Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2024, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (9): 107-116.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2024-0040

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Effect of coal gangue-based porous matrix on soil solute transport

CHAI Chunjing1(), FENG Zhengjun2, WU Haibin1, SHI Xiaokai3, ZHANG Junjie1, SONG Huiping1()   

  1. 1.Institute of Resources and Environmental Engineering,Engineering Research Center of Resource Efficiency Enhancing and Carbon Emission Reduction in Yellow River Basin,Ministry of Education of the People′s Republic of China,Laboratory of Shanxi Province for Yellow River,Shanxi University,Taiyuan 030006,China
    2.Institute of Loess Plateau,Shanxi University,Taiyuan 030006,China
    3.Shanxi Dadi Minji Ecological Environment Co. ,Ltd. ,Taiyuan 030012,China
  • Received:2024-01-22 Online:2024-09-10 Published:2024-09-26
  • Contact: SONG Huiping E-mail:156163875@qq.com;songhp@sxu.edu.cn

Abstract:

The proposal was to address the issues of nutrient deficiency,drought,water scarcity,and lack of topsoil in mining areas by utilizing coal gangue to prepare a porous matrix.This matrix was then chosen as a substitute material for topsoil in ecological restoration.Furthermore,its feasibility was evaluated from the perspective of solute transport.The impact of coal gangue-based porous matrix on the migration characteristics of Cl- and Na+ in soil was investigated through vertical column miscible displacement experiments,revealing the influence patterns of porous matrix on soil pore distribution and solute transport in saturated soil.The results indicated that the penetration time of Cl- and Na+ was reduced when the content of the porous matrix ranged from 10% to 30%.It was due to the fact that the porous matrix with a small amount of doping filled the soil particles with one another,resulting in an increase in the number of small pores and the formation of a more complex migration path.Moreover,the porous matrix had a strong adsorption capacity for Na+,and thus the penetration time of Cl- and Na+ was prolonged.As the addition of porous matrix continued to increase(>30%),the lower bulk density of the porous matrix led to an increase in saturated hydraulic conductivity,which in turn shortened the breakthrough time for Cl- and Na+ gradually.The application of 30% porous matrix resulted in a decrement of Cl- and Na+ concentrations in the effluent by 1.65%~46.30% and 10.12%~32.88%,respectively.The transport of Cl- and Na+ was primarily governed by convection.The distribution of soil pores and the adsorptive properties of the soil were the major factors affecting solute transport.The compound mode of mixing coal gangue-based porous matrix with loess at a volume ratio of 3∶7 could effectively reduce solute transport.

Key words: porous matrix, solute transport, breakthrough curve, CDE model, coal gangue

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