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creators_name: Naz, M.Y.
creators_name: Sulaiman, S.A.
title: Slow release coating remedy for nitrogen loss from conventional urea: A review
ispublished: pub
keywords: Coatings; Developing countries; Efficiency; Fertilizers; Fluidized bed process; Fluidized beds; Nitrogen; Plating; Starch; Urea, Coating material; Controlled-release fertilizers; Conventional coatings; Nitrogen pollution; Nitrogen-use efficiency; Slow release; Spray coating process; Technical understanding, Metabolism, boric acid; nitrogen fertilizer; starch; urea; fertilizer; nitrogen; urea, coated particle; fluidized bed reactor; human; material coating; nonhuman; permeability; priority journal; Review; slow release coating; slow release formulation; urea cycle; chemical phenomena; chemistry, Chemical Phenomena; Fertilizers; Nitrogen; Urea
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abstract: Developing countries are consuming major part of the global urea production with an anticipated nitrogen use efficiency of 20 to 35. The release of excess nitrogen in the soil is not only detrimental to the environment but also lessens the efficiency of the conventional urea. The urea performance can be enhanced by encapsulating it with slow release coating materials and synchronizing the nutrients' release with the plant up-taking. However, the present cost of most of the coated fertilizers is considerably higher than the conventional fertilizers. The high cost factor prevents their widespread use in mainstream agriculture. This paper documents a review of literature related to the global urea market, issues pertaining to the conventional urea use, natural and synthetic materials for slow release urea and fluidized bed spray coating process. The aim of the current review is to develop technical understanding of the conventional and non-conventional coating materials and associated spray coating mechanism for slow release urea production. The study also investigated the potential of starch as the coating material in relation to the coatings tested previously for controlled release fertilizers. © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
date: 2016
publisher: Elsevier B.V.
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84956610831&doi=10.1016%2fj.jconrel.2016.01.037&partnerID=40&md5=8c0fa636f9372d40988a8b0e05ad5940
id_number: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.01.037
full_text_status: none
publication: Journal of Controlled Release
volume: 225
pagerange: 109-120
refereed: TRUE
issn: 01683659
citation:   Naz, M.Y. and Sulaiman, S.A.  (2016) Slow release coating remedy for nitrogen loss from conventional urea: A review.  Journal of Controlled Release, 225.  pp. 109-120.  ISSN 01683659