34492 results about "Soil science" patented technology

A system and method having application notably towards predicting fluid flow characteristics within fractured subsurface reservoirs. The system and method include steps of reservoir characterization, gridding, discretization, and simulation of geologically realistic models describing the fractured subsurface reservoirs. A stochastic fracture representation that explicitly represents a network of fractures within a subsurface reservoir is constructed and used to build a fine-scale geological model. The model is then gridded such that the network of fractures is represented by interfaces between the fine-scale cells. The model is the discretized and simulated. Simulation can be on a fine-scale or on an upscaled course-scale to produce efficient and reliable prediction of fluid flow characteristics within the subsurface reservoir.

A method for estimating and / or reducing uncertainty in reservoir models of potential petroleum reservoirs comprises receiving the results of a stochastic seismic inversion, and transforming the inversion data into a form suitable for reservoir modelling and flow simulations, while honoring inter-property and inter-layer correlations in the inversion data as well as measured well data and other geological constraints.

A model for determining the type of soil, the water content of a soil, and the soil properties, and a soil measurement data storage portion (60) to store therein measurement data necessary to carry out the model and correlated with specific measurement conditions are provided. The water content is measured by a water content measuring portion (57) on the basis of the measurement data fed from a soil sensor (S). The type of soil is determined by a feature extracting portion (56) and a type-of-soil determining portion (58), and the determined type of soil is sent to a determining portion (59). The determining portion (59) determines corresponding conditions and a model according to the type of soil and water content of the measured place received and sets them in a predetermined processing portion. The soil sensor feeds measurement data meeting the measurement conditions to a measurement information processing portion (55), and the processing portion (55) determines the soil properties according to the determined model.

The invention discloses a particle-typed composite fertilizer of humic acid and manufacturing method, which consists of dressing and karyosome, wherein the dressing contains nitrogen, phosphor and potassium. The manufacturing method comprises the following steps: graining humic acid; cladding; graining; solidifying fused fertilizer on the particle of humic acid; making the composite fertilizer dissolved into water without falling; fitting for large scale of agricultural product.

The invention relates to a fertilizer water dispersible granule and a method for preparing the same. The fertilizer water dispersible granule comprises one or more of plant nutrient substances and at least one surfactant which are processed to prepare the regular or irregular granular water dispersible granule. The fertilizer water dispersible granule consists of the following raw materials in portion by weight: 5 to 95 portions of the plant nutrient substance, 1 to 40 portions of the surfactant and 0 to 94 portions of an assistant. The invention has a preferential proposal: the plant nutrient substance comprises monopotassium phosphate, boric acid or borax, humic acid and salt thereof. The fertilizer water dispersible granule also comprises one or more of growth regulators. In addition, the fertilizer water dispersible granule can also comprise a disintegrating agent, an adhesive, a filler, a colorant and other assistants. The preparation method comprises: the metering, pulverization, even mixing, pelletization and drying of formula materials to obtain the fertilizer water dispersible granule. The fertilizer water dispersible granule has rapid disintegrating and dissolving (dispersing) speed in water, is fully dissolved, does not block a nozzle and a drop irrigation pipeline, is uneasy to absorb moisture, has high content of effective compositions, low packaging, storage, transportation, metering and use cost and high utilization rate of the effective compositions, reduces waste and environmental pollution, is widely applied to economic crop, gardening, lawn and urban greening and has extremely wide market application prospect.

A method for forecasting performance for and characterizing the properties of a multilayer low permeability gas reservoir. The method includes a coupled well / reservoir predictive model that accounts for pressure drop between layers, allowing accurate, rigorous, and rapid forecasting of reservoir performance. The method provides estimates of individual layer properties such as in-situ permeability, skin factor, fracture half-length, fracture conductivity, drainage area, etc. by simultaneously history matching production data and production log data using the coupled well / reservoir predictive model.

The invention discloses a system for predicting geologic hazard based on rainfall intensity, moisture content of slope soil and deformation. The system comprises an automatic rainfall gauge, a soil moisture sensor, an omnibearing tilt sensor, an omnibearing vision sensor, an embedded system and a monitoring center computer, wherein the automatic rainfall gauge is used for monitoring rainfall and rainfall intensity of a geologic hazard point; the soil moisture sensor is used for monitoring moisture in soil at the geologic hazard point; the omnibearing tilt sensor is used for detecting earth surface deformation and internal deformation of the geologic hazard point; the omnibearing vision sensor is used for evaluating geologic hazard scale; the embedded system is used for wirelessly transmitting video and monitoring data; and the monitoring center computer is used for predicting and forecasting the geologic hazard and comprises a communication module, a data receiving module, a rainfall and rainfall intensity-based geologic hazard prediction module, a slope displacement-time curve-based geologic hazard prediction module, a soil moisture, rainfall and rainfall intensity-based geologichazard prediction module and a soil moisture content and slope deformation-based geologic hazard prediction module. The system has the advantages of complete monitoring means, accurate prediction andforecast, high intelligence and on-line real time.

The present invention provides time released markers for use with single reservoir and commingled wells. The invention accomplishes the time release of markers by coating or encapsulating marker particles or by coating a proppant which has been saturated with a marker. After coating or encapsulation, the marker is injected into a well as is known in the art. The marker remains in the well. The marker is released after an elapsed of time. The elapsed time can be in a wide range. After the elapsed time, production is taken from the well and tested for the presence of the marker. Various types of known analyses can be performed to test for the presence and concentration of the marker in the production fluid. The concentration of the marker in the production fluid allows the apportioning of production from the reservoir. In addition, different markers may be added to each zone within a reservoir where each marker has a different elapsed time increment. The zones can be any different layer or area in the reservoir such as different strata or layer of rock, limestone or sand. Differing marker combinations allow contribution from different zones to be monitored over an extended time.

The invention relates to an organic environmentally-friendly soil conditioner for improving acidified or acid soil and a preparation method thereof. The soil conditioner is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 23-46 parts of biogas residue, 14-24 parts of shell powder, 16-25 parts of calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer, 13-20 parts of plant ash, 0.1-0.2 part of chitosan, 5-7 parts of zeolite powder and 6-9 parts of bentonite. The soil conditioner is prepared through pretreatment of the biogas residue, pretreatment of the shell powder and the like; through the produced soil conditioner, the pH value of soil can be increased; nutritive elements such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and the like in the soil are increased; the organic matter content in the soil is increased; the water retention and fertilizer retention capacity of the soil is improved; the physicochemical property of the soil is improved; the antiretroviral (diseases, pests, drought and the like) capacity of crops is improved; heavy metal poison is reduced; and the soil conditioner is convenient to apply, is not influenced by wind power and is suitable for mechanical working.

CO2 sequestering soil stabilization compositions are provided. The soil stabilization compositions of the invention include a CO2 sequestering component, e.g., a CO2 sequestering carbonate composition. Additional aspects of the invention include methods of making and using the CO2 sequestering soil stabilization composition. The invention also comprises the method of stabilizing soil and producing a soil stabilized structure utilizing such compositions.

A chemical-sensing apparatus is formed from the combination of a chemical preconcentrator which sorbs and concentrates particular volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) and one or more chemiresistors that sense the VOCs after the preconcentrator has been triggered to release them in concentrated form. Use of the preconcentrator and chemiresistor(s) in combination allows the VOCs to be detected at lower concentration than would be possible using the chemiresistor(s) alone and further allows measurements to be made in a variety of fluids, including liquids (e.g. groundwater). Additionally, the apparatus provides a new mode of operation for sensing VOCs based on the measurement of decay time constants, and a method for background correction to improve measurement precision.

The invention provides an organic / inorganic drought resisting compound fertilizer and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following special steps of: at first, carrying out harmless treatment on raw materials of an organic fertilizer, such as livestock excrement, crop straws, kitchen garbage, fallen leaves, turf and peat, humic acid and the like, so as to obtain the organic fertilizer; then adding a macromolecule moisture retention material and an inorganic fertilizer at a certain ratio and uniformly stirring; and finally obtaining the organic / inorganic drought resisting compound fertilizer by extruding granulation. The organic / inorganic drought resisting compound fertilizer disclosed by the invention has functions of drought resistance and moisture retention, nutrient slow release and soil fertilization, so that the effects of increasing production and income of the crops are achieved. Furthermore, the organic / inorganic drought resisting compound fertilizer can effectively solve the environment pollution caused by the livestock excrement, straw burning and domestic garbage.

An irrigation modeling framework in precision agriculture utilizes a combination of weather data, crop data, and other agricultural inputs to create customized agronomic models for diagnosing and predicting a moisture state in a field, and a corresponding need for, and timing of, irrigation activities. Specific combinations of various agricultural inputs can be applied, together with weather information to identify or adjust water-related characteristics of crops and soils, to model optimal irrigation activities and provide advisories, recommendations, and scheduling guidance for targeted application of artificial precipitation to address specific moisture conditions in a soil system of a field.

The invention belongs to plant nutritious soil and a preparation method thereof and particularly relates to flower nutritious soil and a preparation method thereof. The flower nutritious soil contains the components of biomass water-retaining agent, turf, sapropel, black soil, corn straw, perlite, meerschaum, deer feces, fine sand, inorganic fertilizer, and the like and is processed by the steps of raw material selection, crushing, screening, disinfection, mixing, pH regulation and the like. By adopting the method of mixing organic materials and inorganic materials, the flow nutritious soil has the advantages of reasonable and loosened structure, complete nutrients, stable property, easily obtained raw materials, easy processing and low cost. In addition, the biomass water-retaining agent contained in the flow nutritious soil is a novel, multifunctional and natural macromoleclar polymer and has a three-dimensional space reticular structure, not only can absorb water and fertilizer, but also can retain water and fertilizer, and. the water absorbing capacity of the flower nutritious soil is more than 1000 times the weight thereof, a small reservoir of water and fertilizer is formed in the soil, and the water and the fertilizer are slowly released, thereby the flow nutritious soil has the functions of saving both water and fertilizer. The invention can be used for growing seedlings and planning seedlings.

The invention relates to a method and a system for monitoring and warning a pipeline landslide based on a fiber Bragg grating and a method for constructing the system. The monitoring is performed on four parts including landslide depth displacement, landslide surface displacement, thrust of landslide on a pipeline and pipeline strain, and comprises the steps of: firstly, inserting an inclinometerpipe (1) pasted with a fiber Bragg grating sensor from the landslide (13) to all potential sliding surfaces (15); secondly, embedding a slender concrete ground beam (2) of which two ends are fixedly restrained and the axial direction of a central reinforced bar (17) is stuck to a ground beam fiber Bragg grating sensor (20) in a direction vertical to the deformation direction of the landslide (13)below the surface of the landslide (13); thirdly, measuring the thrust of the landslide (13) on the pipeline by using an earth pressure cell fiber Bragg grating sensor (4) fixed on the pipeline (14);and fourthly, arranging monitoring sections on edges on two sides and the pipeline (14) in the center of the landslide (13), and uniformly arranging three pipe strain fiber Bragg grating sensors (3) on each monitoring section to monitor the axial strain of the pipeline (14).

The invention discloses a method for biologically remediating a water body and soil comprehensively utilizing resources. The method comprises the steps: (1), determining main pollutants in a selected land area or water body area; (2), selecting to plant and / or cultivate fast-growing herbaceous plants, fast-growing alga, trees, bushes, fungi or microorganisms with high remediation efficiency in the selected land area or water body area; (3), harvesting or collecting the fast-growing herbaceous plants and the fast-growing alga after growing to reach a suitable height or size; (4), concentratedly processing the harvested or collected fast-growing herbaceous plants and the fast-growing alga, and comprehensively utilizing to prevent the pollutants from dispersing; (5), remediating an eutrophic water body by adopting an artificial floating island; (6), remediating a heavy metal polluted water body by confining floating plants; (7), repairing cadmium and zinc polluted soil by mixed-cropping festuca arundinacea and bluegrass; (8), remediating polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) polluted soil by mixed-cropping alfalfa and italian ryegrass; and (9), extracting and recovering silver from silver-containing wastewater remediation plants.

In agriculture, one of the most important issues is the extent to which the yield of high quality crops can be increased while saving labor and reducing costs. However, there are many problems in that so-called injuries of crops due to continuous cropping and other causes seriously reduce productivity. The present invention provides an apparatus and a method that can pasteurize soil using gases emitted from the engine of a tractor, while at the same time, carbon dioxide, sulfur oxides, and other acidic fumes in exhaust gas are fixed as calcium salts with slaked lime that has been applied in advance on the soil to be pasteurized, and these gaseous components can, as much as possible, be prevented from escaping into the atmosphere.

In an exemplary embodiment, a method and system is disclosed for developing a subterranean geomechanics model of a complex geological environment. The method can include estimating a pore pressure field, a stress field, a geomechanics property field, and a geological structure field from a geological concept model; geostatistically interpolating vectors and tensors from the estimated fields; and combining the results from the estimated fields and the geostatistically interpolated vectors and tensors to derive a geostatistical geomechanical model of the geological environment.

The invention relates to a soil slope water flow erosion resistance simulation test method and device. The device comprises a liftable slope simulation device, a sheetflood scouring simulation device, a water and soil collecting device, a flow velocity determining device and a slope surface form camera device. According to the test method, the water flow is controlled, surface flow and seepage are formed, and sheetflood water, seepage water and sediment quantity formed by scouring slopes by sheetflood water are collected. The flow, the flow velocity, the erosion depth, the sand yield and the like of the water flow are measured quantitatively. Compacted soil is soaked in water until saturation for simulation, the efficiency of an indoor simulation test on slope scouring is improved, the test period is shortened, the test result proves the maximum depth of a slope erosion gully and the change rule of the sand yield with time, discloses the relation between the water flow erosion capacity of catchment behind slopes and the slope length, gradient and time and provides a basis for prediction of the water flow erosion scale and the need of slope protection and reinforcement. The device is simple in structure, convenient to operate and suitable for measurement of soil mechanics parameters of slope soil mass.

The invention relates to a monitoring and prewarning system and a monitoring and prewarning method for geological disasters. The monitoring and prewarning system for the geological disasters comprises a plurality of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) monitoring stations 1, a continuous operational reference system (CORS) 2, a 3rd-generation (3G) wireless network or wireless bridge 3, a microwave communication system 4, a monitoring and prewarning server 5, a monitoring and prewarning central computer 6 and the like which are arranged in a monitored area. Each GNSS monitoring station 1 comprises a global positioning system (GPS) receiver 11, a 3G network transmission component 12, video monitoring equipment 13, a microwave communication transmission component 14, a power supply 15 and the like. In the method, the aims of forecasting and prewarning possibly initiated geological disasters automatically in real time can be fulfilled by setting the GNSS monitoring stations in areas liable to the geological disasters, monitoring ground surface displacement in real time by the CORS, performing real-time ground surface displacement monitoring on the geological disasters, such as collapse, landslide, debris flow, surface collapse, subsidence, ground fissure and the like, which can be caused by ground surface displacement, combining remote video monitoring, performing data processing on monitoring information, and automatically issuing prewarning information.

A controlled release fertilizer composition and methods to produce the controlled release fertilizer composition are described. The controlled release fertilizer composition comprises a water soluble fertilizer core that is coated with a polymeric layer, intermediate layer, and a sulfur layer. If desired, the sulfur layer can be coated with an outer water-insoluble layer.

This invention relates to portable imaging devices, such as hyperspectral imaging devices, useful for forensic and other analysis, and methods for using these devices. Devices of the present invention provide images and patterned data arrays representing images in multiple discrete spectra that can then be summed or processed to allow for detection of patterns or anomalies in the data collected.

The invention discloses a passivating agent for governing heavy metal contaminated soil and a preparation and use method of the passivating agent. The passivating agent comprises, in weight percent, 30%-50% of clay minerals, 10%-20% of phosphate, 10%-15% of reducing agents, 10%-15% of sulfide and 15%-20% of alkaline substances. The preparation method includes a step: mixing the clay minerals, the phosphate, the reducing agents, the sulfide and the alkaline substances to mix to obtain the passivating agent. The use method includes the steps: firstly, crushing the heavy metal contaminated soil; secondly, adding the passivating agent into the crushed heavy metal contaminated soil; thirdly, adding water into the crushed heavy metal contaminated soil added the passivating agent to uniformly mix, maintaining the uniformly mixed soil on site, and enabling the passivating agent and heavy metal in the soil to sufficiently react. The passivating agent can effectively meet the urgent requirements of current Chinese heavy metal contaminated soil for high stability, no secondary pollution, durable and stable effect and low cost.

A system and method for managing a production from a wellbore that includes taking measurements relating to one or more selected parameters for each of the production zones over a time period and determining the occurrence of the cross flow in the wellbore using a trend of the one or more of the measurements. The system includes a processor that receives information relating to the measurements made over time relating to the selected parameters, wherein the processor determines or predicts the occurrence of the cross flow from a trend of at least one of the measurements.

Disclosed is a method for soft soil foundation treatment through microorganism grouting sand drain. The method comprises the steps that a, a pile hole 1 is formed in a soft soil foundation to be treated, and sand is poured into the pile hole 1 to form a sand pile; b, a urease-producing microorganism solution 9 and a nutritive salt solution 10 are sequentially and evenly injected into the sand pile through a grouting tube 6, sand cementation is achieved through the microorganism induction calcium carbonate crystal technology, the concentration of the urease-producing microorganism solution 9 and the concentration of the nutritive salt solution 10 are controlled, sand in the pile body forms a specific cementation mode, and the good water permeable characteristic is ensured; c, after the microorganism grouting solidification sand pile is formed, a flexible water permeable sand cushion 4 is laid on the top of the foundation jointly formed by the sand oil and pile space soil 2, prepressing loads 5 are exerted on the top of the flexible water permeable sand cushion 4, pore water in the pile space soil 2 is made to be drained along a drainage channel formed by the sand pile and the sand cushion, the pile space soil is solidified, and the composite foundation with the high bearing capacity is formed jointly through the soft soil obtained after drainage and solidification are carried out on the microorganism grouting sand pile and the flexible water permeable sand cushion covering the soft soil.

The invention provides a high activity biological water retention alkali oil modifying agent, which is prepared through fully and evenly mixing vegetable stem powder, humic acid, water-loss reducer, carbamide, gypsum, high activity biological agent, sodium ion adsorbent and acid according to certain proportion, adding binding agent which is 0.3-1time of the whole weight of raw material, and granulating in pelleting machine. The high activity biological water retention alkaline earth modifying agent which is prepared by the invention can effectively improve soil aggregate structure, increases the water holding property of soil, can effectively dissociate and absorb metal ion, reduces the components of soil soluble salt, increases soil organic matter and nutrition, and has extremely significant soil modifying effect.

The invention discloses a restoration agent for lowering cadmium / lead effective state content in soil, which is composed of quicklime, calcium sulfate, wood charcoal, iron chloride and water, wherein the weight ratio of the quicklime, calcium sulfate, wood charcoal and iron chloride is (1-2):(1-2):(1-2):(0.5-1), and the water accounts for 30-45 wt% of the soil. The restoration agent can be used for treating heavily polluted soil; and common chemical passivators can only restore lightly polluted soil, and do not have obvious effect on heavy pollution. The restoration agent can be used for treating both acidic soil and neutral soil. The restoration agent has high remediation efficiency for cadmium polluted soil; the reaction mechanisms relate to chemical precipitation and physical adsorption; and when one action fails due to change of the outside conditions, the other action can perform the guarantee function. The restoration agent has certain control actions on the lead effective state content in the polluted soil.