Compound Fertilizer Production Line In Brazil
installation country
Brazil
Production Capacity
12T/H
Project Investment
$440,000
Product type
Granular
This is a compound fertilizer production line in Brazil with an annual output of 10,000 tons of organic fertilizer and 20,000 tons of compound fertilizer. The customer is a local biological company in Brazil. The customer used the existing factory to build this fertilizer processing project.
The customer company originally processed semi-finished organic fertilizer raw materials. This semi-finished organic fertilizer raw material refers to animal manure, wood bran, rice bran, mushroom residue, sugar filter mud, plant ash, etc. after turning, planting bacteria, fermentation, deodorization, crushing, screening, and drying.
In this newly built fertilizer production line, the semi-finished organic fertilizer raw material will be directly used as one of the main raw materials of the production line.
The project covers an area of 16,000 square meters and a construction area of 8,315 square meters. The project produces 10,000t/a of granular biological organic fertilizer, 15,000t/a of granular compound fertilizer, and 5,000t/a of granular biological compound fertilizer. The project has a total of 15 employees, all of whom are boarded and lodged in the factory. The project will work 300 days a year and 8 hours a day.
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Construction scale
The construction scale of the compound fertilizer production line in Brazil project is shown in the table below:
| No. | Indicator | Value (m2) | Remarks | |
| 1 | Land area | 16000 | / | |
| Among them | Production workshop | 3500 | Single-storey factory | |
| Raw material and finished product warehouse | 3600 | Single-storey factory | ||
| Office and living building | 405 | 3 storey building | ||
| Factory road | 795 | / | ||
| 2 | Total building area | 8315 | / | |
| Among them | Organic fertilizer, compound fertilizer granulation workshop | 3500 | single-storey factory | |
| Raw material and finished product warehouse | 3600 | single-storey factory | ||
| Office and living building | 1215 | 3 storey building | ||
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Construction Content
The warehouse and production workshop of the compound fertilizer production line in Brazil project are located in the west of the factory area, the east area is the stadium and office and living building, and the factory entrance is located in the northwest. The construction content of the project is shown in the table below.
| Engineering type | Construction content | |
| Main engineering | Production workshop | 1 floor, covering an area of 3,500 square meters, with feeding, mixing, heating, drying, cooling, screening, polishing, granulation, crushing, transportation, packaging and other processes. |
| Storage and transportation engineering | Raw material and finished product warehouse | 1 floor, covering an area of 3,600 square meters, mainly used for storing raw materials and finished products. |
| Auxiliary engineering | Office and living building | 3 floors, covering an area of 405m2, mainly used for product inspection, employee administrative office, dining and accommodation. |
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Product plan
The product plan for this compound fertilizer production line in Brazil project is detailed in the table below.
| No. | Product Plan | Annual Output (t/a) |
| 1 | Granular Bio-organic Fertilizer | 10000 |
| 2 | Granular Compound Fertilizer | 15000 |
| 3 | Granular Bio-compound Fertilizer | 5000 |
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Consumption of raw and auxiliary materials
The consumption of raw and auxiliary materials for this compound fertilizer production line in Brazil project is detailed in the table below.
| No. | Raw and auxiliary materials | Annual usage (t/a) | Storage volume (t) | State |
| 1 | Organic fertilizer raw material semi-finished product | 10000 | 1000 | Solid |
| 2 | Urea | 2583 | 15 | Solid |
| 3 | monoammonium phosphate | 1319 | 4 | solid |
| 4 | diammonium phosphate | 1319 | 4 | solid |
| 5 | potassium chloride | 3694 | 12 | solid |
| 6 | ammonium chloride | 4723 | 16 | Solid |
| 7 | Potassium sulfate | 4339 | 14 | Solid |
| 8 | Ammonium sulfate | 23 | 1 | Solid |
| 9 | Calcium bicarbonate | 2000 | 7 | Solid |
| 10 | Bacillus subtilis | 20 | 5 | Solid |
| 11 | Bacillus licheniformis | 20 | 5 | Solid |
| 12 | Laboratory test reagents | 0.013 | 0.013 | Liquid |
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compound fertilizer production equipment
The main fertilizer making machines of this compound fertilizer production line in Brazil project is detailed in the table below.
| No. | Equipment name | Specification model | QTY | Purpose |
| 1 | fertilizer feeding machine | — | 1 | Feeding |
| 2 | fertilizer mixer machine | Ø2000×H1700 | 2 | Mixing |
| 3 | Natural gas heating furnace | — | 1 | Heating |
| 4 | Rotary Dryer | Ø1800×L21000 | 1 | Drying |
| 5 | Rotary Cooler | 1800×18000 | 1 | Cooling |
| 6 | Repeated Vibrating Screen | B1500×L6000 | 2 | Screening |
| 7 | Pellet polishing machine | Ø1500×L6000 | 1 | Polishing |
| 8 | fertilizer granule making machine | Ø1200×L9000 | 1 | Granulating |
| 9 | Centrifugal fan | 4-72-10C | 2 | Auxiliary equipment |
| 10 | fertilizer crusher machine | F-800 type | 2 | Crushing |
| 11 | Heating furnace blower | 4-72-3.2A | 1 | Auxiliary equipment |
| 12 | Heating furnace jet | 4-72-3.2A | 1 | Auxiliary equipment |
| 13 | fertilizer conveyor | B800 | 12 | Conveying |
| 14 | Automatic weighing and packaging machine | BCS-50A | 1 | Packaging |
| 15 | Nitrogen steaming device | / | 1 | Product inspection |
| 16 | Exhaust kitchen | / | 1 | Product inspection |
| 17 | Electronic balance | / | 1 | Product inspection |
| 18 | Burette | / | 1 | Product inspection |
| 19 | Electronic manure dryer equipment | / | 1 | Product inspection |
| 20 | Glass crucible filter | / | 1 | Product inspection |
| 21 | Digital constant temperature oscillator | / | 1 | Product inspection |
| 22 | Vacuum drying oven | / | 1 | Product inspection |
| 23 | Weighing bottle with ground stopper | / | 1 | Product inspection |
| 24 | Test Sieve | / | 1 | Product Inspection |
| 25 | Pan balance | / | 1 | Product Inspection |
| 26 | Ultrasonic cleaner | / | 1 | Product Inspection |
| 27 | Visible spectrophotometer | / | 1 | Product Inspection |
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Labor quota and work system
The labor quota and work system of this compound fertilizer production line in Brazil project are detailed in the table below.
| No. | Category | Project Details |
| 1 | Number of Employees | 15 |
| 2 | Food and Lodging | All in the factory |
| 3 | Working System | One shift, 8 hours per shift, 300 working days per year |
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compound fertilizer & organic fertilizer & bio fertilizer manufacturing process design
The compound fertilizer production line in Brazil project produces granular bio-organic fertilizer, granular compound fertilizer, and granular bio-compound fertilizer products according to customer needs by purchasing different raw materials and strains.
This project mixes and stirs the raw materials in proportion and then crushes them, then granulates, dries, and cools them according to certain specifications, and screens out qualified and unqualified products. The unqualified products are re-mixed and granulated after crushing, and the qualified products are packaged and put into storage for sale. The production process of the project is a simple physical processing process, without chemical reactions, and does not involve processes such as turning the compost and fermentation.
1. Feeding:
Put the purchased raw materials into the production equipment.
① The raw materials and auxiliary materials of granular bio-organic fertilizer are purchased bio-organic fertilizer semi-finished products and strains, and the bio-organic fertilizer semi-finished products and strains are put into the production equipment in proportion. The company turns animal manure, wood bran, rice bran, mushroom residue, sugar filter mud, plant ash, etc., and processes them into compost, bacteria, fermentation, deodorization, screening, and drying to form bio-organic fertilizer semi-finished products.
② The raw materials of granular compound fertilizer are urea, monoammonium phosphate, diammonium phosphate, potassium chloride, ammonium chloride, potassium sulfate, ammonium sulfate, and calcium bicarbonate. The raw and auxiliary materials are put into the production equipment in proportion.
③ The raw materials of granular biological compound fertilizer are urea, monoammonium phosphate, diammonium phosphate, potassium chloride, ammonium chloride, potassium sulfate, ammonium sulfate, calcium bicarbonate and bacteria. The raw and auxiliary materials are put into the production equipment in proportion.
2. Mixing:
Put the raw and auxiliary materials into the fertilizer mixer and mix them evenly after stirring.
3. Crushing:
The raw and auxiliary materials after stirring and mixing are put into the crusher for crushing.
4. Granulation:
Put the crushed raw materials into the fertilizer pelletizer machine to make granular materials with a specified particle size. The odor is mainly generated in the production process of granular compound fertilizer and granular biological compound fertilizer products. The granular compound fertilizer and granular biological compound fertilizer products of this compound fertilizer production line in Brazil project belong to granular compound fertilizer.
5. Drying:
In order to reduce the moisture content of the product pellets, enhance the particle strength, and extend the shelf life of the fertilizer pellets, the granular fertilizers are dried. The product needs to be dried to 2% moisture, and the drying temperature is about 330℃.
6. Cooling:
Cool the dried granules by air cooling.
7. First and second screening:
The granules are screened by a vibrating screen to form granular products of different specifications. During the screening process, unqualified products will be crushed and returned to the granulator for re-production.
8. Polishing:
Polish the screened granules by a granule polisher.
9. Packaging and warehousing:
The qualified products are measured and packaged, and then put into storage for sale.
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Public works
(1) Storage and transportation of raw materials and products
Transportation outside the factory is entrusted to social transportation forces, and transportation within the factory is carried out by forklifts or manpower.
(2) Power supply system
The power supply for the compound fertilizer production line in Brazil project is provided by the municipal government, with an annual power consumption of 250,000 kWh/year, and no diesel generators are used.
(3) Energy consumption
The energy consumption of the fertilizer plant project is detailed in the table below.
| Category | Annual consumption | Purpose | Remarks | |
| Water supply | Life | 225t/a | Life | Municipal water supply |
| Production | 840t/a | Replenishment of fresh water for scrubber and water spray tower | ||
| Electricity | 250,000 kWh/year | Production, life | Municipal power supply | |
| Natural gas | 150,000 cubic meters/year | Heating furnace fuel | Purchased from outside, natural gas is packed in steel cylinders, each cylinder has a natural gas storage capacity of 80 cubic meters (56.8 kg), and a maximum of 4 cylinders (i.e. 0.2272 tons) can be stored. | |
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What is the prospect of building an organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer production line in Brazil?
Building an organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer production line in Brazil has a very good prospect, mainly due to the large-scale development of Brazilian agriculture, the rapid growth of organic agriculture, the promotion of environmental protection policies and the need for soil improvement. The following is a detailed analysis of this prospect:
- Brazilian agricultural background
Brazil is one of the world’s largest agricultural producers and exporters. Agriculture occupies an important position in the national economy. The main crops include soybeans, corn, sugarcane, coffee, cotton, etc.
Brazil’s agriculture is large-scale and highly mechanized, but the soil in some areas is degraded and needs to be improved to improve productivity.
Organic fertilizers and compound fertilizers can improve soil quality and increase crop yields, which meets the needs of sustainable development of Brazilian agriculture.
- Market demand
- Soil improvement demand: The soil in some agricultural areas of Brazil has degraded due to long-term single crop cultivation and excessive use of chemical fertilizers. Organic fertilizers can improve soil structure and increase soil fertility.
- Agricultural input demand: Brazilian farmers’ demand for high-efficiency fertilizers is gradually increasing. Compound fertilizers are popular because of their balanced nutrients and easy use.
- Growth of organic agriculture: Brazil’s organic agriculture has developed rapidly in recent years, and the export and domestic consumption demand of organic food have been growing, which has driven the demand for organic fertilizers.
- Policy support
- National agricultural policy: The Brazilian government encourages agricultural modernization and sustainable development, and may provide certain policy support for the production of organic fertilizers and compound fertilizers.
- Environmental protection policy: The Brazilian government’s attention to environmental protection has gradually increased, and the production of organic fertilizers is in line with the direction of environmental protection policies.
- Emission reduction targets: Brazil has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and organic fertilizer production can reduce greenhouse gases such as methane produced during the decomposition of organic waste.
- Technology and production feasibility
- Raw material supply: Brazilian agricultural waste (such as livestock and poultry manure, crop residues) and industrial by-products (such as sugarcane processing waste) can be used as raw materials for organic fertilizers, and the supply is relatively sufficient.
- Technology introduction: Brazil has a certain foundation in agricultural technology and environmental protection technology, and can build production lines by introducing advanced foreign technology.
- Compound fertilizer production: Compound fertilizer production technology is mature, and formulas can be customized according to the needs of local crops to improve fertilizer utilization.
- Competition and Challenges
- Market Competition: Brazil’s fertilizer market is large, but some local and international companies have entered the market, and competition may gradually intensify.
- Initial investment cost: The construction of organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer production lines requires a certain amount of capital investment, including equipment procurement, technology introduction and factory construction.
- Farmer acceptance: Brazilian farmers’ traditional fertilization habits may have a low acceptance of organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer, which needs to be promoted through publicity and demonstration.
- Logistics cost: Brazil has a large land area and high logistics costs, which may affect the market competitiveness of products.
- Economic Benefits
- Cost and Benefit: Agricultural waste has a low cost as a raw material, while organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer have a high selling price, especially in areas with strong demand for soil improvement, with a large profit margin.
- Market demand potential: With the development of agricultural modernization and organic agriculture, the market demand for organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer is expected to grow.
- Export potential: Brazil’s organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer can not only meet local demand, but also be exported to other Latin American countries.
- Development Suggestions
- Market Research: Before investing, a detailed research on the fertilizer market in Brazil is required to understand demand, competition and policy support.
- Cooperation Model: Cooperate with local farms, agricultural cooperatives or food processing companies to ensure raw material supply and sales channels.
- Technology Introduction: Improve production efficiency and product quality by introducing advanced foreign technology.
- Promotion: Improve farmers’ acceptance of organic fertilizers and compound fertilizers through demonstration farms and technical training.
There is a very good prospect for building organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer production lines in Brazil, especially driven by soil improvement, agricultural modernization and organic agriculture development, market demand is expected to grow. However, investors need to fully consider challenges such as market competition, initial investment and farmer acceptance, and formulate a reasonable business plan to ensure the successful operation of the project.
By leveraging Brazil’s agricultural resources and policy support, organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer production lines are expected to become an investment project with both economic and environmental benefits.
If you are interested in building a compound fertilizer production line in Brazil project, feel free to contact RICHI Machinery for technical support on organic fertilizer processing plant design, equipment configuration, production line layout, civil engineering solutions, etc.!
