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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2021
Sabic Agri-nutrients Company, Riyadh, SA;
Mohamed Akasha Khaleel, Riyadh, SA;
Andrew George Kells, Wilton, GB;
Hatim Al Dekhiel, Riyadh, SA;
Nilkamal Bag, Bangalore, IN;
Saleh Nafe Alshammari, Riyadh, SA;
SABIC AGRI-NUTRIENTS COMPANY, Riyadh, SA;
Abstract
Methods for producing solid acidic fertilizer granules, solid acidic fertilizer granules, and methods for their use in fertigation, are disclosed. The method can include providing a plant nutrient containing nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and optionally potassium (K), in a container; feeding an acid solution containing an inorganic acid into the container at a feeding rate comprising an average feed rate of 0.2 to 0.8 metric ton of the inorganic acid (MTacid) per hour per metric ton of the plant nutrient (MTnutrient) (MT acid.h−1.MT nutrient−1) and contacting the inorganic acid and the plant nutrient to obtain acidified granules with average moisture content of 0.5 wt. % to 1.0 wt. %; and drying the acidified granules to obtained dried acidic granules.