18489342. ON-SITE SOIL POROSITY MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY AND APPARATUS (Saudi Arabian Oil Company)
ON-SITE SOIL POROSITY MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY AND APPARATUS
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Inventor(s)
Mohammed Alshahrani of Dammam SA
ON-SITE SOIL POROSITY MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY AND APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18489342 titled 'ON-SITE SOIL POROSITY MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY AND APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
A computer-assisted method to monitor soil porosity at a field study site using a portable apparatus, the method including: acquiring a soil sample using a first container; recording a first measurement of a mass and a volume of the soil sample; adding the soil sample to a second container until the soil sample is added in entirety, wherein the second container is pre-filled with a fluid medium, wherein the soil sample is added to the second container without causing soil clustering, and wherein a second measurement of a mass of the second container with the fluid medium is recorded; recording a third measurement of a mass of the second container with the soil sample fully immersed in the fluid medium; calculating a porosity of the soil sample based on the first, second, and third measurements; and providing, at the field study site, the calculated porosity of the soil sample.