SUNFLOWER SHELL RECYCLING METHOD Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture, in particular, manufacture of feed product for ruminants from solid wastes of fat-and-oil industry. SUBSTANCE: method involves providing thermal treatment of sunflower shell; adding ammonia in an amount of 1-2% of shell weight at temperature of 65-75 C for 18-20 h. Feed product obtained by such method contains, wt.-%: fat, 13; protein, 20. Food value is 0.41-0.55 feed units per 1 kg. EFFECT: increased efficiency, simplified method and improved quality of feed product. 1 tbl, 1 ex