• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.13-20
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• 1998

Carbonized rice husk(char from rice husk) can be used to improve soils for planting, seedlings, horiculture, pomiculture and truck gardening. Although it is not a fertilizer in nature, it stimulates the growth of plants. Carbonized rice husk is highly recommended for raising soil/water temperature, keeping moisture and aerating roots of plants. The objective of this study was to develop the effective production method of carbonized rice husks by a non-slagging vertical cyclone combustor. A cyclone combustor w vortex collecor Pocket in addition to central collector pocket was selected and tested. Isothermal tests and mixed firing with LPG and rice husk were performed in order to characterize the system. hut rice husk was used during the isothermal test to find the mass collected of rice husk. It was impossible to ignite rice husk itself over the experimental conditions considered in this experiment. The composition of original and carbonized rice husks was analyzed by the ultimate analysis. With the air flow rate of 20 ㎥/h, LPG flow rate of 0.45 1/min, the required carbonized rice husk could be obtained.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.487-492
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• 1999

One of effective utilization method of rice husk is to utilize it as culture material by carbonizing the rice husk. As a second part of a series to investigate the effective and continuous production of carbonized rice husk by a cyclone combustor, a non-slagging vertical cyclone combustor without vortex collector pocket was introduced. Isothermal and mixed firing with LPG and rice husk were undertaken in order to characterize the system. Inert rice husk was used during the isothermal test to find mass of rice husk collected. It was impossible to ignite rice husk itself over the experimental conditions considered in this experiment. Cyclone combustor was operated at temperatures of 1,273~1,473K. Detailed combustion data were obtained from a pilot unit with the air flow rate of 70m$^3$/h and rice husk feed of 2kg. The equivalence ratio ranged from 0.66 to 3.48. The auxiliary gas flow rate was varied from 3.22 to 12.86$\ell$/min. The weight reduction, pH and particle size distribution of carbonized rice husk were measured to evaluate the quality of carbonized rice husk. An analysis of exhaust gas emission was conducted to characterize the combustor. The required carbonized rice husk could be obtained at equivalence ratio of 1.68~2.17, combustor temperature of 1,273~1,373K and auxiliary gas flow rate of 3.22~6.43$\ell$/min. A method to reduce CO emissions should be employed.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.231-239
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• 2023

Ammonia (NH₃) emitted from the use of fertilizers during agricultural practice generates particulate matter and odors. The application of carbonized rice husk, an eco-friendly material, is one of the measures used to reduce NH₃. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the application rate and pH of carbonized rice husk on NH₃ emissions and soil quality. An experiment to assess NH₃ emissions was performed in a glasshouse using a static chamber method. The pH of the carbonized rice husk was divided into acidic, neutral, and basic groups, and the carbonized rice husk application rates were 1, 3, and 5% of the soil weight. NH₃ emissions showed a sharp increase within three days after the inorganic fertilizer was applied. Subsequently, NH₃ emissions decreased rapidly after basal fertilization compared to primary and secondary top-dressing. When carbonized rice husks were applied to soil, NH₃ emissions decreased in all treatments, and neutral carbonized rice husk was the most effective in comparison with acidic and basic carbonized rice husk. The application rate of carbonized rice husk and NH₃ emissions showed a negative correlation, and the lowest emissions were found in units with a 5% application rate. Also, there was no statistically significant difference between NH₃ emissions according to the application rate of carbonized rice husk, and when carbonized rice husks were applied at a 5% rate, soil OM increased excessively. Therefore, it is recommended to apply only 1% neutral carbonized rice husk to most effectively reduce NH₃ emissions in the soil.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.187-194
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• 2000

One of effective utilization technique of rice husk is known to carbonize it for using as the culture materials. A series of study on the production of carbonized rice husk by a cyclone combustor shows that the carbonized rice husk produced have a strong alkalinity. Therefore, carbonized rice husk produced by a cyclone combustor is required to neutralize with proper normality. This work is the third part of a series on the production of carbonized rice husk by a cyclone combustor. In this work, the development of neutralization process was carried out in the range of experimental conditions recommended in the previous study. Those include the preheat temperature of combustion chamber of T1b=1273∼1373K, equivalence ratio =1.68∼2.17, auxiliary gas flow rates Qg=5.15∼6.43$\ell$/min. The injection technique of dilute acid was employed for neutralization. At the lower position of the outside of combustor, a dilute nitric acid selected as neutralization liquid was injected to the carbonized rice husk exhausted from the combustion chamber. The normalities of dilute nitric acid were varied to 0.01, 0.03 and 0.05N, respectively. The injection flow rates of the solution were changes from 1.7∼4$\ell$/min. The required carbonized and neutralized rice husk could be obtained at the dilute nitric acid with normality of 0.3N and flow rate of dilute nitric acid of 2∼3.5$\ell$/min. However, the carbonized and neutralized rice husks of about 10∼20% were destroyed by spray with high injection pressure.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.713-721
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• 2023

Soil acidification challenges global food security by adversely influences soil fertility and agricultural productivity. Carbonized agricultural residues present a sustainable and ecofriendly way to recycle agricultural waste and mitigate soil acidification. We evaluated the effects of organic amendments on lettuce growth and soil chemical properties in two soils with different pH levels. Carbonized rice husk was produced at 600℃ for 30 min and rice husk was treated at 1% (w·w^-1). Carbonized rice husk increased soil pH, electrical conductivity, total carbon content, and nitrogen content compared with untreated and rice husk treatments. Furthermore, this study found that lettuce growth positively correlated with soil pH, with increasing soil pH up to pH 6.34 resulting in improved lettuce growth parameters. Statistical correlation analysis also supported the relationship between soil pH and lettuce growth parameters. The study findings showed that the use of carbonized rice husk increased the constituent elements of lettuce, such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphate content. The potassium content of lettuce followed a similar trend; however, was higher in acidic soil than that in non-acidic soil. Therefore, improving the pH of acidic soil is essential to enhance agricultural productivity. It is considered advantageous to use agricultural residues following pyrolysis to improve soil pH and agricultural productivity.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.484-489
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• 2010

작부체계내로의 녹비작물의 도입은 토양의 건전성 향상으로 농업생산성의 지속성 유지에 중요한 역할을 한다. 그러나 벼 재배를 위해 호밀 같은 화본과 녹비작물이 다량으로 투입 될 경우 환원장해 등의 부작용이 발생한다. 본시험은 녹비작물 헤어리베치와 호밀의 혼파를 이용하여 벼 재배 시 왕겨숯의 처리 효과를 구명하고 수행하였다. 시험장소는 농촌진흥청 국립식량과학원 답작시험 포장이었고 시험토양은 식양질인 신흥통이었다. 시험기간은 2007년 10월 녹비파종에서 벼 수확기인 2008년 10월까지였다. 시험처리는 왕겨숯 처리, 무처리 및 관행시비구를 두었고 왕겨숯 처리구는 혼파 녹비작물의 지상부제거와 전체 식물체의 투입구로 구분하였다. 이앙 후 8일과 37일의 산화환원전위는 왕겨숯 무처리에 비하여 처리한 구에서 증가하였다. 이앙 후 17일과 49일의 토양 암모니아태 질소의 함량은 전식물체 투입구의 왕겨숯 처리구에서 가장 높았다. 벼의 주요 생육특성인 초장과 경수도 토양의 산화환원전위와 암모니태질소 함량 영향으로 이앙 후 48일에 전식물체 투입한 왕겨숯 처리구에서 가장 양호하였다. 쌀 수량은 전식물체 투입구의 왕겨숯 처리 (5,290 kg $ha^{-1}$)와 무처리 (5,140 kg $ha^{-1}$)간 유의적 차이가 없었다. 그러나 벼 재배 후 왕겨숯 처리구에서 토양물리성인 공극률과 용적밀도가 개선되었다. 따라서 왕겨숯 처리는 쌀 수량의 유의적 증가에 기여하지는 못하였지만 벼 생육기간 및 벼 수확 후 토양 이화학성의 개선효과가 있어 토양개량제로 이용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.781-790
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• 2019

Changes in the physical and chemical properties of soil materials during the nursing process have a great influence on the quality of containerized seedlings and on growth and survival after planting. In this study, the effect of biomaterials and their mixed ratios on the growth of Zelkova serrata seedlings in a containerized seedling production system was investigated. Mushroom sawdust, pine bark, and carbonized rice husk were used as biomaterials. The mixed ratios were 10% and 20% volume ratio of the growing medium volume, including the untreated controls. There was no significant difference in the height growth of the Zelkova serrata seedlings according to the biomaterials. The root collar diameter was the highest with the 20% carbonized rice husk and the lowest with the mushroom sawdust. The difference between the highest quality index and the lowest quality index was 30% in the order of the carbonized rice husk, pine bark, control, and mushroom sawdust, but there was no statistical significance. In this study, if the growing medium mixed with biomaterials does not reduce the seedling growth compared with the control, it is considered that the biomaterial can replace a part of the growing media. Therefore, the results show that some of the growing media can be replaced with carbonized rice husk or pine bark when producing Zelkova serrata seedlings.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.62-71
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• 2017

본 연구는 쌀의 도정과정에서 발생되는 농업부산물인 왕겨를 탄화시켜 만든 왕겨숯을 톱밥과 혼합하여 밀도별, 수지첨가율별 및 톱밥첨가율별로 보드를 제조하고 기초물성을 측정하여 보드 재료로서의 이용가능성을 검토하였다. 수분흡수율은 수지첨가량 25%일 때 80.09%로 가장 낮은 값을 나타냈고, 밀도가 증가하고 톱밥첨가량이 감소할 때 수분흡수율이 감소하는 경향을 나타냈다. 또한 측정된 두께팽윤율은 KSF 3104 파티클보드의 품질규정에 만족시키고 있어 치수안정성 부분에서 건축내장재로 활용가능성이 확인되었다. 박리강도는 수지첨가량 25%일 때 $0.244N/mm^2$으로 KSF 3104 파티클보드의 품질기준을 만족시켰지만, 나머지 조건에서는 현저하게 낮은 값을 나타내 조건을 충족시키지 못하였다. 밀도, 수지첨가율, 톱밥첨가율이 증가할수록 경도도 증가하는 경향을 나타냈다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.215-221
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• 2015

본 연구는 유기농 생강재배지에서 발생한 생강 뿌리썩음병을 헤어리벳치와 난각칼슘+훈탄을 혼합 처리하여 방제하고자 하였다. 생강의 잎이 황화되고 식물체가 시드는 생강 근경썩음병의 병징은 화학비료 처리구에서 7월 1일부터 시작되었다. 수확기인 10월 2일에 생강 근경썩음병이 더욱 진전되어 생강의 줄기가 갈변하고 식물체가 고사하여 36.7-43.0%의 높은 발병율을 보였다. 반면에 헤어리벳치+훈탄+난각칼슘 처리구는 9월말까지 근경썩음병이 전혀 발생되지 않았고 10월 초순까지 발생이 지연되어 1.3-1.7%의 매우 낮은 발병율을 보였다. 토양내 Na, Fe, Cu 함량은 헤어리벳치+훈탄+난각칼슘 처리에 의해 처리 전보다 감소하였으나 유기물 함량은 31.6%로 시험 전보다 2배 증가하였다. 토양내 Pythium sp.의 밀도는 헤어리벳치+훈탄+난각칼슘 처리구($0.3-2.0{\times}10^3cfu/g$)에서 낮았으나, 화학비료 처리구($12.0-12.3{\times}10^3cfu/g$)에서 유의적으로 높았다. 따라서, 유기농 생강 재배지에 헤어리벳치를 녹비작물로 재배하고 토양 개량제인 훈탄과 난각칼슘을 토양에 처리하면 생강의 고질적인 병인 생강 근경썩음병을 효과적으로 방제할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.321-327
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• 2012

The production of functional activated carbon materials starting from inexpensive natural precursors using environmentally friendly and economically effective processes has attracted much attention in the areas of material science and technology. In particular, the use of plant biomass to produce functional carbonaceous materials has attracted a great deal of attention in various aspects. In this study the preparation of activated carbon has been attempted from rice husks via a chemical activation-assisted microwave system. The rice husks were milled via attrition milling with aluminum balls, and then carbonized under purified $N_2$. The operational parameters including the activation agents, chemical impregnation weight ratio of the calcined rice husk to KOH (1:1, 1:2 and 1:4), microwave power heating within irradiation time (3-5 min), and the second activation process on the adsorption capability were investigated. Experimental results were investigated using XRD, FT-IR, and SEM. It was found that the BET surface area of activated carbons irrespective of the activation agent resulted in surface area. The activated carbons prepared by microwave heating with an activation process have higher surface area and larger average pore size than those prepared by activation without microwave heating when the ratio with KOH solution was the same. The activation time using microwave heating and the chemical impregnation ratio with KOH solution were varied to determine the optimal method for obtaining high surface area activated carbon (1505 $m^2$/g).