ameliorants of natural origin.

These eco-means include sapropelic containing a complex of nutrients and biologically active components essential for plants.

The main advantages of sapropel

• Ecologically clean

• Rich with micro elements

• Improves fertility

• Retains moisture

Benefits of sapropel for plants

• Increases germination and seed germination

• Activates plant growth and development

• Increases the yield of grain crops by 15%

• Increases the yield of vegetables and root crops by 20%

• Increases sugar content in beets by 40%

• Increases the amount of vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates in plants

• Reduces the content of heavy metals, radionuclides and other xenobiotics

• Promotes rapid recovery after transplantation and other stress factors, especially drought.

Benefits of sapropel for soil

• Forms a loose fertile layer

• Increases the amount of humus

• Increases aeration and moisture accumulation

• Improves the buffer and ion exchange properties of the soil

• Activates soil processes

• Prevents the development of pathogenic microorganisms in the soil

• Provides plants with nutrients and biologically active substances throughout the growing season

Fields of application

• Eco-organic fertilizer

• Nutritious soils and eco-meliorants based on sapropel

Eco-organic fertilizer

Possible composition

• Sapropel (up to 95% weight);

• Mineral supplements (up to 20% weight, nitrogen, phosphate, potash fertilizers or their natural equivalents)

• Organic additives (manure, droppings, turf) (up to 95% weight);

•  etc.

Nutritious soils and eco-meliorants based on sapropel

Вероятный состав

• Possible composition

• sapropel (not less than 5% weight)

• Mineral and/or organic additives (humic, nitrogen, phosphate, potash fertilizers, vitamins, amino acids, etc.) (up to 50% weight);

• Filler (straw, manure, turf, sawdust and bark) (up to 95%); 

• etc.

Main formulations

• Powder of preset moisture

• Nutrient medium for seedlings and growing (including pots and cups)

• Granules

• Pellets

• Tablets

• Pastes

Sapropel in livestock business

Sapropel is a valuable feed additive for animals and poultry containing a set of special biologically active substances that increase the productivity of animals and birds, as well as resistance to various diseases.

The benefits of sapropel for animals and poultryы

• Natural source of macro and microelements, amino acid and vitamins

• Tar-like substances that stimulate the regeneration of the mucous membrane

• Ichthyo-like substances that have a positive effect on the entire body of the animal and topical bacteriological action

• Tannins contribute to the prevention of diarrhea

• Ligno-humates and their chelate complexes act as a broad-spectrum microtoxins sorbent

• Hormone-like substances and peptides have a positive effect on the endocrine system (stimulate the production of hormones), immunity, hemopoietic organs and promote the regeneration (restoration) of body tissues

• Enzymes provide protection and optimal functioning of mucosal cell membranes

• Antioxidants and vitamins increase cell metabolism, improve their resistance to toxins

Fields of application

• Biologically active feed additives

• Microtoxin sorbent

• Filler for premixes and feed additives

Biologically active feed additives

Enriching the diet with minerals, amino acids, vitamins and bioactive substances, as well as for the prevention of animal toxicosis.

• Natural sapropel (50 to 60% moisture)

• Dried sapropel (15–30% of moisture)

• Dried sapropel (5–15% of moisture)

Norm of administration to animals and poultry: 2-5% of the diet expressed as dry matter.

Mycotoxin sorbent

• Carbonous broad-spectrum mycotoxin sorbent, obtained from natural sapropel by heat treatment followed by fractionation

• Dried sapropel (25 to 35% moisture).

• Dried sapropel (5 to 12% moisture). Composite drying is used to activate ligno-humates.

Norm of administration for animals and poultry: 2-6 kg per ton of compound feed.

Filler for premixes and feed additives

• Dried sapropel (15–30% of moisture)

• Dried sapropel (5–15% of moisture)

It is used both in pure form and mixed with mineral carriers.

Efficiency of use

• Cattle feeding
  In the diets of young cattle, sapropel contributes to an increase in average daily weight gain by 6.8%, a decrease in the incidence of calves by 22.4%, a decrease in the elimination of newly calved cowbane by 8%, a decrease in veterinary costs by 12%, an increase in milk production by 3.3 to 4.6%.

• Poultry feeding
  In poultry farming, the use of sapropel leads to an increase in broilers live weight by 2.8%, a decrease in feed consumption per unit of products by 3.1%, an increase in survivability by 2.8%, an increase in the intensity of egg production of chickens by 1.8%, a decrease in the cost of eggs by 6.2 to 9.2%.

• Swine feeding
  The use of sapropel in swine feeding increases the average daily weight gain by 2.1 to 4.2%, increases survivability of young and mature livestock by 3.0 to 4.5%, reduces the cost of products by 6.4 to 8.1%.

• Fur breeding
  In diets of young mink, arctic foxes, foxes, sapropel has a positive effect on the growth rate of animals. Survivability of the young animals is increased by 4.5-12.1%.

Sapropel for oil industry

Sapropel as the main component of drilling fluids

Sapropel has proven itself as one of the most effective components for the preparation of drilling fluids.

The unique technology of structural modification of sapropel during its drying, developed by Ferment LLC, allows to obtain products for high quality drilling fluids that satisfy not only the drilling conditions, but also the uncovering of producing horizons.

Fine-grained sapropel significantly improves the filtration and structural-rheological properties of drilling fluids compared to clay powders of expensive brands.

Advantages of sapropel for drilling fluids

• The formation of a homogeneous colloid-dispersed structure of drilling fluids.

• High aggregative stability of sapropels dispersions in water.

Characteristics of sapropel-based drilling fluids

• Composition suitable for use in all types and intervals of drilling in various geological conditions

• Reduced abrasive wear on drilling tools

• Elimination of the cost of expensive specialised clay

• No need to use lubricants

• Improving conditions for conducting geophysical research in the well

• Absolute ecological cleanliness of the product with the possibility of unrestricted discharge of waste drilling fluid without harming the environment and producing horizons

Eco-sorbents and soil ameliorants in areas of spillage of oil and oil products

Processes associated with the extraction, transportation, processing and use of crude oil pose a serious threat to the environment.

The most urgent and challenging task is not just the elimination of soil pollution by oil products, but also its introduction to agricultural operation in the shortest possible time.

The most promising solution to this task is the use of a complex preparation based on a natural ameliorant and effective oil-oxidizing microorganisms.

The degree of destruction of petroleum products in the soil in 3 months is more than 92%.

This technology can be applied to the destruction of a wide range of pollutants, converting them into carbon dioxide and environmentally friendly products.

The following substances can act as contaminants:

• petroleum and petroleum products;

• aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, xylene);

• aldehydes (formaldehyde, acetaldehyde);

• alcohols (methanol, glycerin);

etc.

A special technology for obtaining structured sapropel during drying, developed by Ferment LLC, opened up the possibility to use it as an effective ameliorative carrier for immobilised oil destructor bacteria.

Advantages of sapropel as ameliorative carrier

• Eco-sorbent: combination of functions of a natural soil ameliorant and an effective sorbent of oil products.
• Synergism. Significant increase in the activity of oil-oxidizing microorganisms due to the rich macro-micronutrient composition of sapropel.

Advantages of the sapropel-based eco sorbent

• Environmentally friendly and effective product (the degree of oil destruction and its derivatives up to 92%)

• Wide range of organic contaminants

• Collection and transportation of the used product is not required

• Complex effect: increasing the fertility of depleted soils and effective destruction of oil spills in the area of emergency leakage.

Ecological sorbents based on natural sapropel for complex treatment of water and surface of contaminated soils from petroleum products and their derivatives

Sapropel sorbents for collection of oil and petroleum processing products in waste water and at treatment facilities, oil bases, maintenance stations and gas stations.

Natural fossil SAPROPEL has high sorption properties with regard to various compounds. Large share of humic substances determines high capacity of cationic exchange, which provides perfect sorption qualities with regard to heavy metals and organic contaminants.

Special treatment of natural sapropel provides it with new technological qualities making complex agents based on it easy to use and effective for the man-made pollution area cleaning.

Ferment offers complex sorbents based on prepared sapropel in combination with other natural components of organic nature in several preparative forms - granules, tablets and loose powder.

For use in the treatment of waste water at gas stations, maintenance stations, motor transport enterprises and oil depots, SORBENT (in the form of tablets or granules) is placed in cassette filters at the last stage of treatment facilities.

The degree of wastewater treatment reaches 98%.

SORBENT in the form of loose uniform treated powder is used for elimination of emergency spills of oil on the surface of water bodies and land, for treatment of surface and drain waters from surface-accumulated petroleum products.

Suggested sorbents for complex treatment of water and soil surface from petroleum products and heavy metals are cost-effective, efficient and environmentally safe.