• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.28-35
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• 2020

This study is to compare irrigation efficiency between sap flow sensor automated system (SF) and conventional irrigation system based on integrated solar radiation automated system (ISR) in tomato rockwool hydroponics. Total irrigated volumes was higher in the ISR system by 5.0L per plant, a lower drainage rate was found in the SF system, compared to the ISR system. There was no difference in shoot and fruit fresh weights, water use efficiency (WUE) and water amount consumed for producing 200g of tomato fruit. The daily average sap flow density (SFD) was closer to the change of solar irradiance (SI) in the plant grown under the SF system, compared to the ISR system. The correlation coefficient (r²) between the fruit diameter and the volumetric water content during the 56 and 82 days after transplant showed the SF treatment was higher than the ISR at night and daytime, and the correlation was higher at night time. The sap flow density and humidity deficit (HD) of SF treatment was related as closely as the solar irradiance. Further studies should demonstrate that SF irrigation system is a convenient method for hydroponic farmers with advantages, such as growth, higher yield, WUE, and accuracy.

• Horticultural Science & Technology
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.36-42
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• 2011

This research was conducted to investigate the effects of irrigation quantity in irrigation management system controlled by drainage level sensors for perlite bag culture on the growth and yields of tomatoes during different growth stages. Tomato plants were irrigated with four selected methods; supplying small quantity (~70 mL) during entire growth (S-S), large quantity (~145 mL) during entire growth (L-L), small quantity before harvesting the first cluster fruits and large quantity after harvesting (S-L), and large quantity until harvesting the first cluster fruits and small quantity after harvesting (L-S). The irrigation quantity supplied in each time was gradually adjusted along with the ratios as the tomato crop grew during different growth stages. The growth of the tomato plants was unstable and slow during the entire cropping period when the plant was irrigated by small or large quantities (S-S or L-L). In L-S treatment, the growth phase of the tomato was changed from vegetative to generative growth on the basis of the plant development index when each irrigation quantity was changed. The L-S treatment exhibited the largest root volume and yields with stable drainage ratios. Therefore, the optimum irrigation quantity was determined as 145 mL before harvesting the first cluster fruits and 70 mL after harvesting.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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• v.58 no.4
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• pp.422-426
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• 2009

The key point on water culture is the precise irrigation control according to the growth condition of growing plant. And most existing irrigation controllers are operated independently. So, the manager must be resided at hydroponic farm. In this paper, we design the irrigation control system based on wireless Internet that can be providing various control functions according to the growth condition of growing plant by using the cellular phone.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.128-130
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• 1998

지난날 각 가정에 많이 사용해왔던 등잔불이 심지라는 섬유제품을 통하여 기름이 올라오는 원리 즉 모세관 현상을 이용한 조명 방법이었다. 고형배지를 이용한 양액재배에서 양액의 공급은 동력기기를 이용한 소위 에너지를 많이 소비하는 방법이 거의 전부라 할 수 있다. 에너지를 절약할수 있는 방법을 생각하던 중에 섬유직조물들이 갖고 있는 모세관현상을 이용한 급액방법을 몇가지 섬유제품을 가지고 시도해 보았는데 예상했던 것 보다 훨씬 다양하고 좋은 결과를 얻었다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.149-152
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• 1999

최근 들어 시설재배는 토양재배에서 관비재배, 관비재배에서 양액재배방식으로 전환하려는 농가가 급속히 늘고 있어 시대가 변천하면서 더욱 생력적이고 효율적인 농업방식으로 발전하고 있다. 이는 시설의 구조나 형태가 작물생육에 적합한 환경을 제공하기 위하여 지속적으로 개선되어 왔고, 또한 토양재배시 초래되는 연작장해를 회피하기 위한 농가의 요구가 반영된 결과이다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.145-148
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• 1999

최근들어 토양재배에서 관비재배, 관비재배에서 양액재배방식으로 전환하려는 농가가 급속히 늘고 있어 시대가 변천하면서 시설재배방식은 더욱 생력적이고 효율적인 농업방식으로 발전하고 있다. 이는 시설의 구조나 형태가 작물생육에 적합한 환경을 제공하기 위하여 지속적으로 개선되어 왔고, 또한 토양재배시 초래되는 연작장해를 회피하기 위한 농가의 요구가 반영된 결과이다. (중략)

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.301-305
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• 1992

Effect of heating medium and evaporation temperatures on a concentration ratio, a evaporation rate and a overall heat transfer coefficient during concentration of garlic juice by a centrifugal thin film evaporator were investigated. At constant feeding rate and evaporation temperature, the concentration ratio, the evaporation rate and the overall heat transfer coefficient increased with the increase of the steam temperature but those values increased slowly or decreased as a steam temperature exceeded $110^{\circ}C$. At the feeding rate of 50 kg/h and the steam temperature of $100^{\circ}C$ and below, those values decreased with the increase of evaporation temperature. But if a steam temperature became $100^{\circ}C$ and up, those values increased slowly and then decreased with the increase of the evaporation temperature until the evaporation temperature reached a critical value. At constant feeding rate, those values increased until the temperature difference between steam and evaporation temperatures became $70^{\circ}C$. But if they become larger than $70^{\circ}C$, those values increased slowly and then decreased.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.529-535
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• 1996

Methyl frucloside was purified from the aqueous sugar/methyl fructoside solution by liquid chromatography using Amberlite IRA-900, strong anion-exchange resin. The optimum operating conditions, resolution and productivity of methyl fructoside were discussed to evaluate the practical feasibility of the proposed chromatographic separation process of methyl fructoside which is useful as a new starting material for sugar ester synthesis. The linear chromatography model with HETP was well applied to the chromatographic separation process of methyl fructoside and the theoretical solution successfully predicted the elution chromatogram of methyl fructoside and sucrose at different superficial linear velocity of eluent for rectangular feed with different loading volume of packed bed. The optimum operating conditions were found to be 75% with the loading volume of packed bed at 1.13 cm/min of the superficial linear velocity at $60^{\circ}C$, and gave the productivity of methyl fructoside of 7 mg/g-resin/h with the resolution of 1.1.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.89-94
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• 2016

This study was conducted to determine the optimum nutrient solution, pH, irrigation interval, light intensity and planting density to growth of common ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.) in a closed-type plant production system. Three-band radiation type fluorescent lamps with a 12-h photoperiod were used. Nutrient film technique systems with three layers were used for the plant growth system. Environmental conditions, such as air temperature, relative humidity and $CO_2$ concentration were controlled by an ON/OFF operation. Treatments were comparison of the nutrient solution of Horticultural Experiment Station in Japan (NHES) and the nutrient solution of Jeju National University (NJNU), pH 6.0 and 7.0, irrigation interval 5 min and 10 min, light intensity 90 and $180{\mu}mol{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}s^{-1}$, and within-row spacing 10 cm, 15 cm, 20 cm and 25 cm with between-row spacing 15 cm. Optimum macronutrients were composed N 7.65, P 0.65, K 4.0, Ca 1.6 and Mg $1.0mM{\cdot}L^{-1}$. There were no significant interactions between pH 6.0 and 7.0 about shoot fresh weight and shoot dry weight of common ice plant. Irrigation interval 5 min and 10 min was also the same result. Shoot fresh weight and shoot dry weight were highest at $180{\mu}mol{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}s^{-1}$. Shoot fresh weight and shoot dry weight were decreased according to increasing the planting density. From the above results, we concluded that optimum nutrient solution, optimum levels of pH, irrigation interval, light intensity and planting density were 6.0-7.0 and 10 min, $180{\mu}mol{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}s^{-1}$ and $15{\times}15cm$, respectively for growth of common ice plant in a closed-type plant production system.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.248-255
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• 2013

This study examined an automated irrigation technique by a frequency domain reflectometry (FDR) sensor for scheduling irrigation for tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. 'Starbuck F1') cultivation aimed at avoiding effluent from an open hydroponic system with coir substrate containing different ratios of chip-to-dust (v/v) content. Specifically, the objectives were to undertake preliminary measurements of irrigation volumes, leachate volume, volumetric water content and electrical conductivity (EC) in the substrate, plant growth, fruit yield, and water use efficiency resulting from variation in chip content as an initial experiment. Commercial coir substrates containing different percentages of chips and dust (0 and 100%, 30 and 70%, 50 and 50%, or 70 and 30%), two-story coir substrates with different percentages of chips in the lower layer and dust in the upper layer (15 and 85%, 25 and 75%, or 35 and 65%), or rockwool slabs were used. The results showed that a negligible or no leachate was found for all treatments when plants were grown under a technique for scheduling non-drainage irrigation using a frequency domain reflectometry (FDR) sensor. Daily irrigation volume was affected by chip content in both commercial and two-story slabs. The highest plant growth, marketable fruit weight, and water-use efficiency were observed in the plants grown in the commercial coir slab containing 0% chips and 100% dust, indicating that the FDR sensor-auto-mated irrigation may be more useful for tomato cultivation in coir substrate containing 0% chips and 100% dust using water efficiently and minimizing or avoiding leachate and thus increasing yield and reducing pollution. Detailed experiment is necessary to closely focus on determining appropriate irrigation volume at each of irrigation as well as duration of each individual irrigation cycle depending on different physical properties of substrates using an automated irrigation system operated by the FDR sensor.