• KIEAE Journal
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is analyzing the prescriptions of American codes for straw bale structures and proposing the legislation direction of Korean building code. The process of this study is as follows: (1) To set up the legislation direction of straw bale code of Korea, this study investigated the current state and features of straw bale houses in Korea, and looked into the worldwide status of straw bale codes and permitting. (2) To provide basic data for the legislation of Korean straw bale code or guideline, this study analyzed American codes for straw bale structures like the Tucson/Pima County Arizona Building Code Appendix Chapter 72 - Straw-Bale Structures, California State Guidelines for Straw-Bale Structures, New Mexico Standards for Non-load Bearing Baled Straw Construction, Oregon State Residential Code Appendix M - Straw-Bale Structures and so on. The analysis items are the scope of rule application, material specifications, requirements for straw bale walls/foundations and construction requirements. (3) On the base of analysis of American straw bale codes, this study proposed the legislation process and direction of Korean straw bale code and guideline.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.195-202
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• 2002

In order to make a winter cereal wrap silage, a tractor attached round bale wrapper was developed locally. Its specific structure and various functions were reported in the last submitted paper. In this study a control system of bale wrapper combining with the actuators of various processes was developed to make round bale wrapper compatible in the field. Also. its performance was tested by making the rye round bale. The results can be summarized as fellow. 1. The field capacity of round bale wrapping was investigated around 0.5 ha/hr, and the operating time of bale wrapper was about 3 min for each 500kg round bale 2. Plastic film which has maximum elongation rate of 796% was stretched to 150∼170% of original length and was lessened to 80∼90% of original width. 3. In the quality test of bale produced by developed bale wrapper, there was no significant changes of moisture contents if it was wrapped more than 4 layers of 25 ㎛-plastic film. 4. Also. temperature of the wrapped bale was about 33$\^{C}$ in the beginning of fermentation and was stabled to 26∼29$\^{C}$ during one month or more storage. Therefore, wrapping performance of the developed bale wrapper was properly.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.253-260
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• 2004

본 연구는 효율적인 RS 조제기술을 규명할 목적으로 실시하였다. 연구는 RS의 저장부위에 따른 발효품질 및 사료성분의 변화에 대하여 검토하였는데, 곤포한 1개월 후에 3개의 RS(bale No. 1, bale No. II 및 bale No. III로부터 부위별 (상층부, 중앙부 및 하층부)로 채취하였다. 건물 함량은 상층부에서 bale No. I, bale No. II 및 bale No. III이 각각 64.5, 87.6 및 $63.3\%$로 bale No. II가 가장 높았으며, 모두 수분 함량이 아주 낮은 haylage 수준이였다. CP 함량은 bale No. I, bale No. II 및 bale No. III간에 커다란 차이는 없었으며, 평균 CP 함량은 상층부, 중앙부 및 하층부가 각각 4.1, 4.3 및 $4.0\%$로 부위에 따른 차이는 없었다. NDF 함량 bale No. I, bale No. II 및 bale No. III간에 따른 차이는 없었다. 평균 NDF 함량은 상층부, 중앙부 및 하층부가 각각 66.0, 69.5 및 $69.4\%$로 유의적인 차이는 없었다. TDN 함량은 bale No. I, bale No. II 및 bale No. III간에 커다란 차이는 없었으며, 평균 TDN 함량은 상층부, 중앙부 및 하층부가 각각 44.2, 44.3 및 $44.0\%$로 부위에 따른 차이는 없었다. pH는 중앙부가 상층부나 하층부보다 낮은 경향을 보였으나, 모든 부위에서 전반적으로 높았다. 유산 함량을 비롯 acetate, propionate 및 butyrate 함량은 거의 나타나지 않았다. 이상의 결과에서, RS의 사료성분 함량은 상층부, 중앙부 및 하층부에 따른 차이는 없었으며, 이것은 수확시기 지연으로 인해 생볏짚의 건물 함량이 $70\%$ 정도로 높아 부위에 따른 수분(수용성물질 함유) 이동이 없었던 것에 기인하는 것으로 사료된다. 벼 수확과 동시에 생볏짚을 이용하여 RS를 조제할 경우, 건물 함량이 $26{\sim}40\%$ 범위일 때 사료성분 면에서 우수한 것을 고려한다면, 사료성분이 양호한 RS를 조제하기 위해서는 초상(初霜)전 벼 수확과 동시에 곤포하는 것이 바람직 할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.136-146
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• 2017

Purpose: This paper presents an appropriate wrapping method by analyzing the pressure distribution applied to a bale surface, along with the change in pressure according to an increase in the number of film layers in rice straw bales, which account for 74% of the total bulky feed supply in Korea. Methods: A model with the shape of an actual bale was fabricated to analyze the distribution of surface pressure in bale wrapping, and the pressure was measured. Experiments were conducted to analyze the pressure using eight different layer numbers (2, 4, 6, 8 10, 12, 14, and 16 layers) at five wrapping speeds (27, 29, 31, 33, and 35 rpm). Results: The maximum pressure applied to a circular bale by the film occurred at the center of the end of the bale, whereas the minimum pressure occurred at the center of the bale side. An extreme value ratio between the minimum and maximum pressures was distributed as 8.5-56.6%, which was improved with an increase in rotation speed. The an uneven pressure distribution occurred because the number of film overlaps was 8.24-times greater at the center of the bale's end than at the center of the ba le side. At a level 5 rotation speed, the minimum pressure was $P_{LV5-M1}=0.0625{\sigma}^2+36.173{\sigma}-36.753$ ($R^2=0.9845$) at $M_1$, and the maximum pressure was $P_{LV5-M6}=5.5552{\sigma}^2+41.05{\sigma}-39.071$ at $M_2$, revealing a correlation of $R^2=0.9983$. Conclusions: To replace four layers with six layers, 2-4 layers were added only to the side of the bale, and the minimum pressure at $M_1$ was then improved from that at four layers to that at six layers, and the amount of film consumed for 4-6 layers was reduced by 84.6%.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2002

One of the major obstructing factors against managing dairy farm in Korea has been a shortage of roughage supply, which resulted in excessive abuse of concentrate feed. In order to solve this problem, production of the wrap silage by the winter cereal forages raised in the fallow paddy field is strongly recommended in Korea. The main objective is to develop a tractor attached round bale wrapper which can process the silage by wrapping the round bales with thin plastic films. This is the first half of the study which is divided by two parts. In this first part, bale wrapping process was analyzed, and based on this results the followings were designed, developed and tested. 1. Bale wrapper which haying the maximum capacity of 1 ton bale with various functions such as loading, wrapping, discharging the round bales and supplying and cutting wrap films was designed. 2. An actuator and its hydraulic circuit of each process were developed and tested. 3. Also, the variations of hydraulic pressure and engine speed were investigated by operating bale wrapper developed. In this test, maximum pressure of the hydraulic circuit for the bale wrapping was 130 kg/㎠ when it raised the bale, which was quite below the relief pressure of 170 kg/㎠ of hydraulic circuit. In the engine speed test, speed drop was 20∼67 rpm, which meant that there was no over-load operation. Therefore, the experiment proved that developed hydraulic circuit and mechanism is stable in bale wrapping operation

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.223-227
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• 2013

Purpose: The objectives of this study were to develop a general purpose baler system that is appropriate for the domestic forage cultivation environment and operated by the medium size tractor for production of bale silage made of green forage crops, and to test its performance. Methods: In a first experiment, the time of formation per one bale and densities of bales that are produced from bale system, were measured. In a second experiment, power requirement was measured by a power measurement system manufactured during bale system work. Results: The power measurement system was constructed with strain-gage sensors to measure torque of a PTO axle and proximity sensor to measure rotating speed of a PTO axle. Thus, the power requirement was calculated by PTO torque and PTO rotating speed. For evaluation of bale quality, the samples of bales were analyzed for contents of moisture, ADF, NDF and TDN. Conclusions: If the results of this study will be utilized, the coefficient of utilization of agricultural machinery will be increased by the operation of a medium size tractor that is a major disseminated tractor in farm, and it will contribute tremendously to make a forage production base for livestock farms.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.1276-1284
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• 2014

In southeastern regions of the US, herbage systems are primarily based on grazing or hay feeding with low nutritive value warm-season perennial grasses. Nutritious herbage such as annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) may be more suitable for preserving as baleage for winter feeding even with more intensive production inputs. Emerging in-line wrapped baleage storage systems featuring rapid wrapping and low polyethylene film requirements need to be tested for consistency of storing nutritive value of a range of annual ryegrass herbage. A ryegrass storage trial was conducted with 24-h wilted 'Marshall' annual ryegrass harvested at booting, heading and anthesis stages using three replicated in-line wrapped tubes containing ten round bales per tube. After a six-month storage period, nutritive value changes and fermentation end products differed significantly by harvest stage but not by bale location. Although wilted annual ryegrass exhibited a restricted fermentation across harvest stages characterized by high pH and low fermentation end product concentrations, butyric acid concentrations were less than 1 g/kg dry matter, and lactic acid was the major organic acid in the bales. Mold coverage and bale aroma did not differ substantially with harvest stage or bale location. Booting and heading stage-harvested ryegrass baleage were superior in nutritive value to anthesis stage-harvested herbage. Based on the investigated nutritive value and fermentation characteristics, individual bale location within in-line tubes did not significantly affect preservation quality of ryegrass round bale silages.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.309-316
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• 2000

The objective of this experiment was to evaluate chemical composition, dry matter(DM) digestibility, DM intake, relative feed value(RFV) and hay grade of imported roughage which was collected by wholesale dealer at Chungnam province in 1999. Experimental roughages includes 8 kinds of imported hays(com stover bale, tall fescue straw, green cell, bermudagrass straw, reed camarygrass straw, alfalfa bale, sugarcane bale and oat hay) and mixture hay(contro1) which was harvested at Chungnam National University experimental field. Compared with mixture hay(contro1) except for alfalfa bale, crude protein of most imported roughage was low, but NDF, ADF, cellulose and lignin compound were high. Futhermore, DM digestibility, DM intake, RFV and hay grade of imported roughage except for alfalfa bale was significantly lower than those of mixture hay(control)(P<0.05). Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the economic value in the aspect of quality for the imported roughages. (Key words : Imported roughage, RFV, Hay grade, Nutritive value)

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.289-292
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• 2003

본 연구는 중북부지역 답리작에서 총체보리 조제방법별 조제시간 그리고 사료가치에 미치는 연구를 위해 1999부터 2001년까지 수행하였다. 총체보리 조제방법별 건물수량은 트랜치 사일로와 원형곤포 사일리지에 각각 ha당 12,562 kg과 12,555kg으로 비슷하였으나 가축기호성은 원형곤포 사일리지로 저장하는 것보다 트랜치로 저장하는 것이 좋았으며, ha 당 트랜치 사일리지와 원형곤포 사일리지의 작업시간은 각각 4.9와 5.7시간이었다. 또한 일일 작업면적은 트랜치와 원형곤포 사일리지 각각 4ha와 3ha이었으며, 원형곤포 사일리지 조제시 효율적인 작업일은 7일정도 된다.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.324-330
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• 2013

농업유래의 바이오매스 중 볏짚의 저장형태와 저장기간에 따른 수분함량 변화와 바이오매스의 화학적 성분 변화를 분석함으로써 바이오에탄올 생산을 위한 원료의 최적 저장방법을 제시하고자 하였다. 주요 결과는 아래와 같다. 1. 볏짚의 수분함량 변이를 측정한 결과 실내에서 보관한 사각곤포 및 원형곤포는 약 20~25%의 수분함량을 유지하였으며 실외에서 보관한 비가림 시설을 도입한 사각곤포의 경우 20%이하의 낮은 수분함량을 확인하였다. 2. 볏짚의 화학적 성분의 변이를 분석한 결과 실외보관곤포는 cellulose 및 hemicellulose의 함량이 큰 폭으로 감소하였으나, 실내에서 보관한 곤포들은 비닐원형곤포를 제외한 나머지 집속형태에서는 오히려 성분의 함량의 증가를 확인하였다. 3. 볏짚을 장기간 보관할 때에는 외부환경을 차단할 수 있는 실내에서 보관하거나 부득이하게 실외에서 보관할 때 최소 비가림 시설을 도입하여 수분함량 및 화학적 성분의 감소를 최소화해야 바이오에탄올 생산을 위한 고품질의 원료로써 이용될 수 있을 것이다.