Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology

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A Fundamental Study for The Possibility of Charcoal as Green Infrastructure Materials

  • Choi, Jaehyuck (Department of Economics, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Shin, Soo-Jeong (Department of Wood and Paper Science, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, Byung-Ro (Department of Wood and Paper Science, Chungbuk National University)
  • Received : 2015.07.09
  • Accepted : 2015.09.11
  • Published : 2015.09.25
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Abstract

To evaluate the possibility of charcoal as Green Infrastructure (GI) materials, data such as moisture content, amount of adsorbed water, and amount of evaporation were collected. Some data from previous study were referenced to find out if correlations exist between results in this study and previous study. Only porosity was directly related to moisture content. Two mechanical charcoal had better abilities than traditional charcoal in all three categories. Mechanical black charcoal chips produced by National Forestry Cooperative Federation (NFCFC) adsorbed 333.3% of water in thirty minutes, 297.5% in five minutes, and evaporated around 75% water in four days. This ability is much higher than other five charcoal. Even though results of test showed various degrees and NFCFC was the best as GI materials, data of charcoal were also within acceptable range based on generally accepted characteristics of GI materials.

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