• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.136-146
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• 1999

A series of experiments were carried out in winter to investigate the indoor thermal environment in greenhouses with different kinds of heating systems, and characterize the energy consumption, heat transport and thermal energy efficiency of each system. By the Quantitative calculation of heat losses which transmit through the covers of greenhouse, the fundamental data of energy-saving of the particular heating system were obtained. And from the analysis of air temperature differences between indoor and outside, it was possible to select more effective energy-saving and comfortable heating system in greenhouses. The electric heater was more stable in thermal environment and cheaper in cost, since it could be used during the surplus time of electric power from 10：00 p.M. to 8：00 A.M. But the low air temperature in greenhouses besides these times resulted in a chilling problem of the crops. The heating system by hot air had the advantage to show nearly uniform temperature difference by the height above the ground. But the system had the disadvantage to require more energy consumption than the electric heating system.

• 보일러설비
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• s.75
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• pp.73-75
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• 2000

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.125-135
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• 1999

In this paper, the thermal characteristics in plastic greenhouses with heating systems of electric power, hot air, and non-heating are measured and analyzed by field tests. From these tests, we were able to estimate the heating efficiency and quantitatively evaluate the characteristics of indoor thermal distributions of the particular heating system in greenhouses. The heating system of electric power was ineffective to reduce the difference of thermal distribution in the vertical direction. The hot air heating system also does not properly reduce the serious temperature fluctuation by time. By removing the above problems, these data will be utilized effectively to design better thermal environment in greenhouses.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.324-332
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• 2017

The comparative experiments were conducted for single span greenhouses where cucumbers were cultivated to analyze the effect of heating between a carbon fiber electric heating element heater and an oil hot air heater in terms of the inside climate, energy consumption and plant growth. In order to analyze the effect of heating capacity, 6, 9, and 16 kW of electric powers were supplied to the electric heating element for same setting temperature of 15?. As a result, as the heating capacity increased, the number of ON-OFF cycles of the electric heating element and the temperature inside the greenhouse increased proportionally. In the comparison of two heaters, it was shown that the temperature and relative humidity distributions of the electric heating element installed greenhouse was much uniform than those of the oil hot air heater installed greenhouse. The heating energy consumptions during the heating period of 79 days were 867L for the oil hot air heater and 8,959 kWh for the electric heating element heater, and the heating costs were 607 and 403 thousand won respectively. In the electric heating element installed greenhouse, the cucumber growth was slightly better and the yield was 4.3% higher than those of the oil hot air heater installed greenhouse, but there were no statically significant difference in the cucumber growth and yield between greenhouses.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.215-224
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• 2009

A survey on the actual state of heating, cooling, ventilation, and air-flow and experimental measurement of temperature and humidity distribution in tomato greenhouse were performed to provide fundamental data required in the development of air-flow control technology. In single-span plastic houses, which account for most of 136 tomato greenhouses surveyed, roof windows, ventilation and air-flow fans were installed in a low rate, and installation specs of those facilities showed a very large deviation. There were no farms installed greenhouse cooling facilities. In the hot air heating system, which account for most of heating type, installation specs of hot air duct showed also a large deviation. The exhaust air temperature and wind speed in hot air duct also were measured to have a big difference depending on the distance from the heater. We are using the maximum difference as indicator to determine whether temperature distribution is uniform. However if the temperature slope is not identical in greenhouse, it can't represent the uniformity. We analyzed relation between the maximum difference and the uniformity of temperature and humidity distribution. The uniformity was calculated using the mean and standard deviation of data from 12 measuring points. They showed high correlation but were represented differently by linear in the daytime and quadratic in the nighttime. It could see that the uniformity of temperature and humidity distribution was much different according to greenhouse type and heating method. The installation guidelines for ventilation and air-flow fan, the spread of greenhouse cooling technology for year-round stable production, and improvement of air duct and heating system, etc. are needed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.38-43
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• 2003

우리나라의 시설재배면적은 2001년 현재 52,135ha이고 이중가온 재배면적이 12,710ha로 전체 시설재배면적의 25%에 해당하며 또한 난방비용이 경영비 중 차지하는 비중이 시설재배 선진국의 15%에 비하여 25-30%을 차지하고 있어 난방비의 비중이 높다. 온풍난방시 시설내 에너지 절감을 위한 국내의 연구는 주로 보온, 난방기의 위치 및 Duct의 토출구 간격 및 직경(Kim 등, 1994), 난방배관 구조개선(Kwon 등, 1992)등으로 연구되어 왔다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.13-17
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• 2000

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.313-319
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• 1999

간접열식 LPG온풍난방기는 LP(Liquefied Petroleum)가스를 열원으로 한 온풍난방기를 말한다. LP가스는 프로판(Propane, $C_3$H$_{8}$)과 부탄(Butane, $C_4$H$_{10}$)을 주성분으로 하는 혼합물로 에탄, 프로필렌, 부틸렌 등이 약간 포함되어 있는 기체로 액화 및 기화가 쉬우며 기체상태에서는 비중이 공기보다 무겁고 액체상태에서는 물보다 가볍다. 또한, 기화할 때는 다량의 열과 연소시 많은 공기를 필요로 하고 온도에 따라 액체의 부피가 변하는 특성을 가지고 있으며 무색, 무취, 무독하다. LP가스의 발열량은 12,000kcal/kg으로 경유나 보일러등유 보다 약 30% 정도 높아 난방연료로서의 사용 및 취급성이 우수하다. (중략)

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.335-342
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• 1999

Air and flue gas temperature distributions in the space heater for greenhouse were measured to develop a thermal design technology for the space heater. Also, the characteristics of the fan supplying air to the space heater were investigated. The temperature of the flue gas inside the flue gas tube was linearly decreased as the lenght of than those of the flue gas with the oxygen concentration of 8.25% at the last exit of the second flue gas tube. Thus, the operating efficiency of the space heater could be increased with low air ratio decreased exhausting gas temperature and saved the energy consumption with decreased excess air flow. The temperature of the air supplied by fan was increased slowly around the first flue gas tube, meanwhile, increased sharply around the second flue gas tube due to large LMTD (Logarithmic Mean Temperature Difference) at the first flue gas tube than which of the second flue gas tube.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.454-459
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• 2017

In this study, a thermal system was designed using a 3-way valve and PTC attached to a solar module. This design could help solve the problem of rising fossil fuel costs caused by limited reserves and environmental problems resulting from fossil fuel use. The thermal system is a hot-air and heating control system composed of a temperature sensor part, mode setting part (for hot air and heating modes), supply part, and thermal system control part. The temperature sensor part has piping and an indoor temperature display, and the temperature setting part has multiple monitoring functions. The mode setting part switches between hot air and heating modes and can be used to set the temperature. The thermal system control part performs functions such as PTC control and temperature setting, PTC day and night and time selection, hot air and heating control, and three-way valve selection. The results verify that the system operates with stable response speeds of $680{\mu}s$ in the temperature sensor part, $700{\mu}s$ in the mode setting part, and $610{\mu}s$ in the thermal system control part.