Biocementation technology for construction of artificial oasis in sandy desert
Artificial oasis could be supported by the trapping and retaining rainfall water by impermeable layer of artificial material. In case of average annual rainfall in Arabian or Pakistani Deserts of 100 mm the watershed area must be at least 1000 ha to ensure rainfall water supply for consumption and i...
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| author | Volodymyr Ivanov Viktor Stabnikov Olena Stabnikova Zubair Ahmed |
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| description | Artificial oasis could be supported by the trapping and retaining rainfall water by impermeable layer of artificial material. In case of average annual rainfall in Arabian or Pakistani Deserts of 100 mm the watershed area must be at least 1000 ha to ensure rainfall water supply for consumption and irrigation in the artificial oasis of 100 ha area. Minimum cost for the sealing of 1000 ha of the sand slopes with 1 mm geosynthetic liner is about 112 mln Saudi Arabian Riyal, which could be not acceptable price for 100 ha of artificial oasis land. However, this cost could be diminished to 17 mln Saudi Arabian Riyal if to coat watershed slopes with 1 mm of biocemented sand crust using a low viscosity solution of biocement. Conventional cementation is cheaper but it cannot be used to make 1 mm sand crust because of a high viscosity of the cement suspension. The novel biotechnological method is based on the formation of the sand surface crust for water collection and transportation on the surrounding slopes. Most environmentally friendly biotechnology for this biocementation is aerobic biooxidation of cheap calcium formate or calcium acetate. Biocementation of the sand crust could be used to make a low-cost artificial desert oasis fed by rainfall. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df3e52b35f7e449789d4d64c3023bd442022-12-21T22:33:22ZengElsevierJournal of King Saud University: Engineering Sciences1018-36392020-12-01328491494Biocementation technology for construction of artificial oasis in sandy desertVolodymyr Ivanov0Viktor Stabnikov1Olena Stabnikova2Zubair Ahmed3Advanced Research Laboratory and Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, National University of Food Technologies, 68 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv 01601, Ukraine; Corresponding author.Advanced Research Laboratory and Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, National University of Food Technologies, 68 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv 01601, UkraineAdvanced Research Laboratory and Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, National University of Food Technologies, 68 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv 01601, UkraineUS-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water (USPCAS-W), Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Sindh 76062, PakistanArtificial oasis could be supported by the trapping and retaining rainfall water by impermeable layer of artificial material. In case of average annual rainfall in Arabian or Pakistani Deserts of 100 mm the watershed area must be at least 1000 ha to ensure rainfall water supply for consumption and irrigation in the artificial oasis of 100 ha area. Minimum cost for the sealing of 1000 ha of the sand slopes with 1 mm geosynthetic liner is about 112 mln Saudi Arabian Riyal, which could be not acceptable price for 100 ha of artificial oasis land. However, this cost could be diminished to 17 mln Saudi Arabian Riyal if to coat watershed slopes with 1 mm of biocemented sand crust using a low viscosity solution of biocement. Conventional cementation is cheaper but it cannot be used to make 1 mm sand crust because of a high viscosity of the cement suspension. The novel biotechnological method is based on the formation of the sand surface crust for water collection and transportation on the surrounding slopes. Most environmentally friendly biotechnology for this biocementation is aerobic biooxidation of cheap calcium formate or calcium acetate. Biocementation of the sand crust could be used to make a low-cost artificial desert oasis fed by rainfall.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018363919302855Artificial oasisOasificationConstruction biotechnologySand biocementation |
| spellingShingle | Volodymyr Ivanov Viktor Stabnikov Olena Stabnikova Zubair Ahmed Biocementation technology for construction of artificial oasis in sandy desert Journal of King Saud University: Engineering Sciences Artificial oasis Oasification Construction biotechnology Sand biocementation |
| title | Biocementation technology for construction of artificial oasis in sandy desert |
| title_full | Biocementation technology for construction of artificial oasis in sandy desert |
| title_fullStr | Biocementation technology for construction of artificial oasis in sandy desert |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biocementation technology for construction of artificial oasis in sandy desert |
| title_short | Biocementation technology for construction of artificial oasis in sandy desert |
| title_sort | biocementation technology for construction of artificial oasis in sandy desert |
| topic | Artificial oasis Oasification Construction biotechnology Sand biocementation |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018363919302855 |
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