Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 27, 2026

Measuring Phosphorus Release in Laboratory Microcosms for Water Quality Assessment
Published on: July 22, 2019
[Simulation of relationship between dissoluble phosphorus loss and runoff time]
Ming-fen Niu1, Lin-qin Wen, Mu-qiu Zhao
1School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Shenyang Jianshu University, Shenyang 110168, China. hj_nmf@sjzu.edu.cn
Abstract:
The environmental sensitive phosphorus point of a cinnamon fluvo-aquic soil was 69.4 mg/kg (Olsen-P) evaluated by fitting soil Olsen-P and CaCl2-P content using Heckrath split-line model. The relationship between dissoluble phosphorus (DP) lost from runoff in soils applied different P rate and runoff time was studied using circular water method. The first-order kinetics model was used to simulate the dynamics of DP transported from soil to water with time. The results indicated that this model could simulate the transport suitably. When the applied P less than 400 kg/hm2, the velocity constant K which is average 1.095 h(-1) unchanged; while when the applied P rates were 800 and 1600 kg/hm2, K decreased by 17.2% and 38.9%, respectively. The exponent function was used to simulate the velocity of DP from soil to water with time and the results showed that it was a suitable model. When the applied P less than 400 kg/hm2, the velocity constant K' which is average 1.037 h(-1) unchanged; while when the applied P rate was higher than 800 kg/hm2, a declining tendency was found for K'. There was significant relationship between soil Olsen-P or CaCl2-P content and soil DPLP or VP0 when surface runoff occurred. This result showed that soil Olsen-P or CaCl2-P content could be used to direct the runoff risk as a gist of estimate soil environment.
Related Concept Videos
The Phosphorus Cycle
Design Example: Creating a Hydraulic Model of a Dam Spillway
Factors Affecting Solubility
Conservation of Mass in Moving, Nondeforming Control Volume
In the context of a detention basin, the conservation of mass states that the total mass of water entering the basin must equal the mass leaving the basin plus any accumulation of...
Major Losses in Pipes
Fluid flow can be classified as laminar or turbulent, primarily based on the Reynolds number. This dimensionless number reflects the relative influence of inertial to viscous...
Theories of Dissolution: Diffusion Layer Model
This process starts with a thin layer, saturated with the drug, forming at the interface between the solid and liquid. The solute then diffuses from this layer into the main solution. The Noyes-Whitney equation suggests that the rate of dissolution relies on the diffusion...

