• Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.218-225
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• 2023

An agrivoltaic system (AVS) is a combined system that generates power through photovoltaic panels (PVPs) installed above a field where a crop is cultivated. Although soil moisture is an important limiting factor for open-field crop production, particularly during spring season in Korea, it is not well considered in the utilization of AVS. Indeed, the application of water-energy-food nexus on the AVS should be necessary. In this study, the changes of soil moisture and temperature under the AVS was investigated in fallow paddy field during spring season. The AVS that has partial shading condition by PV panels was decreased soil temperature and increased soil moisture compared to open-field. Furthermore, the maximum of the change in soil moisture to the change in soil temperature had a negative correlation both on open-field and AVS under wet condition. It represents that the micro-climate under the AVS is in energy-limited condition. The open-field of relatively high soil temperature was in water-limited condition. The different behavior of soil moisture on the AVS should be considered for the sustainable agricultural system as related to water-energy-food nexus.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.52 no.4
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• pp.27-34
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• 2010

본 연구는 농촌마을을 환경친화적으로 계획하는데 활용할 수 있는 신재생에너지 중에서 태양에너지를 고려한 농촌그린빌리지 디자인에 대한 경제성분석을 목적으로 한다. 이 논문에서는 경제적 측면에서 에너지 수지를 고려하여 세 가지 형태의 연구대상 농촌마을에 대한 분석을 실시하였다. 연구대상 농촌마을들에서 실제로 사용했던 전체 에너지를 태양광 발전으로 대체하기 위한 태양광 발전시스템인 3 kWp의 단위 모듈 (PV 시스템)의 개수들을 마을별로 추정하였다. 경제성 분석에서는 두 개 마을의 순현재가치 (NPV)가 평가기간 25년내에 마이너스 값을 보였으며, 나머지 하나의 마을에서 경제성이 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 정부에서 시설설치 보조금을 60 % 지원해 줄 경우에는 모든 마을에서 25년 내에 경제성이 있는 것으로 평가되었다. 경제성 평가 관련인자들에 대한 민감도 분석을 BC (Benefit/Cost) 비율 변화에 대하여 실시한 결과, 설치비용, 전력판매단가, 할인율, 단가 증가율순으로 높은 변화율을 보였다. 본 연구의 결과는 태양에너지가 에너지 재활용이 가능한 농촌마을을 계획함에 있어서 정부의 적절한 지원정책과 에너지 잠재력이 높은 농촌마을을 선별한다면 매우 효과적인 결과를 얻을 수 있다는 것을 보여준 것으로 판단되었다.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.243-254
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• 2019

With the recent accelerated policy-making and interests in new renewable energy, plans to develop and supply the new renewable energy have been devised across multiple regions in Korea. Solar energy, in particular, is being applied to small-scale power supply in provincial areas, as solar cells are used to convert solar energy into electric energy to produce electric power. Nonetheless, in the case of solar power plants, the need for a large stretch of land and considerable sum of financial support implies that the planning step should take into consideration the most suitable meteorological and geographical factors. In this study, the proxy variables of meteorological and geographical factors associated with solar energy were considered in analyzing the vulnerable areas regarding the photovoltaic power generation facility across the nation. GIS was used in the spatial analysis to develop a map for assessing the optimal location for photovoltaic power generation facility. The final vulnerability map developed in this study did not reveal any areas that exhibit vulnerability level 5 (very high) or 1 (very low). Jeollanam-do showed the largest value of vulnerability level 4 (high), while a large value of vulnerability level 3 (moderate) was shown by several administrative districts including Gwangju metropolitan city, Jeollabuk-do, Chungcheongbuk-do, and Gangwon-do. A value of vulnerability level 2 (low) was shown by the metropolitan cities including Daegu, Ulsan, and Incheon. When the 30 currently operating solar power plants were compared and reviewed, most were found to be in an area of vulnerability level 2 or 3, indicating that the locations were relatively suitable for solar energy. However, the limited data quantity for solar power plants, which is the limitation of this study, prevents the accuracy of the findings to be clearly established. Nevertheless, the significance of this study lies in that an attempt has been made to assess the vulnerability map for photovoltaic power generation facility targeting various regions across the nation, through the use of the GIS-based spatial analysis technique that takes into account the diverse meteorological and geographical factors. Furthermore, by presenting the data obtained for all regions across the nation, the findings of this study are likely to prove useful as the basic data in fields related to the photovoltaic power generation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Crop Science Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.16-16
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• 2020

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2004.05b
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• pp.794-798
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• 2004

현재의 물공급중심의 물관리에서 물수요중심의 물관리로의 전환을 위하여 수로에 설치되는 수문의 기능을 고려하여 새로운 수문을 개발하였다. 본 연구에서는 제수문의 역할로서 자동으로 수로 내 수위를 유지하는 무동력 자동 재수문과 태양광을 이용하여 수문개폐를 행하는 태양광 전동 수문, 논의 급수를 포장의 담수위 현황에 따라 자동으로 행하는 자동물꼬등이 포함되어 있다. 무동력 및 태양광으로 운영되는 수문의 개발에 따라 부족한 농촌인력과 고령화에 따른 유지관리인력의 절감과 자동물꼬에 의한 급수에 따라 농업용수절감이 기대되며 말단포장이 중심이 된 효율적인 물수요중심의 물공급 체계가 확립될 것이다.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.144-151
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• 2020

Agrivoltaic systems (AVS) is defined as combining farm-grown crops with photovoltaic panels (PV) installed several meters above the ground. Solar radiation (W/㎡), photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD, µmol/㎡/s), air temperature (℃), vapor pressure (kPa), soil moisture (㎥/㎥), soil temperature (℃), wind direction (˚), and wind speed (m/s) were measured under the AVS in Boseong-gun during winter barley season. Data was collected by 5 minute interval. All data can download at Github site (https://github.com/chojaeil/AVS_Boseung). To gap-filling missing solar radiation data during about two weeks, the conversion coefficient from solar radiation to PPFD was estimated as 0.41. Further, according to the ratio of diffuse radiation to direct radiation, the maximum value among the twenty PPFD sensors under the AVS was related to the PPFD value of filed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Crop Science Conference
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• 2023.04a
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• pp.72-72
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• 2023

• Bulletin of the Korea Photovoltaic Society
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.54-61
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to analyze the acceptance of solar photovoltaic energy use based on the Diffusion of Innovations Theory. The study looks at a total of 27 rural residents - among them 15 who accepted solar photovoltaic energy through a support system and 12 who accepted solar photovoltaic energy through government support of the village. Paper-based interviews were also conducted to gather additional information. The findings of the study indicated that relative advantages and observability are huge factors in a rural resident's decision to accept solar photovoltaic energy. In order to revitalize innovation in the use of solar photovoltaic energy, This study suggests that we must utilize relative advantages and reinforce trialable observations.

• Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.15-29
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• 2023

Recently, there has been increasing interest in renewable energy in the agricultural sector. Agrophotovoltaics, producing electricity while farming, has attracted much attention. This study aims to identify the factors influencing the acceptance intention of Agrophotovoltaics. Using the UTAUT2 model, we designed a research model to examine the impact of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, facilitating conditions, social influence, and investment utility on the intention to adopt Agrophotovoltaics through the mediation effect of the user's innovativeness. We conducted a survey on farmers and obtained 212 responses for the final analysis. The results showed that effort expectancy and innovativeness significantly positively affected the intention to adopt Agrophotovoltaics. Furthermore, innovativeness was found to fully mediate the relationship among performance expectancy, facilitating conditions, investment utility, and acceptance intention. This suggests that focusing supportive measures on innovative groups could promote the adoption of Agrophotovoltaics.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.358-365
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• 2019

An agrivoltaic systems (AVS) is mixed systems associating photovoltaic panels (PVPs) and crop cultivation at the same time on the given land area. It is receiving attention to improve rural economy. However, it is likely that, the crop yield should be decreased due to the reduced absorption of solar radiation by leaves. Thus, before popularizing the AVS, it is necessary to comprehend the degree of shading by PVPs in AVS. In this study, the change of radiation condition under AVS mimic shading net was investigated. The minimum and maximum of difference of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) between under and outside shading net were 3.03 mol/㎡/day on a cloudy day and 17.08 mol/㎡/day on a sunny day. This difference decreased when the ratio of diffuse irradiance to global irradiance increased. Such a shading effect resulted in the increase of rice height and decrease of rice tillering.