Water Infiltration and Evaporation Process with ATP Addition in Newly Reclaimed Soil

The newly reclaimed soil is an important reserve land resource, while it faces challenges such as poor water retention and low fertility. Therefore, it requires improvement through the use of soil amendments. Attapulgite (ATP) is abundant in northwest China with excellent properties and can be used...

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Main Authors: Linjie Kong, Xiaoman Fan, Xinyue Li, Biyu Zhai, Zhangjie Tian, Yangkai Hong, Pengbo Jiang, Jiaxin Zhang, Juan Wang
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
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author Linjie Kong
Xiaoman Fan
Xinyue Li
Biyu Zhai
Zhangjie Tian
Yangkai Hong
Pengbo Jiang
Jiaxin Zhang
Juan Wang
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Juan Wang
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description The newly reclaimed soil is an important reserve land resource, while it faces challenges such as poor water retention and low fertility. Therefore, it requires improvement through the use of soil amendments. Attapulgite (ATP) is abundant in northwest China with excellent properties and can be used as an amendment for newly reclaimed soil. The effects of ATP and its addition rate on infiltration and evaporation characteristics in newly reclaimed soil were studied by experiments and model simulation. Three addition gradients (2%, 4%, and 6%) were set in this study, and no ATP addition was used as a control (CK). The results show that ATP treatment prolonged the infiltration duration, reduced the wetting front migration distance, and reduced the accumulated evaporation. Both the Philip model and the Kostiakov model can accurately describe the infiltration process of newly reclaimed soil with ATP addition; the soil evaporation process can be fitted well with the Rose model. In this study, ATP addition affected both sorptivity and the stable infiltration rate of the reclaimed soil. During the evaporation, the soil evaporation effect was inversely proportional to the addition rates of ATP, and the ATP addition rate at 2% had the best effect on reducing soil evaporation. In summary, the ATP addition was beneficial top soil infiltration and evaporation, thus improving the poor water retention of newly reclaimed land and is a reasonable choice for efficient construction of new reclaimed land.
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spelling doaj-art-0d3f4ff15908436e809b9eb326959a322025-08-20T02:26:52ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952024-11-011411262810.3390/agronomy14112628Water Infiltration and Evaporation Process with ATP Addition in Newly Reclaimed SoilLinjie Kong0Xiaoman Fan1Xinyue Li2Biyu Zhai3Zhangjie Tian4Yangkai Hong5Pengbo Jiang6Jiaxin Zhang7Juan Wang8College of Hydraulic Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, ChinaCollege of Hydraulic Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, ChinaCollege of Hydraulic Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, ChinaCollege of Hydraulic Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, ChinaCollege of Hydraulic Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, ChinaCollege of Hydraulic Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, ChinaCollege of Hydraulic Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, ChinaCollege of Hydraulic Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, ChinaCollege of Hydraulic Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, ChinaThe newly reclaimed soil is an important reserve land resource, while it faces challenges such as poor water retention and low fertility. Therefore, it requires improvement through the use of soil amendments. Attapulgite (ATP) is abundant in northwest China with excellent properties and can be used as an amendment for newly reclaimed soil. The effects of ATP and its addition rate on infiltration and evaporation characteristics in newly reclaimed soil were studied by experiments and model simulation. Three addition gradients (2%, 4%, and 6%) were set in this study, and no ATP addition was used as a control (CK). The results show that ATP treatment prolonged the infiltration duration, reduced the wetting front migration distance, and reduced the accumulated evaporation. Both the Philip model and the Kostiakov model can accurately describe the infiltration process of newly reclaimed soil with ATP addition; the soil evaporation process can be fitted well with the Rose model. In this study, ATP addition affected both sorptivity and the stable infiltration rate of the reclaimed soil. During the evaporation, the soil evaporation effect was inversely proportional to the addition rates of ATP, and the ATP addition rate at 2% had the best effect on reducing soil evaporation. In summary, the ATP addition was beneficial top soil infiltration and evaporation, thus improving the poor water retention of newly reclaimed land and is a reasonable choice for efficient construction of new reclaimed land.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/14/11/2628newly reclaimed soilattapulgitewetting front migrationPhilip modelevaporationinfiltration rate
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Yangkai Hong
Pengbo Jiang
Jiaxin Zhang
Juan Wang
Water Infiltration and Evaporation Process with ATP Addition in Newly Reclaimed Soil
Agronomy
newly reclaimed soil
attapulgite
wetting front migration
Philip model
evaporation
infiltration rate
title Water Infiltration and Evaporation Process with ATP Addition in Newly Reclaimed Soil
title_full Water Infiltration and Evaporation Process with ATP Addition in Newly Reclaimed Soil
title_fullStr Water Infiltration and Evaporation Process with ATP Addition in Newly Reclaimed Soil
title_full_unstemmed Water Infiltration and Evaporation Process with ATP Addition in Newly Reclaimed Soil
title_short Water Infiltration and Evaporation Process with ATP Addition in Newly Reclaimed Soil
title_sort water infiltration and evaporation process with atp addition in newly reclaimed soil
topic newly reclaimed soil
attapulgite
wetting front migration
Philip model
evaporation
infiltration rate
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/14/11/2628
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