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US 11,307,130 B2Granted
Indicating soil additives for improving soil water infiltration and/or modulating soil water repellence
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsDavid Edward Mainwaring, Pandiyan Murugaraj, Rohan Davies, Klaus Däschner, Alexander Wissemeier, Hao Hao
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Abstract
The present invention is related to a method for indicating soil additives for improving soil water infiltration and/or modulating soil water repellence, a corresponding arrangement and the use thereof.
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A method for indicating soil additives for improving soil water infiltration and/or modulating soil water repellence, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing (S1) at least one soil sample;
- preparation processing (S2) of the at least one soil sample;
- providing (S3) at least one predefined amount of water to the at least one soil sample;
- determining (S4) an absorbed amount of water of the at least one soil sample due to contact of the at least one soil sample with the at least one provided and predefined amount of water;
- calculating (S5) an infiltration rate of the at least one soil sample based on the determined absorbed amount of water and degree of water saturation;
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- indicating (S6) at least one soil additive to be used out of a list of multiple soil additives based on the calculated infiltration rate of the at least one soil sample.
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An arrangement (100) for indicating soil additives for improving soil water infiltration and/or modulating soil water repellence, the arrangement comprising:
- sample providing means (101) configured to provide at least one soil sample;
- sample preparation means (102) configured to perform preparation processing of the at least one soil sample;
- water providing means (103) configured to provide at least one predefined amount of water to the at least one soil sample;
- water amount determining means (104) configured to determine an absorbed amount of water of the at least one soil sample due to contact of the at least one soil sample with the at least one provided and predefined amount of water;
- infiltration rate calculating means (105) configured to calculate an infiltration rate of the at least one soil sample based on the determined absorbed amount of water and degree of water saturation;
- indicating means (106) configured to indicate at least one soil additive to be used out of a list of multiple soil additives based on the calculated infiltration rate of the at least one soil.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.