• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.93-100
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• 2011

Maintenance of adequate soil water potential during the period of crop growth is necessary to support optimum plant growth and yields. A better understanding of soil water movement within and below the rooting zone can facilitate optimal irrigation scheduling aimed at minimizing the adverse effects of water stress on crop growth and development and the leaching of water below the root zone which can have adverse environmental effects. The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using a portable irrigation controller with an Watermark sensor for the cultivation of drip-irrigated vegetable crops in a greenhouse. The control capability of the irrigation controller for a soil water potential of -20 kPa was evaluated under summer conditions by cultivating 45-day-old tomato plants grown in three differently textured soils (sandy loam, loam, and loamy sands). Water contents through each soil profile were continuously monitored using three Sentek probes, each consisting of three capacitance sensors at 10, 20, and 30 cm depths. Even though a repeatable cycling of soil water potential occurred for the potential treatment, the lower limit of the Watermark (about 0 kPa) obtained in this study presented a limitation of using the Watermark sensor for optimal irrigation of tomato plants where -20 kPa was used as a point for triggering irrigations. This problem might be related to the slow response time and inadequate soil-sensor interface of the Watermark sensor as compared to a porous and ceramic cup-based tensiometer with a sensitive pressure transducer. In addition, the irrigation time of 50 to 60 min at each of the irrigation operation gave a rapid drop of the potential to zero, resulting in over irrigation of tomatoes. There were differences in water content among the three different soil types under the variable rate irrigation, showing a range of water contents of 16 to 24%, 17 to 28%, and 24 to 32% for loamy sand, sandy loam, and loam soils, respectively. The greatest rate increase in water content was observed in the top of 10 cm depth of sandy loam soil within almost 60 min from the start of irrigation.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.94 no.1 s.158
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• pp.21-25
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• 2005

In order to prevent the pine mushrooms, Tricholoma matsutake, from being damaged by the pine needle gall midges, Thecodiplosis japonensis, and thereby, to increase their production and improve their quality, a sprinkler system was installed on the mushroom field. A low-concentration insecticide (deltamethrin 1% EC, x2,000) was sprayed once at insects' most active time every day during the period of insects' adult occurrence and thereafter, the irrigation by ground water spraying was periodically enforced. Such a test was conducted at Yangyang-Gun, Kwangwon-do, Korea for 2 years from 2000 through 2001. The pine needle gall midges generally emerged for about 40 days from late May to early July. 50% emergence of them was about June 6, and peak emergence (more than 80%) was early or mid-June. Gall formation rate was 3.5% on average with this ground insecticide spraying, while 51.3% when not treated. Control effectiveness of this insecticide spraying was 92.3%, which was higher than 82.5% by the conventional injection of insecticide into tree stems. Pine mushrooms emerged for about 35 days from mid-September through earlier October, and around 80% of them did for about 15 days from late September through early October. As a result of the periodic ground water-spraying (30 mm per week) for 2 months (from August to October), the production of mushrooms increased by 74.3% (110% in terms of weight), with their quality improvement. The mushrooms produced from the treated stand by the spraying system were priced 8,670,000 wons per hectare, and thus, the net income deducting the facility and management cost was 4,310,000 wons, about 5% higher than value from the control stand. It was analyzed that this treatment was significantly cost effective when the facilities are used more than 5 years.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.27-39
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• 2000

In this study, we quantitatively compare the cooling effects of single span plastic greenhouses by opening or shutting of toot and side vents, and operation of fan or sprinkler. With those variables, we simultaneously made experiments at 4 greenhouses under equivalent conditions. By the experiments, the shutting of roof and side vents caused the high temperature difference of indoor and outdoor which the crops cannot be cultivated. However, the opening of the windows effectively reduced the indoor temperature and showed uniform temperature distribution in the greenhouses. The sprinkler abruptly reduced the indoor temperature, and showed excellent cooling effects. Finally, this paper provides the fundamental data for environmental control in greenhouses.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.336-336
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• 2022

빗물자원의 대부분은 바다로 유입되어 소모되거나, 하수로 유입되어 불필요한 고도처리 공정이 진행되고, 하수처리장 용량에 과부하를 발생시키는 등 막대한 예산이 투입되고 있는 실정이다. 갈수기시 농가에서 용수를 확보하기 위한 용수 운반장치 등 기반구축이 쉽지 않으며, 인력 부족으로 정상적인 용수공급에 어려움을 겪고 있다. 이에 빗물자원을 용수로서 효율적으로 활용하기 위한 시스템의 구축이 필요하다. 본 연구는 빗물저류조에 스마트 관수제어 시스템을 적용한 것으로 지중에 설치된 토양수분 센서와 저류조 내부의 수위 센서에서 관측된 데이터를 토대로 자동으로 지중에 수분을 공급하는 시설이다. 지중에 수분이 부족할 경우 밸브를 열어 자동으로 펌프를 가동시켜 저류조 내부의 물을 지중으로 공급시키며 지중의 수분이 충분하거나 저류조 내부의 물이 부족해질 경우 밸브를 닫아 공급을 중단하도록 한다. 또한 저류조의 수위와 토양의 수분량, 펌프의 작동여부 등은 앱을 이용하여 실시간으로 확인이 가능하며, 스마트폰 앱을 이용한 수동조작 또한 가능하다. 본 기술은 집수, 저류, 공급, 통신, 제어, 센서 총 6종의 모듈로 구성되어 있으며, 사용자의 환경 및 예산의 따라 집수, 저류, 공급 모듈 등 맞춤형 제품 구성이 가능하도록 개발하였다. 저류조의 물공급을 관리, 제어하는 시스템으로 센서로부터 전송받은 데이터를 기준으로 펌프를 작동시켜 수분공급을 제어할 수 있으며 해당 기록을 서버에 저장하여 데이터의 통계를 구할 수 있도록 하였다. 사용자가 앱을 통하여 직접적인 제어 및 가동환경에 대한 설정을 할 수 있어 사용자가 직접 현장에 오지 않아도 토지의 현황과 저류조의 수위, 수분 공급상황 등을 직접 제어할 수 있도록 개발하였다.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.73-85
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• 2009

An investigation was conducted to get the basic data for establishing structural safety and environmental management of tomato greenhouses in Chungnam region. The contents of the investigation consisted of actual state of greenhouse structures and environmental control facilities. Most of greenhouses were arch type single-span plastic houses and they had too low height for growing tomatoes. Frameworks of multi-span greenhouses were suitable, but those of single-span were mostly insufficient. Every greenhouse had thermal curtain movable or covering fixed inside the greenhouse for energy saving, and heating facilities were mostly warm air heater. Irrigation facilities were mostly drip tube and controlled by manual operation or timer. Almost all of the greenhouses didn't install high level of environmental control facilities such as ventilator, air circulation fan, $CO_2$ fertilizer, insect screen, supplemental light, and cooling device.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.11-18
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• 1998

우리나라의 산업구조는 1970년 이후에 에너지 과다 소비형인 중공업, 석유화학 공업, 제철공업, 조선, 자동차 등이 집중 육성되었다. 그 결과로 지구 온난화의 주범인 $CO_2$는 1990년-2000년 사이에 128%의 증가(세계 1위)가 예상되어 세계 2위인 스페인에 비하여 무려 5배나 $CO_2$ 발생량을 많이 배출하고 있다. 1997년 제 3차 세계기후협약 이후에 선진국들은 한국을 강력히 규제할 것으로 보여진다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.51-54
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• 1999

1. 하우스 개폐장치 조작 불능시를 가정하여 천ㆍ측창을 인위적으로 폐쇄한 경우, 하우스내 온도는 외기온 보다 16$^{\circ}C$ 높은, 즉 사실상 작물을 생육할 수 없는 고온상태를 나타내었다. 이러한 결과는 하우스 상태 및 외기조건 등에 따라 다소 상이할 것으로 예상된다. 2. 천ㆍ측창을 개방한 상태에서 환기팬을 가동한 경우, 환기팬 가동에 따른 추가적인 실온 저하 효과는 계측되지 않았다. 3. 본 연구에서는 비교적 노즐 입경이 큰 스프링클러를 이용하여 관수시의 냉각효과를 검토하였다. 이 경우, 하우스내 온도는 스프링클러 작동과 동시에 비교적 짧은 시간내에 급격한 온도강하가 이루어졌다. 이 후 지속적인 온도강하는 둔화되어 비교적 안정된 온도를 유지함으로서, 하우스의 실온저하에 크게 기여하고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2002.02a
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• pp.48-53
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• 2002

가. 작업단계 별 작업수단 및 노동투하시간 -고추재배는 포장준비 등 일부작업을 제외하고는 인력작업에 의존하고 있으며, 육묘에서 수확 및 수확후 포장처리가지의 총 노동투하시간은 266.7시간/10a로 수확작업이 44.5%로 많았으며, 다음으로 육묘, 지주세우기 및 제거, 정식, 방제 순으로 나타났다. 따라서 노력 및 생산비절감을 위해서는 고추재배 기계화가 시급한 것으로 판단된다. 나 일관기계화방안 -고추재배시 기계화를 저해하는 요인으로는 경지규모의 협소함, 재배지의 필지의 분산, 협소한 조간간격, 비닐멀칭 및 지주유인재배, 수확기간의 길이가 길고 횟수가 많음 등으로 나타났으며, 기계화가 곤란한 것으로 나타났으며, 고추재배일관기계화를 위하여는 공동 또는 공정육묘, 트랙터 등 대형기계중심의 포장준비, 정식은 자동정식기보급, 관수·시비자동화와 붐방제기 또는 방제장치시설화, 기계수확이 되어야할 것으로 판단되었다.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.242-249
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• 1997

Environmental control operations have been considerably contributed to the reduction of labor cost in both plastic film and glass greenhouses since government supported projects were begun. However, some problems are still remaining on the optimal environmental control and excessive operation due to an inflexible software regulating ventilation gear - reducers. The unadjustable software caused the damage of ventilation system, resulting in heat stresses of crops. This study was performed to develop a ventilation software controlling the vent opening level, opening sequence, based on the wind direction, and control interval according to the difference between ambient and set- up temperatures. The software included a beeper system alarming urgent cases, while a manager was remote from the greenhouse. A compatible hardware with the software was also developed by using a low-cost diffused DSP controller.

• Journal of agriculture & life science
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• v.52 no.6
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• pp.103-109
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• 2018

The performance of drip irrigation devices depends on flow uniformity related to the function of pressure compensation. The flow uniformity can be secured when the internal fluid pressures at the positions of the flow holes are maintained uniformly. The pressure compensation effect of the drip irrigation devices can be optimized with the combination of soft silicon and labyrinth structures. However, for a drip irrigation devices composed of only hard labyrinth structures, the flow rate is changed largely with the length and the internal geometry of the labyrinth structure. Although a drip irrigation devices with only hard labyrinth structures can be fabricated simply, the changes of flow rates with internal fluid pressures are much larger than those of the drip irrigation devices with soft silicon. Because the drip irrigation devices with only labyrinth structures can be utilized widely through the optimization of the fluid pressure, the length of the structures, and the cross-sectional area of them, the study on the optimization can play an important role for enhancing the performance of the drip irrigation devices. In this study, experimental and numerical studies for investigating the performance of the drip irrigation devices had been conducted. In the experiments and numerical calculations(CFD), the variable parameters were the lengths of the labyrinth structures(#1~#8) and the fluid pressures(0.5~3.0 bar).