• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.163-176
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• 1997

Sesame was one of the economical crops in Korea. However, cultivation area of sesame has been decreasing rapidly due to the lack of mechanization for this crop and the opening of agricultural product market. Sesame seed is so small that ordinary seeder can not seed properly. In rural practice, farmers seed sesame with hand and do thinning after shoot emerges. Seeding and thinning in sesame cultivation take more than 40% of total labor To reduce labor in seeding and thinning, a pellet seed machine for sesame has been developed. The pellet seed machine is very simple in structure. It utilizes the chemical reaction between alginate solution and $CaCl_2$. Two material forms a membrane when they meet The uniqueness of the pellet seed machine for sesame were 1) a counter rotating roller for metering the mixture of activated carbon and alginate and 2) swinging plate for submerging seed into the mixture. The prototype machine can produce 30, 000 pellets per hour and costs ￦6, 891 per 1 km sesame.

• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 2002년도 동계 학술대회 논문집
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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 Biosystems Engineering
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.161-165
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• 2005

In this study, peeling test of the Altari radish on kimchi pre-processing system for mechanization was performed with the longitudinal plane peeling type with wider cutting blade than that of the peeled chip's. To determine the optimum cutter shape to match this plane peeling type, the peeling tests depending on variable cutting speed, rake angle and blade angle using the blade with thickness as 2 m and width as 50mm were performed, and the patterns of the peeled chips and peeling resistances were investigated. As the result of the tests, the rake angle of the blade with clean peeled surface of the Altari radish was over $45^{\circ}$, and the blade angle and rake angle with the minimum peeling resistance was $20^{\circ}\;and\;60^{\circ}$, respectively. The optimum peeling conditions were; the peeling speed 0.2m/s, blade angle $20^{\circ}$ and the rake angle $60^{\circ}$, and the peeling resistance of each blade was 15 N.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.327-334
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• 2012

Purpose: The color changes in red pepper during far infrared drying were studied in order to establish a color change model. Methods: The far infrared drying experiments of red pepper were conducted at two temperature levels of 60, $70^{\circ}C$ and two air velocity levels of 0.6 and 0.8 m/s. The results were compared with the hot-air drying method. The surface color changes parameters of red pepper were measured qualitatively based on L (lightness), a (redness), b (yellowness) and total color changes (${\Delta}E$). The goodness of fit of model was estimated using the coefficient of determination ($R^2$), the root mean square error (RMSE), the mean relative percent error (P) and the reduced chi-square (${\chi}^2$). Results: The results show that an increase in drying temperature and air velocity resulted in a decrease in drying time, the values of L (lightness) and a (redness) decreased with drying time during far infrared drying. The developed model showed higher $R^2$ values and lower RMSE, P and ${\chi}^2$ values. Conclusions: The model in this study could be beneficial to describe the color changes of red pepper by far infrared drying.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.137-144
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• 2015

Purpose: The high energy requirement of extraction of oil from jatropha seed and reduction of loss in oil content between whole seed and kernel of jatropha necessitate seed shelling. The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the performance of a jatropha seed shelling machine based on seed moisture content. Methods: A shelling machine was designed and constructed for jatropha seed. The components are frame, hopper, shelling chamber, concave, and blower with discharge units. The performance evaluation of the machine was carried out by determining parameters such as percentage of whole kernel recovered, percentage of broken kernel recovered, percentage of partially shelled seed, percentage of unshelled seed, machine capacity, machine efficiency, and shelling efficiency. All of the parameters were evaluated at five different moisture levels: 8.00%, 9.37%, 10.77%, 12.21%, and 13.68% w.b.). Results: The shelling efficiency of the machine increased with increase in seed moisture content; the percentage of whole kernel recovered and percentage of partially shelled seed decreased with increase in moisture content; and percentage of broken kernel, machine efficiency, and percentage of unshelled seed followed a sinusoidal trend with moisture content variation. Conclusion: The best operating condition for the shelling machine was at a moisture content of 8.00% w.b., at which the maximum percentage of whole kernel recovered was 23.23% at a shelling efficiency of 73.95%.

• 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.34-40
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• 2023

The agricultural tractor ROPS test method according to OECD code 4 is a test to assess whether the driver's safety area can be secured when a tractor overturns, and reliability should be ensured. In this study, a model formula and procedure for calculating measurement uncertainty expressing reliability in the field of agricultural machinery testing were established according to the ISO/IEC Guide 98-3:2008. The characteristics of the ROPS test device were assessed and repeated tests were performed, and the were used as factors to calculate the measurement uncertainty. As a result of repeated tests, the accuracy was higher than 1.9 % in all load directions; thus, they were, applied to calculate the type A standard uncertainty. The final expanded uncertainty was calculated within the range of less than ± 7.76 kN of force and ± 6.96 mm of deformation in all load directions.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.384-398
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• 1991

본 연구는 개별농가(個別農家), 영농단(營農團), 위탁영농회사(委託營農會社)의 농기계 적정투입모형(適正投入模型) 선정(選定)과 보유기종(保有機種)이나 구입희망기종((購入希望機種) 의 경제성을 분석(分析)할 수 있는 대화식(對話式) 시뮬레이션 프로그램을 개발(開發)하고자 수행(遂行)되었으며, 그 결과(結果)를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 가. 농기계(農機械)의 적정투입(適正投入) 규모(規模) 선정(選定) 경제성(經濟性) 분석(分析)의 현실(現實) 적용성(適用性)을 높이기 위하여 투입(投入) 농기계(農機械)의 부담면적(負擔面積) 결정요인(決定要因)과 비용분석을 위한 기초자료를 문헌(文獻) 및 자료조사(資料調査)를 통하여 수집하였으며 이를 기초로 하여 수학적 모델을 개발하였다. 나. 개별(個別) 농업경영체(農業經營體)(농가(農家) 또는 영농단(營農團))의 지역(地域), 기후지대별(氣候地帶別) 적기작업기간에 따른 농기계이용(農機械利用) 일수(日數), 임작업료(賃作業料) 등을, 농촌지도소에 보급된 행정전산용(行政電算用) PC를 이용(利用)하여, 프로그램 이용자(利用者)가 입력설정(入力設定)하고 투입농기계의 경제성(經濟性)을 분석(分析)할 수 있는 대화식(對話式) 프로그램을 개발(開發)하였다. 다. 개발된 프로그램을 이용하여 벼농사 일관작업(一貫作業)은 물론 각 농작업(農作業)을 분리(分離)하여 투입 농기계별로 상세(詳細)한 경제성(經濟性)을 분석(分析)할 수 있으며, 경운 정지작업 기종은 3형식, 이앙(移秧), 방제(防除), 수확작업(收穫作業) 기종은 2형식을 동시(同時)에 분석(分析)할 수 있다. 벼농사는 경운(耕耘), 정지(整地), 방제작업(防除作業)에 대하여 분석할 수 있다. 라. 프로그램 분석결과(分析結果)는 입력(入力)된 경지면적(耕地面積)에서 기계화 영농을 수행할 때 투입 농기계의 기계사용(機械使用) 과부족일수(過不足日數), 부담면적(負擔面積), 손익분기면적(損益分岐面積), 월간(月間) 고정비(固定費), ha당(當) 기계이용비(機械利用費) 등을 포함한다. 마. 손익분기면적(損益分岐面積) 기종별(機種別) 임작업료(賃作業料)를 기준으로 한 손익분기면적(損益分岐面積)은 경운(耕耘) 정지작업(整地作業)의 임작업료(賃作業料)가 100원/평 일때 경운기, 트랙터 22,25,35,38,50,74 마력은 각각(各各) 1.8, 6.7, 7.6, 9.7, 9.3, 17.5, 23.7 ha 였으며, 이앙작업(移秧作業)의 임작업료(賃作業料)가 100원/평일 때 이앙기 보행4조, 승용4,6조는 각각(各各) 2.2, 5.8, 7.9 ha, 수확작업(收穫作業)의 임작업료(賃作業料)가 130원/평 일때 바인더, 콤바인 2,3,4조는 각각(各各) 2.2, 7.2, 10.2, 15.7 ha로 나타났다.

• 농촌계획
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.73-79
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• 2013

As facilities performing the production, processing, preservation, and shipment of agricultural products; agricultural facilities are categorized into planting facilities and livestock facilities based on the management target. Agricultural facilities are set in farmlands, and facility users mainly complain about the legal or institutional restrictions on farm rather than their own facilities itself. From 2009 to 2012, the Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) published the "Casebook of farmer Complaints on Farmlands" in order to help answer farmers' questions and support public workers' workloads. However, contents related to agricultural facility installed in farmland are currently not dealt with in particular. Among agricultural facilities, demands of property rights with livestock facilities have risen due to construction permissions, operational restrictions, and high initial investment costs; and relevant laws were revised and are now being executed. However, for planting facilities such as mushroom facilities, ginseng facilities, and greenhouses; farmer complaints related to property rights are constantly increasing because revisions to relevant laws are not being made despite the rising diversity of construction materials through technical developments as well as the rising scale of assets-i.e. mechanization, automation, and the application of New Regeneration Energies according to capital influx. In this study, the current state of relevant agricultural facility legislation were organized and their drawbacks deduced in order to propose improvements of Agricultural Facility Legislation. The result of interviewing with public workers and farmers show that agricultural facilities should be regarded as extensions of farmlands rather than as facilities built in land where development actions were being taken. Alternatives able to reflect these opinions were suggested through expert consultation.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.270-278
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• 2013

Purpose: Using agricultural machinery was not easy in the conventional shading structure, specified as a standard facility by standard cultivation methods for ginseng. Thus, this study designed the new types of facility allowing machine access by modifying the conventional type. Methods: Two types of facility (i.e. wide roof type and long & short roof type) were designed and installed in an experimental site to evaluate its growing environments and applicability of riding-type cultivator. Results: From the results of incoming light measurement, all three types (i.e. two new types and a conventional type) of shading structures blocked the incoming light after 9:00 am. The temperature distribution inside the new types was similar with the one in the conventional type, so the growth of ginseng was in good condition in all three types of facility. The riding-type cultivator was operated well with the low speed first gear of 0.13 m/s in the new types. However, a long & short typed roof needs to be raised 18 cm height in order to use the cultivator. Conclusions: With the results of this study, the new types of roof can be used in the ginseng farm in that they satisfied the growing environments for ginseng and the needs for agricultural mechanization.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.135-148
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• 2004

Rice is not only main food but also key farm income source of Korean farmers. In spite of the above facts, rice productivity was decreased on account of drought in every 2 or 3 years interval owing to the vulnerability of irrigation facilities throughout Korea in the past decades. As an context of the first five year economic development plan, all weather farming programme including 4 big river basin comprehensive development projects and large and medium sized irrigation water development projects were carried out successfully. Therefore the area of irrigated paddy were increased from 58% in 1970 to 76.2% in 1999. In the past decades, the Government had invested heavy financial funds to develop irrigation water but as an factor share analysis, the contribution rates of irrigation water and investment for farmland base development project have not been identified yet in national agricultural economic level. It is very scarce to find out the papers concerned to macro-economic factor share analysis or contribution rates of water and investment cost to rice production value in Korea considering the production function of the quantity of irrigation water and investment cost as independent variables. Accordingly this paper covered and aimed at identifying (1) derivation of rice production function with the time serial data from 1965 to 1999 and the contribution rates of irrigation water and total investment cost for farmland base development project. The analytical model of the contribution rates was adapted the famous Cobb-Douglass production function. According to the model analysis, the contribution rate of irrigation water to rice production in Korea was shown 37.8% which was equivalent to 0.28 of the production elasticity of water. The contribution rate of farmland base development project cost was revealed 22% and direct production cost of rice was contributed 60% in the growth of rice production and farm mechanization costs contributed to 18% of it respectively. The two contribution rates comparing with the direct production cost were small but without irrigation water and farmland base development, application of high-pay off inputs and farm mechanization might be impossible. Considering the food security and to cope with the frequent drought, rice farming and investment for the irrigation water development should be continued even in WTO system.