• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.390-396
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• 1995

This study was conducted to develop a computer simulation program for trickle application of nutrient solution. A computer simulation program using finite element method was developed to evaluate discharges of emitters on trickle application. The uniformity of application for two different lateral line lengths and three application methods was evaluated by the computer simulation program. The results of this study are as follows. 1. A computer simulation program was developed to determine emitter discharges from a trickle application system and pressures at emitter positions by finite element method and to design a uniform trickle application system. 2. The simulation program developed was verified by experiment. The root mean square error between experimental data and simulated data was 1.1% on the average discharge and it was found that the computer simulation program was an effective tool for the design of a trickle application system of nutrient solution. 3. The uniformity of trickle application system was evaluated for three different methods of supplying nutrient solution with different lateral line lengths. The best uniformity was obtained from the method, which supplies nutrient solution from both ends alternatively for the same period of time.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.128-136
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• 1989

The purpose of this study was to develop a computer operated automatic drip irrigation system for application in vinyl-house cultivation. The results can be summarized as follows: 1) The T-type ice compensation wire was used to measure the temperature. The voltage level measured up to 0.02 volt was used as input to an 8-bit A/D converter. 2) A specially devised tensiometer was used to content the watering system. When the needle of the pressure gauge reaches the lower threshold position it turns on the pumping system and turns off when it reaches higher threshold position. 3) In order to use the multiple gypsum blocks for one transducer, reed relays and a D/O board were used to make the sequential switching possible. 4) It was possible to automate the trickle irrigation system for the whole growth period of vinyl-house crops with the help of microcomputer. 5) In terms of furrow irrigation, the irrigation water consumption was the smallest, 2.8 times less than conventional method of surface trickle irrigation, 3.4 times less than subsurface trickle irrigation method. 6) In terms of productivity of cucumber, there was a drop in productivity when compared to furrow irrigation method, 7.2% for surface trickle irrigation, 27.4% for subsurface irrigation method.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.383-389
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• 1995

This study was conducted to develop an automatic nutrient control system for trickle application of nutrient solution. Temperature, electric conductivity(EC). pH and dissolved oxygen(DO) were selected as control variables. A controller using single-chip microcomputer was constructed. An automatic control system for nutrient solution and a controller using single-chip microcomputer with control algorithm were developed. The control system was tested, and could control temperature, EC and pH within the error ranges of $pm 0.2^{circ} pm 0.2mS/cm, pm 0.1pH$, respectively.

• 아시안잔디학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.155-163
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• 2003

우리나라 1인당 도시공원 면적은 6.46$m^2$로 도시녹지공간이 매우 부족하여 도심 콘크리트 옥상의 녹화는 거주자에게 산책, 휴식, 운동 및 레크리에이션 공간으로 활용될 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구는 도시 옥상녹화에 적합한 지반, 점적 관수 및 잔디초종을 선발하고자 실험을 실시하였다. 옥상잔디 조성에 적합한 혼합토를 찾기 위해 하중과 배수효율을 고려하여 토양개량재와 배수구조를 달리한 네 개 조합의 잔디 지반구조를 설치하였다. 또한 자동 점적 관수시스템의 최적 조건을 구명하기 위해 주관 간격(50cm, 100cm)과 점적기 간격(15cm, 20cm, 30cm, 50cm, 100cm)을 달리 처리하였다. 잔디종류를 선정하기 위해 버뮤다그래스 '건우', 세엽 한국들잔디 '건희'와 Kentucky bluegrass, Perennial ryegrass 와 Tall fescue 한지형잔디 혼파 두 조합을 식재 후 잔디의 생육상태를 비교하였다. 토양개량재의 입도 분석 결과 펄라이트와 질석 입자 입경은 98%가 4.75∼l.75mm로 균일한 입도를 나타내었다. 그러나 피트모스는 다량의 섬유질 때문에 4.75mm의 채를 통과하지 못하는 비율이 60%로 매우 높았다. 또한 포화수분하의 토양개량재 별 하중을 조사한 결과 건조 시 펄라이트의 1$\ell$ 당 무게는 0.2kg로 매우 가벼웠으며 포화수분 하에서 무게증가는 1.66 배로 작게 나타났다. 반면 질석과 피트모스의 경우 건조 시 각각 0.1kg, 0.2kg으로 매우 가벼웠으나 포화수분 하에서 3.5배 이상으로 무게가 많이 증가하였다. 혼합토 처리별 하중은 처리구 모두 200kg/$m^2$ 이하로서 일반 학교 옥상의 제한하중 범위 내에 속하였다. 특히 스티로폼 배수층이 포함된 Mixture III은 139.2kg/$m^2$로 가장 가벼웠다. 또한 혼합토에 따른 잔디품질은 스티로폼 배수층이 있는 Mixture III와 IV에서 우수하게 나타났다. 옥상 녹화용 점적 관수시설의 균일한 전면관 수를 위해 주관의 배치 간격은 50cm 이내가 적합한 것으로 나타났다. 특히 한지형 잔디는 100cm 이상의 주관 폭에서 건조로 고사 현상이 나타났으며 초기 관수효율은 점적기의 간격이 짧을수록 잔디 생육이 우수하였으나 조성시간이 경과할수록 점적기의 간격은 50cm에서 잔디생육이 우수하였다. 자동 타이머에 의해 조절된 관수 간격은 1일 1회 관수 된 처리구의 잔디 품질이 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 잔디 종류는 난지형잔디에서 혼합토 종류 및 모든 관수 시설 처리서 우수한 생육을 나타내었으나 한지형 잔디는 관수시설에 따라 생육이 차이가 현저하게 나타났다. 따라서 한지형 잔디로 옥상 조경 시 적합 혼합토 및 관수 시설의 선정에 유의하여야 할 것으로 판단된다. 또한 버뮤다그래스는 중부지역의 경우 월동력이 낮으므로 온도변화가 심한 옥상 콘크리트 환경에서 버뮤다그래스 '건우'의 월동에 대한 연구가 지속되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.288-298
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• 1995

In greenhouse vegetable, the automatic control in cultivating environment has been projected as a national business ; especially a countermeasure against the settlement of UR negotiation. Because it makes possible to manage a large greenhouse with family-hands and to expect the betterment of quality and the increasement of harvest in crops. In the course of carrying the workout, however, there are many problems with the overall control system with computers as well as the individual systems for environment control because of hardware and software problems : especially the shortage of data for development of the system is most serious. Among the many problems for development of the automatic control system, the automations of irrigation, liquefied fertilizer and chemical solution, mixing and ventilation, etc and the development of the general automatic controller system for environment control in greenhouse are studied, which requires a lot of tabors. The results are summarized as follows ; 1. In moisture control by the soil moisture meter, the error was shown 10 % in the beginning irrigation point and 19 % in the stop irrigation point. 2. The supply of liquefied fertilizers with the irrigation system was excellent by setting the operating time and the mixing ratio. 3. The developed chemical spraying system was operated well, but not perfect in nozzle positions. 4. The cucumber was cultivated properly with the trickle irrigation system. 5. The developed controller for the automatic control system in greenhouse was remarkable in the part of hardware, but more researches are needed in the part of software.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2011

The study investigates the effects of a body that influences the nucleation and growth of crystal by experiment the application of zinc crystalline glaze to five of the most favorably used kinds of bodies sold in the market. As a result, in all bodies used in the test, willemite crystal is appeared on the surface and in the case of white porcelain, super white and white porcelain sculpture clay, beautiful crystals is developed. The reason that crystal does not grow and trickle down by sticking to the body in celadon clay and Sanchung clay is the large surface tension of glaze by ingredient CaO which is more often present compared to other bodies. In glaze, the ingredients $Al_2O_3$ and RO greatly influences the surface tension, and adhesion of the glaze and the body is completed by the glaze's power to stick, which is determined by the reaction of both the glaze and the body. However, in the case of Sanchung clay, the CaO in body reacts to the glaze, and glaze, on Sanchung clay, has tendency to run more compared with other bodies. It is supposed that this mechanism influences the growth of willemite crystal and the glaze's adhesion to the body.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.30-35
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• 2015

This study was conducted to investigate investigated the effect of nitrogen fertilizer on nitrate concentration in soil solution and to determine the relationship between yield and nitrate concentration in soil solution for cucumber cultivation under plastic film house. Nitrogen as urea was applied at rates of 0, 120, 240, 360, and $480kg\;N\;ha^{-1}$ as an additional fertilizer by trickle irrigation during cucumber cultivation. Monitoring of nitrate concentration in soil solution was investigated using porous cups at 25 cm depth under soil surface. Nitrate concentration in soil solution increased with increasing the rate of additional nitrogen. Correlation coefficient between EC value and nitrate concentration was positive in soil and soil solution (p<0.05). An additional nitrogen of about $300kg\;ha^{-1}$ was shown the highest yield of cucumber, and improved yield by 5% compared to N recommendation of $240kg\;N\;ha^{-1}$. The highest yield was determined at nitrate concentration of $82mg\;L^{-1}$ in soil solution by regression equation ($Y=74.2+0.73X+0.000504X^2$, $R^2=0.629^*$). These results means indicate that nitrate concentration in soil solution would be useful method to rapid determination for additional nitrogen during cucumber cultivation under plastic film house.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.465-469
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• 2006

Two mesophilic trickling bed bioreactors filled with two different types of media, hydrophilic- and hydrophobic-cubes, were designed and tested for hydrogen production via anaerobic fermentation of sucrose. Each reactor consisted of a column packed with polymeric cubes and inoculated with heat-treated sludge obtained from anaerobic digestion tank. A defined medium containing sucrose was fed with changing flow rate into the capped reactor, hydraulic retention time and recycle rate. Hydrogen concentrations in gas-phase were constant, averaging 40% for all conditions tested. Hydrogen production rates increased up to $10.5 L{\cdot};h^{-1}{\cdot}L^{-1}$ of reactor when influent sucrose concentrations and recycle rates were varied. Hydrophobic media provided higher value of hydrogen production rate than hydrophilic media at the same operation conditions. No methane was detected when the reactor was under a normal operation. The major fermentation by-products in the liquid effluent of the both trickling biofilters were acetate and butyrate. The reactor filled with hydrophilic media became clogged with biomass and bio gas, requiring manual cleaning of the system, while no clogging occurred in the reactor with hydrophobic media. In order to make long-term operation of the reactor filled with hydrophilic media feasible, biofilm accumulation inside the media in the reactor with hydrophilic media and biogas produced from the reactor will need to be controlled through some process such as periodical backwashing or gas-purging. These tests using trickling bed biofilter with hydrophobic media demonstrate the feasibility of the process to produce hydrogen gas in a trickle-bed type of reactor. A likely application of this reactor technology could be hydrogen gas recovery from pre-treatment of high carbohydrate-containing wastewaters.