TY - JOUR
T1 - Gas permeability in soil amended with biochar at different compaction states
AU - Huang, He
AU - Cai, Wei Ling
AU - Zheng, Qian
AU - Chen, Pei Nan
AU - Huang, Chun Rui
AU - Zeng, Qing Jie
AU - Kumar, Himanshu
AU - Zhu, Hong Hu
AU - Garg, Ankit
AU - Zheenbek, Kulenbekov
AU - Kushvaha, Vinod
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/4/6
Y1 - 2020/4/6
N2 - Biochar amended soil (BAS) is widely studied to apply in green infrastructure, such as landfills and slopes. Presence of biochar improved soil hydraulic properties (e.g. water retention ability) in previous studies, while influence of biochar on gas permeability (kg) under different compaction states is not clear yet. The main objective of this study is to investigate the kg of BAS under different soil compaction conditions. The soil selected for investigation was poorly graded sand. BAS was compacted in an in-house built 1-D column set up under three different soil density (65 %, 80 % and 95% degree of compaction) were considered in mixtures with 0% and 10% biochar content. The tests were carried out in a greenhouse at Shantou University. In tests, soil column was designed and subjected to drying-wetting cycles, during which soil suction, moisture content and kg were measured. Results showed that BAS (i.e. minimum water content 37.2% and 22.1%) had better water retention performance than bare soil (i.e. minimum water content 20.2% and 19.5%) at compaction conditions (65% and 80% degree of compaction). However, when the degree of compaction increased to 95%, bare soil and BAS shows similar water retention characteristic (i.e. minimum water content 15.7% and 15.9% respectively). The addition of biochar could decrease kg as compared with that of the bare soil, meanwhile, in the lower suction range, kg decreased with an increase of compaction (i.e. kg65%>kg80%>kg95%).
AB - Biochar amended soil (BAS) is widely studied to apply in green infrastructure, such as landfills and slopes. Presence of biochar improved soil hydraulic properties (e.g. water retention ability) in previous studies, while influence of biochar on gas permeability (kg) under different compaction states is not clear yet. The main objective of this study is to investigate the kg of BAS under different soil compaction conditions. The soil selected for investigation was poorly graded sand. BAS was compacted in an in-house built 1-D column set up under three different soil density (65 %, 80 % and 95% degree of compaction) were considered in mixtures with 0% and 10% biochar content. The tests were carried out in a greenhouse at Shantou University. In tests, soil column was designed and subjected to drying-wetting cycles, during which soil suction, moisture content and kg were measured. Results showed that BAS (i.e. minimum water content 37.2% and 22.1%) had better water retention performance than bare soil (i.e. minimum water content 20.2% and 19.5%) at compaction conditions (65% and 80% degree of compaction). However, when the degree of compaction increased to 95%, bare soil and BAS shows similar water retention characteristic (i.e. minimum water content 15.7% and 15.9% respectively). The addition of biochar could decrease kg as compared with that of the bare soil, meanwhile, in the lower suction range, kg decreased with an increase of compaction (i.e. kg65%>kg80%>kg95%).
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U2 - 10.1088/1755-1315/463/1/012073
DO - 10.1088/1755-1315/463/1/012073
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85083444726
SN - 1755-1307
VL - 463
JO - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
JF - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
IS - 1
M1 - 12073
T2 - International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Green Technology 2019, SEGT 2019
Y2 - 11 December 2019 through 14 December 2019
ER -