• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.25 no.8
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• pp.1-7
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• 2011

Recently, all-electric house technology became one of the green growth technologies and is integrated with various areas such as electricity, machinery, architecture, material, and etc. Fossil fuel energy is used for heating and hot water supply in the conventional houses but electricity is adopted in the new conceptual houses to maximize advantages of electricity such as amenity, safety, cleanness, and so on. In this paper, an economic analysis is carried out when LED lightings are adopted using the California Standard Practice Test which has been used to estimate the effects of existing DSM (Demand Side Management) programs. The results are able to contribute to the diffusion of all-electric houses and the establishment of basic data and planning for DSM policies.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.14 no.2
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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.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.66-67
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• 2016

Modular construction is attracting attention as the solution of recent problems in construction site. Such as lack of construction workforce, increasing labor costs, work delay due to extreme weather events and strengthening government regulations. However, despite the many advantages, Modular construction has not been activated dueto high construction costs compared to other construction methods. Accordingly, the object of this study is priority derivation of prefabricated house cost reduction factors and use as basic research data. For research performance, we have analyzed the blueprint and bill of quantities of a modular construction based public dormitory which was built in 2013. In result, the proportion of modular construction and on-site construction is 66% and 34%, and the construction cost proportion by activity was devided in to construction(79%), machinery(7%), electricity(5%) and civil(9%). Among these results in order to reduce costs, interior finishing(19.4) steel-frame(16.9%), metal works(13.5%), RC(11.8%), joinery(7.3%) is the order requires focused management.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.186-195
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• 2008

In this paper, a prototype tele-operative system with a mobile base was developed in order to automate cultivation of house melon. A man-machine interactive hybrid decision-making system via tele-operative task interface was proposed to overcome limitations of computer image recognition. Identifying house melon including position data from the field image was critical to automate cultivation. And it was not simple especially when melon is covered partly by leaves and stems. The developed system was composed of 5 major modules: (a) main remote monitoring and task control module, (b) wireless remote image acquisition and data transmission module, (c) three-wheel mobile base mounted with a 4 dof articulated type robot manipulator (d) exchangeable modular type end tools, and (e) melon storage module. The system was operated through the graphic user interface using touch screen monitor and wireless data communication among operator, computer, and machine. Once task was selected from the task control and monitoring module, the analog signal of the color image of the field was captured and transmitted to the host computer using R.F. module by wireless. A sequence of algorithms to identify location and size of a melon was performed based on the local image processing. Laboratory experiment showed the developed prototype system showed the practical feasibility of automating various cultivating tasks of house melon.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.53-58
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• 2003

This study was carried out to design, construct, and test a greenhouse monitoring system fur the environment and status of control devices in a greenhouse from a remote site using internet. The measuring items selected out of many environmental factors were temperature, humidity, solar radiation, CO$_2$, SOx, NOx concentration, EC, pH of nutrient solution, the state of control devices, and the image of greenhouse. The developed greenhouse monitoring system was composed of the network system and the measuring module. The network system consists of the three kinds of monitors named the Croup Monitor. the Client Monitor and the Server Monitor. The results of the study are summarized as follows. 1. The measuring module named the House Monitor. which is used to watch the state of the control device and the environment of the greenhouse, was developed to a embedded monitoring module using one chip microprocessor 2. For all measuring items. the House Monitor showed a satisfactory accuracy within the range of ${\pm}$0.3%FS. The House Monitors were connected to the Croup Monitor by communication method of RS-485 type and could operate under power and communication fault condition within 10 hours. The Croup Monitor was developed to receive and display measurement data received from the House Monitors and to control the greenhouse environmental devices. 3. The images of the plants inside greenhouse were captured by PC camera and sent to the Group Monitor. The greenhouse manager was able to monitor the growth state of plants inside greenhouse without visiting individual greenhouses. 4. Remote monitoring the greenhouse environment and status of control devices was implemented in a client/server environment. The client monitor of the greenhouse manager at a remote site or other greenhouse manager was able to monitor the greenhouse environment and the state of control devices from the Server Monitor using internet.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.434-442
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• 2010

This study was carried out to determine necessary conditions for optimal ventilation of small windowless piglet house (4.0 (W) $\times$ 11.0 (L) $\times$ 2.6(H) m) with corridor and attic for preheating using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulation. The experimental weaning piglet house was consisted of a corridor, an attic, 4 rooms (3.0 (W) $\times$ 2.75(L) m), 3 fences (0.7(H) m), 5 air inlets and 2 exhaust fans (0.4 (D) m) and simulated using CFD code, FLUENT. The simulation results for the experimental weaning piglet house showed that each room was uniformly ventilated under all the experimental conditions and air velocities at 0.1 m above floor are less than 0.15 m/s for 0.75 m/s and 1.0 m/s of air inlet velocity but 0.61 m/s for 1.25 m/s. The simulation results are similar to the measured results. Considering the air flow pattern, ventilating efficiency, air velocity at 0.1 m above floor and cold stress of weaning piglets and so on, the optimum velocity of air inlet might be 1.0 m/s.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2003.02a
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• pp.171-176
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• 2003

육계사의 대형화에 따른 최적환경조성의 중요성이 대두되고 있어서, 이에 따른 적합한 시설환경이 더욱 요구되고 있으나 적정환기가 이루어지지 않아 육계의 생산성 향상에 어려움이 많이 있다. 국내 대형육계사내 최적환경제어를 위한 주요환경변수의 기초자료가 매우 부족한 실정이다. 최 등(1999)은 육계사의 대표적인 여러 계사구조에서 온도, 습도, 유해가스농도 및 육계의 체중, SDS 발생율 및 폐사율, 도체이상 발생율 등을 조사하였다 황보 등(2002)은 3(W)$\times$5(L)$\times$3(H)의 무창계사에서 환경요소 중에 온도, 습도, 공기유속을 분석하여 환경효율을 조사하였다. 대부분의 관련연구들의 자료로는 계사내 환경 균일성, 적정성, 안정성 등을 효과적으로 분석하는 것이 어려웠다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2003.02a
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• pp.179-184
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• 2003

비닐하우스용 운반장치란 일반적으로 농가에 보급되고 있는 비닐하우스의 중앙 상부 도리 재에 이송레일을 설치하고, 운반장치 상단에 부착된 두 개의 롤러를 이송레일에 걸어 수확된 농산물이나 농자재를 운반하는데 사용되는 운반기구를 의미한다. 본 연구에서는 비닐하우스내의 작업에 사용할 목적으로 개발된 운반장치를 아치형 단동하우스에 설치할 경우에 구조해석을 실시하여 운반장치 사용 시 하우스의 구조안전성을 분석하였다. 이를 위해 농가 현지 실측 및 해석용 소프트웨어를 이용한 분석을 수행하였는데, 농가 현지조사를 통해서는 운반장치의 적재량에 따른 하우스의 골조 처짐량을 측정하였으며, 운반장치에 구조물의 안전성 분석을 위해서는 운반장치에 최대하중 작용시, 적설하중, 풍하 중 작용시의 구조적 안전성을 분석하였다. 그리하여 비닐하우스용 운반장치의 사용이나 장치의 설계에 있어 기초적인 자료를 제공하고자 하였다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.360-365
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• 2003

최적화의 개념은 목적에 따라 다양하겠으나 수치해석에서는 기본적으로 설계변수를 움직여 목적함수를 최소화 혹은 최대화하는데 있다. 열전달에서는 최소온도, motor를 설계할 때는 최대토크 등이 있고, 구조물설계에 있어서는 최소무게(Weight or Volume) 혹은 최대의 Frequency를 구하는데 최적화 수치해석이 이용되고 있다. 오늘날 컴퓨터하드웨어의 발달과 더불어 전산수치해석의 영역이 급속히 높아져가고 있으며 PC에서의 계산처리능력이 90년대의 work station급을 초가 함으로써 보다 쉽게 전산수치해석이 가능하게 되었다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 1993.10a
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• pp.877-885
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• 1993

Three types of solar grain dryers, namely , the solar grain bin dryer, the solar greenhouse rotary drum dryer and small scale solar green house tray dryer, have been tested. The results showed that each type of solar grain dryer has its feature. These solar drying units have three main advantages : (1) Required commercial energy to remove 1Kg moist from rough rice is only 5.3% to 15.8% of the energy consumed by common heated dryer : 2) The area of solar drying system is only about 10% of the area of the sunny ground to give equal drying capacity ; (3) There are good drying quality in the moisture uniform , germination percentage, and grain color.