• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.335-350
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• 2013

With the efforts to development of renewable energy technologies, and increasing awareness to environmental issues, the usage of wood pallets has been increasing every year since the introduction of wood pallet technology to the domestic market. until 2009, majority usage of pellet boiler was in the residential houses. In an effort to increase the distribution of wood pellet boiler to cultivation facilities with high usage of fuels, The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has launched a distribution project of wood pellet boiler for fuel usage as a part of the agricultural and fishery energy efficiency projects. Although only small number of farms with a heat-culturing facility have replaced from conventional boiler to pellet boiler. Although part of reason for low usage of pallet boiler is lack of understanding and information of it, the main reasons are high initial cost and uncertainty of its cost efficiency. Also, most people from agricultural industry don't realize it's significance in terms of environmental benefit due to lack of understanding in 'resource circulation' and 'adopting to climate change'. In this study, first, we did a cost-efficiency analysis of the farm which uses a diesel boiler to grow cucumber, tomato, paprika. Then we replaced the diesel boiler to a pallet boiler and measured its cost-efficiency again. By comparing the cost-efficiency of the diesel boiler with the pellet boiler, we analyzed the economic viability of pellet boiler. Then we analyzed viability of pallet boiler usage in terms of 'resource circulation' and 'adopting to climate change'. As a result of our analysis, we have found out that under the current system of government support, the energy usage varies depends of the types crops grown and the higher the energy use, the more cost efficient it is to use the pallet boiler. Also, it is economically viable to use the pallet boiler in terms of 'resource circulation' and 'adopting to climate change'.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.255-268
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• 2014

We are now currently facing serious climate changes such as super typhoon, flood, intense heat, severe cold, super hurricane, drought, desertification, destruction of ecosystem, marine pollution, reduction of food production, destruction of tropical forests, exhaustion of water resources, climate refugees, etc. All of the above mainly derive from greenhouse gas exhaustion. Such harmful consequence might directly affect mankind's sustainable development. If we keep using resources that emits greenhouse gases, the global temperature will rise about $3.2^{\circ}C$ by year 2050. In case of $3^{\circ}C$ rise in temperature, it will result in abnormal climate which will bring about severe property damage. Moreover, 20~50% of the ecosystem will become extinct. As Korea's economy increasingly expands, so do our energy consumption rises. And because of the consequences that can be driven by increasing rate of resource use, not just Korea itself, but also the whole world should seriously concern about greenhouse gases. Although agricultural division only takes up about 3.2% of total greenhouse gas emission, the ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs are taking voluntary actions to gradually reduce $CO_2$ and so does each and every related organizations. In order to reduce $CO_2$, introduction of new and renewable energy in farm house warming is crucial. In other words, implementing wood-pellet boiler and geothermal heat boiler can largly reduce $CO_2$ emission compared to diesel boiler. More importantly, not only wood-pellet and geothermal heat is pollution-free but they also have economic advantages some-what. In this thesis, the economic advantage and sustainablity will be introduced and proved through comparing practical analysis of surveyed farm house under structure employing wood-pellet boiler and geothermal heat boiler with Agriculture-Economic Statistic of 2012 who uses diesel boiler.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.371-377
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• 2013

고추 수급 안정대책의 일환으로 정부에서는 2012년부터 고추 비가림시설 지원 사업을 실시하고 있지만 현재 농가에 보급되고 있는 단동 비닐하우스는 측고가 낮아 고추 비가림재배에 부적합한 면이 있다. 본 연구에서는 고추 재배에 적합한 규격을 가지면서 구조적으로도 안전한 고추 비가림재배용 단동 비닐하우스를 개발하고자 하였다. 전국 56개 고추 비가림재배 농가를 대상으로 비닐하우스 구조실태 및 구조개선 희망사항을 조사하여 비닐하우스 폭과 높이를 설정하였다. 현재 운용중인 비닐하우스의 폭은 7m 미만이 53%를, 측고는 1.5m 이하가 64%로 가장 높은 비율을 차지하였다. 희망하는 하우스의 폭은 7.0m, 측고는 2.0m를 선호하는 농가가 가장 많아서 이 규격으로 결정하였다. 서까래 파이프 규격을 다양하게 변화시켜가면서 구조안전성을 분석한 후 골조율과 설치비 등을 고려하여 5종의 모델을 제시하였다. 12-고추-1형은 ${\emptyset}42.2{\times}2.1t$의 서까래 파이프를 90cm 간격, 12-고추-2형부터 5형은 ${\emptyset}31.8{\times}1.5t$의 서까래 파이프를 각각 60cm, 70cm, 80cm 및 90cm 간격으로 설치하는 모델이다. 농림수산식품부 고시 10-단동-3형과 비교하여 12-고추-2형의 경제성을 분석한 결과, $672m^2$ 면적의 하우스 1동 기준으로 약 120만원의 소득 증가가 있는 것으로 나타났다.