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Analysis of Disk Filter Head Losses due to the Shapes of Disk Grooves in Drip Irrigation System (점적관개용 디스크 여과기의 디스크 홈 단면 형상에 따른 수두 손실 특성 분석)

  • Jung, Seung-Yeon;Choi, Won;Choi, Jin-Yong;Kim, Maga;Lee, Yoonhee
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.60 no.2
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    • pp.25-36
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    • 2018
  • Drip irrigation system is a low energy cost method which can efficiently save and supply water by dropping water slowly on the crop's root zone during crop growth. In the drip irrigation system, disk filters take an important role to physically remove impurity (inorganic and suspended organic) particles present in agricultural water which can cause emitter clogging. For the purpose, both top-and-bottom surfaces of the disk are grooved in micron size flowing from outside to inside. However, many congested flow paths in disk filter media incur higher head loss of inflow water resulting in relatively decreasing velocities depending on operation time than sand and mesh filters. Therefore, it is important to optimize the structure of disk filter in micro irrigation system. The head loss of disk filter media takes also charge of more than 60 % of total head loss in whole disk filter. This study is to find the appropriate cross-sectional shape of the disk groove to minimize the head loss by executing the experiment. The experiment used three disk filters that have similar filter body but have a half-elliptic and two kinds of triangular cross sections. The experimental results showed that the disk filter with half-elliptic cross sections of disk grooves have less head loss than the disk filter with regular triangular one.

Life Cycle Assessment of Rural Community Buildings Using OpenLCATM DB (OpenLCATM DB를 이용한 농촌 공동체 건축물 전과정평가)

  • Kim, Yongmin;Lee, Byungjoon;Yoon, Seongsoo
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.63 no.3
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    • pp.97-105
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    • 2021
  • Most of the rural development projects for the welfare of residents are mainly new construction and remodeling projects for community buildings such as village halls and senior citizens. However, in the case of the construction industry, it has been studied that 23% of the total carbon dioxide emissions generated in Korea are generated in the building-related sector. (GGIC, 2015) In order to reduce the emission of environmental pollutants resulting from construction of rural community buildings, there is a need to establish a system for rural buildings by predicting the environmental impact. As a result of this study, the emissions of air pollutants from buildings in rural communities were analyzed by dividing into seven stages: material production, construction, operation, maintenance, demolition, recycling, and transportation activities related to disposal. As a result, 12 kg of carbon dioxide (CO), 0.06 kg of carbon monoxide (CO), 0.02 kg of methane (CH), 0.04 kg of nitrogen oxides (NO), 0.02 kg of sulfurous acid gas (SO), and non-methane volatile organics per 1m of buildings in rural communities It was analyzed that 0.02 kg of compound (NMVOC) and 0.00011 kg of nitrous oxide (NO) were released. This study proved that environmentally friendly design is possible with a quantitative methodology for the comparison of operating energy and air pollutant emissions through the design specification change based on the statement of the rural community building. It is considered that it can function as basic data for further research by collecting major structural changes and materials of rural community buildings.

Composition of the heat transportation system using metal hydride (수소저장합금을 이용한 열수송시스템 구성)

  • Sim, K.S.;Myoung, K.S.;Kim, J.W.;Han, S.D.
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.41-48
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    • 1999
  • The heat transportation from a complex of industry to a rural area needs more efficient method because the distance between them is usually more than 10km. Conventional heat transportation using steam or hot water via pipe line has limits in transportation distance (about 3-5 km) because of the heat loss and frictional loss in the pipe line. Metal hydride can absorb or discharge hydrogen through exothermic and endothermic reaction. After releasing hydrogen from metal hydride with heatings by waste heat from industry we can transport this hydrogen to the rural area via pipe line. In the urban areas other metal hydride reacts with this hydrogen and produces heat for heating. Cool heat is also obtained if it is possible to use metal hydride with low reaction temperature. So metal hydride can be used as a media for transportation, storage of heat. Some problems of the heat transportation using metal hydrides, and the example of heat transportation system were discussed.

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Prospects of omics-driven synthetic biology for sustainable agriculture

  • Soyoung Park;Sung-Dug Oh;Vimalraj Mani;Jin A Kim;Kihun Ha;Soo-Kwon Park;Kijong Lee
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.49 no.4
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    • pp.749-760
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    • 2022
  • Omics-driven synthetic biology is a multidisciplinary research field that creates new artificial life by employing genetic components, biological devices, and engineering technique based on genetic knowledge and technological expertise. It is also utilized to make valuable biomaterials with limited production via current organisms faster, more efficient, and in huge quantities. As the bioeconomic age begins, and the global synthetic biology market becomes more competitive, investment in research and development (R&D) and associated sectors has grown considerably. By overcoming the constraints of present biotechnologies through the merging of big data and artificial intelligence technologies, huge ripple effects are envisaged in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and energy industries. In agriculture, synthetic biology is being used to solve current agricultural problems and develop sustainable agricultural systems by increasing crop productivity, implementing low-carbon agriculture, and developing plant-based, high-value-added bio-materials such as vaccines for diagnosing and preventing livestock diseases. As international regulatory debates on synthetic biology are now underway, discussions should also take place in our country for the growth of bioindustries and the dissemination of research findings. Furthermore, the system must be improved to facilitate practical application and to enhance the risk evaluation technology and management system.

An Optimal Design of Paddy Irrigation Water Distribution System

  • Ahn, Tae-Jin;Park, Jung-Eung
    • Korean Journal of Hydrosciences
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    • v.6
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    • pp.107-118
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    • 1995
  • The water distribution system problem consists of finding a minimum cost system design subject to hydraulic and operation constraints. The design of new branchin network in a paddy irrigation system is presented here. The program based on the linear programming formulation is aimed at finding the optimal economical combination of two main factors : the capital cost of pipe network and the energy cost. Two loading conditions and booster pumps for design of pipe network are considered to obtain the least cost design.

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Suitability Assessment of Rural Public Spaces and Facilities - A Case Study of Okgwa-myeon(Myeon Unit, Region Unit, Village Unit), Gokseong-gun, Jeollanam-do - (농촌마을 공공공간 및 시설의 입지적합성 평가를 위한 사례연구 - 전남 곡성군 옥과면 일대(거점면단위, 권역단위, 마을단위) 대상으로-)

  • Suh, Joo-Hwan;Kim, Jin-Oh;Song, Byeong-Hwa
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.145-154
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    • 2015
  • With the rapid change of rural communities and increasing desire for social welfare, the demand for the quality of public spaces and facilities is increasing. However, inefficient location of rural public space and facility has caused problems such as economic inefficiency, inconvenient accessibility, environmental pollution, unsustainable energy use, and disturbance of visual landscape. This study aims to evaluate suitability of public spaces and facilities in three types of rural village: rural downtown village, rural clustered village, and individual village. As a way to measure the suitability of public spaces and facilities, we assessed indicators of suitability in terms of accessibility, usability, biophysical environment, and sustainable management. To evaluate the accessibility, we applied indicators such as distance from residential areas, public transit, market and public facilities. For the evaluation of biophysical environment, we applied indicators such as slope, elevation, aspect, and occurrence of natural disasters. We analyzed digital maps representing the indicators listed above using GIS. We also conducted a survey and face-to-face interviews to evaluate usability and sustainability of management which are not possible to understand through maps. As a result, we identified that suitability of public spaces and facilities in downtown villages is higher than clustered and individual villages. In particular, suitability of infrastructure facilities, social welfare facilities, and income generation facilities in downtown village are higher than those in clustered and individual villages. The suitability of tourism facilities is generally lower than other types of public facility across the three types of villages. Tourism facilities in clustered village have been identified especially unsuitable compared to other types of villages. We expect the outcome of the research is helpful to improve allocation of public spaces and facilities in rural villages.

The Research of Participate and Revitalization Plan for Development of rural village Local residents -Focused on Jeonnam Rural Village- (농촌마을종합개발사업 권역 주민들의 참여도와 활성화방안 연구 -전남농촌마을을 중심으로-)

  • Jeong, Myung-Hee;Kim, Jai-Won;Park, Dae-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.45-52
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    • 2011
  • Development of rural village in the agriculture, forestry and fishing community development nongsan eoeopin samuijil improve and promote the special law, from 2004 to 2017, based on the 1000 National differentiated rural areas to maintain the "ness, and in rural areas to build basic infrastructure, a complex life-and characteristics of the rural development and participate in the preliminary planning stages and led from the bottom-up development project in the village during the project implementation period proposed by the residents of the project is a business. This study, Jeonnam local rural residents of the village to participate in Development Business to help identify and analyze the problems derive satisfaction and improve the direction and purpose it is proposed to activate. To enable business juminchamyeohyeong city committee of the doctors and residents rally the support of the local government system, including voluntary participation and bottom-up business is important for the recognition of conversions. For bottom-up business people recognize and understand the transition to a new seonjinji tour, the continued education of residents and leading to the village to town to put all my energy into education, including the leader of the residents of the town desperately needs strengthening and capacity. In addition, town residents also important for the development, awareness and active participation, residents and the local government, and established a partnership with a group of experts monitoring implementation of the main city in the shape of lack of food is the most important part is fill.

Variable-Speed Prime Mover Driving Three-Phase Self-Excited Induction Generator with Static VAR Compensator Voltage Regulation-Part H : Simulation and Experimental Results-

  • Ahmed, Tarek;Nagai, Schinichro;Soshin, Koji;Hiraki, Eiji;Nakaoka, Mutsuo
    • KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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    • v.3B no.1
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    • pp.10-15
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    • 2003
  • This paper presents the digital computer performance evaluations of the three-phase self-excited induction generator (SEIG) driven by the variable speed prime mover such as the wind turbine using the nodal admittance approach steady-state frequency domain analysis with the experimental results. The three-phase SEIG setup is implemented for small-scale rural renewable energy utilizations. The experimental performance results give a good agreement with those ones obtained from the digital computer simulation. Furthermore, a feedback closed-loop voltage regulation of the three-phase SEIG as a power conditioner which is driven by a variable speed prime mover employing the static VAR compensator (SVC) circuit composed of the thyristor phase controlled reactor (TCR) and the thyristor switched capacitor(TSC) is designed and considered herein for the wind-turbine driven the power conditioner. To validate the effectiveness of the SVC-based voltage regulator of the terminal voltage of the three-phase SEIG, an inductive load parameter disturbances in stand-alone are applied and characterized in this paper. In the stand-alone power utilization system, the terminal voltage response and thyristor triggering angle response of the TCR are plotted graphically. The simulation and the experimental results prove the effectiveness and validity of the proposed SVC which is controlled by the Pl controller in terms of fast response and high performances of the three-phase SEIG driven directly by the rural renewable energy utilization like a variable-speed prime mover.

Development of the Passive Outside Insulation Composite Panel for Energy Self-Sufficiency of Building in the Region (지역 건축물의 에너지 자립을 위한 패시브 외단열 복합패널 개발 연구)

  • Moon, Sun-Wook
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.11-18
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    • 2018
  • The study aims to address the energy crisis and realize self-sufficiency of building as part of local energy independence, breaking away from a single concentrated energy supply system. It is intended to develop modules of the outside insulation composite panels that conform to passive certification criteria and for site-assembly systematization. The method of study first identifies trends and passive house in literature and advanced research. Second, the target performance for development is set, and the structural material is selected and designed to simulate performance. Third, a test specimen of the passive outside insulation curtain wall module designed is manufactured and constructed to test its heat transmission coefficient, condensation performance and airtightness. Finally, analyze performance test results, and explore and propose ways to improve the estimation and improvement of incomplete causes to achieve the goal. The final test results achieved the target performance of condensation and airtightness, and the heat transmission coefficient was $0.16W/(m^2{\cdot}K)$, which is $0.01W/(m^2{\cdot})K$ below the performance target. As for the lack of performance, we saw a need for a complementary design to account for simulation errors. It also provided an opportunity to recognize that insulated walls with performance can impact performance at small break. Thus, to be commercialized into a product with the need for improvement in the design of the joint parts, a management system is needed to increase the precision in the fabrication process.

Evaluation of Elementary School Foodservice Menus on Its Contents and Diversity of the Food Served. (한국 초등학교 급식 식단의 영양가 및 식품 구성의 다양성 평가)

  • 정현주
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • v.30 no.7
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    • pp.854-869
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    • 1997
  • This study was conducted to evaluation the quality of meals served in elementary school based on nutrient contents and food diversity . A questionnaire was mailed to school foodservice dietitians requesting one week menus for April and October . Menus served in 388 schools from each province and from major cities in Korea were analyzed. Mean nutrient contents per meal of persons served, and food expenses per meal. Mean percentages of energy from fat was 20.2% , and was significantly l different by foodservice system. When nutrient contents were converted to amount per 1, 000kcal, all were higher than that calculated from RDA except calcium, iron, and Vitamin A. Most of these were not significantly different according to area, foodservice system, the number of persons served, and food expense per meal. Compared to 1/3 of RDA for children , many meals provided lower amounts of energy, Vit A, VitB2, and Ca. More than half of the meals provided less iron than 1/3 RDA for 10-12 years girls. Using the highest values of RDA for the elementary school age group as evaluation, criteria nutrient adequacy ratios(NAR) were lowest for Ca(0.61), Vit A(0.57), and iron(0.77). The mean adequacy ratio(MAR) was 0.86. Mean numbers of food items and dishes per meal were 15.3 and 5.1 , respectively. 66.3% of the meals provided three food groups of grain, meat, and vegetable. Except for the number of different food items served per meal, the aspect of food diversity was similar to that of nutrient contents. There was significant positive correlation between mean number of different food items served per meal and nutrient content . In summary , schools in small cities and rural areas than those in large cities, schools adapting commissary or joint management than those or density. Also the more food groups served per meal, the higher the nutrient content per meal . In summary , schools in small cities and rural areas than those in large cities, schools adapting commissary or joint management than those adapting conventional foodservice system, schools serving smaller number of persons, and schools with higher food expenses provided higher energy contents and food diversity.

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