11306results about "Soil conditioning compositions" patented technology

Composite particles made of a binder and filler material are provided for use in subterranean formations. The filler is finely divided mineral and optional fiber. The particles are proppants useful to prop open subterranean formation fractures. The particles are also useful for water filtration and artificial turf for sports fields. Methods of making the composite particles are also disclosed.< / PTEXT>

Coated particles made of particulate substrates having a coating of resin and fibrous material are provided for use in subterranean formations. The coated substrate particles are proppants useful to prop open subterranean formation fractures. The coated substrate particles are also useful for sand control, that is, acting as a filter or screen to prevent backwards flow of sand, other proppants or subterranean formation particles. Methods of making the coated particles are also disclosed.

The present invention includes a composition having a co-continuous interconnecting channel morphology. These co-continuous interconnecting channels are predominately occupied with a polymer and particles that control the percolation through the composition. The particles are composed of a material such as an absorbing agent, releasing agent and / or activation agent. The polymer composition may be used to form a desired shaped article such as plug type inserts and liners for closed containers, or it may be formed into a film, sheet, bead or pellet.

Coated particle substrates having a coating of resin and / or water soluble polymers and soluble, fibrous material are provided for use in subterranean formations. The coated particle substrate particles are typically proppants used to prop open subterranean hydrocarbon formations during recovery processes, such as after a hydraulic fracture, and provide both improved settling characteristics and improved hydrocarbon flow characteristics due to the conductive channels formed by the soluble fibers downhole. Methods of making the coated particles are also described.

The present invention relates to subterranean operations, and more particularly, to settable fluids comprising vitrified shale and hydrated lime and methods of using such settable fluids in subterranean applications. In an exemplary embodiment, the settable fluids of the present invention may be used as a displacement fluid. In another exemplary embodiment, the settable fluids of the present invention may be used as a drilling fluid.

The invention discloses ion mineralization stabilizer for treating soil with heavy metal pollution and an application method thereof. The ion mineralization stabilizer comprises, by weight percent, 5-30% of sulfur-based compound, 10-50% of phosphor-based compound, 10-50% of calcium-based compound, and 10-30% of silicon-based compound. The materials are respectively ground into powders with particle size not less than 200 meshes, and the powders are proportionally mixed well. The application method of the ion mineralization stabilizer for treating soil with heavy metal pollution includes: detecting arsenic content and leaching toxicity of the soil to be treated, placing the ion mineralization stabilizers in different proportions on the surface of the soil to be treated according to pollution level, well mixing to form mixed soil by ploughing and stirring, adding water to keep the water content of the mixed soil no less than 25%, covering the mixed soil with moisturizing material, curing for at least 5 days to keep heavy metals in the mixed soil to form stable minerals.

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.

The invention provides an improved soil matrix and a remediation method for a green mine. According to the improved soil matrix and the remediation method for the green mine, a certain gradient of a mountain is formed by trimming a cliff of the mine, a hard material is laid in a certain mode, then a plastic-coated metal net covers the hard material, and finally, the novel improved soil matrix covers the plastic-coated metal net with a certain thickness so as to realize the effective remediation of the mine. The improved soil matrix and the remediation method for the green mine have the beneficial effects that the improved soil matrix can stably float on the surface of the mine with the gradient of less than 80 degrees, the adhesive force is greater than 20 Kpa, the inner friction angle isgreater than 18 degrees, the anti-corrosion index is greater than 99.1%, the anti-scouring index is greater than 2.0 L.min / g, the structure is high, and scouring of heavy rainfall or heavier can be effectively resisted after three days of spraying; the improved soil matrix is rich in nutrition, loose and breathable, and is suitable for growth of plants; and lots of organic matter such as agricultural and forestry leftovers are adopted, so that the water storage performance is high, and the construction cost and the maintenance cost are greatly saved.

The invention relates to a hydrophobic granule and a preparation method thereof, and a waterproof breathable structure and a forming method thereof. The hydrophobic granule comprises aggregate and a hydrophobic resin film coated on the aggregate, wherein the aggregate size is 6-300 meshes, and the hydrophobic resin film is made of one or a plurality of hydrophobic epoxy resin, bakelite, polyurethane resin and silicone resin, and coated on the aggregate. The preparation method of the hydrophobic granule comprises the following steps: heating the aggregate to 50-400 DEG C; adding the hydrophobic resin, evenly stirring so that a film is coated on the aggregate surface; and cooling, crushing and screening to obtain the hydrophobic granules. The hydrophobic granule can be widely used as a waterproof breathable layer in desert planting, lake bottom seepage-proofing, river course seepage-proofing, landscape water system bottom seepage-proofing, and has favorable waterproof and breathable properties.

The invention is directed to a crumbly, water-absorbing, soil-like hydrogel. The hydrogel comprises finely comminuted mineral substances, such as igneous rock; water-soluble alkali-silicate; solid and liquid nutrient additives; and ballast, bound in a cross-linked polymer. The hydrogel is structured like a sponge and absorbs water and liquids when in contact with water or aqueous liquids. The mineral substances present in the hydrogel may be present in an amount of at least 30% by weight of the dried hydrogel. Also, the invention encompasses methods of producing acidic and neutral to weakly alkaline hydrogels.

The invention relates to an improver for saline-alkali soil. The improver comprises a powder agent and a water agent, wherein the powder agent comprises the following components: organic matters, plant mycelium protein powder, active calcium, calcium superphosphate, aluminum sulfate, fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether ammonium sulfate, amino acid powder, bacillus subtilis and photosynthetic bacteria, and the water agent comprises the following components: citric acid, fulvic acid, humic acid, malic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, L-tartaric acid, pyrophosphoric acid, humic acid, lactic acid, oxalic acid, salicylic acid, sodium ion adsorbent, Tween-80 and water. The improver disclosed by the invention can improve the soil from multiple angles, namely soil structure, microorganism species, a chemical method and the like, obviously promote the release of iron and phosphorus in the soil, improve the soil structure, effectively reduce the content of sodium ions in the soil, reduce the pH value of the soil and restore land to a normal planting state after being used continuously for two years.

The invention discloses a soil heavy mental repairing agent and a preparation method and an application thereof. The soil heavy mental repairing agent is composed of an organic material, a mineral raw material, a carbon material, an inorganic fertilizer and a microbial agent, wherein the viable count of the microbial agent is 1*10<7>-1*10<10>, the content of N, P2O5 and K2O is 8%-15% of the content of total nutrient, the content of the organic material is 20%-40% and pH is 5.5-8.5. The invention also provides an application method of the soil heavy mental repairing agent. The dosage is 80-150kg / mu; the effective heavy metal content of the soil can be effectively reduced; the heavy metal absorption of the crop can be obviously restrained; the crop yield and quality can be improved; the yield and income can be increased; the soil heavy mental repairing agent has significance in promoting social stability, economic growth and environmental diplomacy and guaranteeing ecological safety, food safety and human health.

The invention provides in part a blended mulch product of at least two types of bio-degradable materials having different geometric shapes and physical properties. The first type of bio-degradable material may be a ligno-cellulosic fiber, such as a refined softwood ligno-cellulosic fiber, and the second type of bio-degradable material may be a wood-based flake, such as a processed wood residual.

The invention is directed to a crumbly, water-absorbing, soil-like hydrogel. The hydrogel comprises finely comminuted mineral substances, such as igneous rock; water-soluble alkali-silicate; solid and liquid nutrient additives; and ballast, bound in a cross-linked polymer. The hydrogel is structured like a sponge and absorbs water and liquids when in contact with water or aqueous liquids. The mineral substances present in the hydrogel may be present in an amount of at least 30% by weight of the dried hydrogel. Also, the invention encompasses methods of producing acidic and neutral to weakly alkaline hydrogels.

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.

The invention relates to a soil improvement technology and an environment protection technology and particularly discloses a biochar mixing type protected horticultural vegetable field soil heavy metal passivant and a preparation method thereof. The soil heavy metal passivant comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 50 to 60 percent of biochar, 5 to 10 percent of medical stone powder, 5 to 10 percent of diatomite powder, 10 to 20 percent of lignite and 10 to 20 percent of coal ash. The preparation method for the soil heavy metal passivant comprises the following steps of: mixing the medical stone powder which is screened by an 80-mesh sieve, the diatomite powder which is screened by an 80-mesh sieve, the lignite, and the coal ash which is screened by an 80-mesh sieve, uniformly stirring, mixing with biochar which is screened by a 20-mesh sieve, fully stirring, and mixing uniformly to prepare the soil heavy metal passivant. The soil heavy metal passivant is easy to prepare; and the effects of passivating the protected horticultural vegetable field soil heavy metal, and reducing the content of recyclable heavy metal of plant in soil can be achieved under the synergistic effects of all components.

The present invention provides methods of reducing the production of both water and particulates from subterranean formations; the methods are particularly useful in conjunction with subterranean formations surrounding wellbores and fractures. The methods comprise the steps of applying to a subterranean formation a pre-flush fluid, applying aqueous surfactant fluid, applying a low-viscosity consolidating fluid, and applying an after-flush fluid.

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.

A method of combined intercropping and mulching of commercial crops is described herein. Suitable annuals such as young wheat and / or buckwheat plants are planted in soil in which legumes were originally planted. A portion of the resulting upper portions of young wheat and / or buckwheat plants is mowed and blended with organic debris to provide nutrients for intercropped commercial plants such as corn and soybeans. The remaining portion is chopped blended with organic debris and sprayed onto the top layer of seeded soil as combination mulch. For larger commercial applications, conventional agricultural machines are described herein, and are modified for the most efficient intercropping. For best results, at least one intercropped commercial plant should be a legume.

Fracturing fluid compositions and methods for their preparation and use are disclosed. The compositions are useful in the oil and gas drilling operations, as well as in gravel packing operations, water blocking, temporary plugging for purposes of wellbore isolation and / or fluid loss control, and other uses. The compositions comprise a liquid, a polymer soluble in the liquid, having a degree of substitution of ionic groups of about 0.01 to about 0.1; and a crosslinking agent capable of increasing the viscosity of the fracturing fluid by crosslinking the polymer in liquid.

A coating composition comprising hydrophobic particles having an average size of between 7 nm and 4,000 nm and a wetting agent for promoting dispersion of the hydrophobic particles in water. The hydrophobic particles may be oxides, such as silica, titania, or zinc oxide. In one embodiment, the hydrophobic particles comprise fumed silica. The coating composition may be brushed, spin coated, or dipped onto a surface. In one embodiment, once the coating composition dries, the coating formed thereby is characterized by a contact angle formed with a water droplet in excess of 165 degrees. A method of making a coating composition comprising providing hydrophobic particles having an average size of between 7 nm and 4,000 nm, mixing a wetting agent with the hydrophobic particles to form a paste, and dispersing the paste in water by mixing to form a mixture.

The invention provides for methods, devices, and systems for pyrolyzing biomass. A pyrolysis unit can be used for the pyrolysis of biomass to form gas, liquid, and solid products. The biomass materials can be selected such that an enhanced biochar is formed after pyrolysis. The biomass can be pyrolyzed under specified conditions such that a selected biochar core is formed. The pyrolysis process can form a stable biochar core that is inert and / or resistant to degradation. The biochar or biochar core can be functionalized to form a functionalized biochar or functionalized biochar core. Functionalization can include post-pyrolysis treatments such as supplementation with microbes or physical transformations including annealing and / or activation.