• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.99-109
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• 1993

Cooling of nutrient solution is essential to improve the growth environment of crops in hydroponic culture during summer season in Korea. This study was carried out to provide fundamental data for development of the cooling system satisfying the required cooling load of nutrient solution in hydroponic greenhouse. A numerical model for prediction of the cooling load of nutrient solution in hydroponic greenhouse was developed, and the results by the model showed good agreements with those by experiments. Main factors effecting on cooling load were solar radiation and air temperature in weather data, and conductivity of planting board and area ratio of bed to floor in greenhouse parameters. Using the model developed, the design cooling load of nutrient solution in hydroponic greenhouse of 1,000$m^2$(300pyong) was predicted to be 95,000 kJ/hr in Suwon and the vicinity.

• Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.113-121
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• 1994

Since it is difficult to expect the normal production of plants in greenhouses during hot summer season in Korea, certain provisions on the control of extreme environmental factors in summer should be considered for the year-round cultivation in greenhouses. This study was carried out to find a method to suppress the temperature rising of nutrient solution by cooling, which is able to contribute to the improvement of the plant growth environment in hydroponic greenhouse during hot summer season. A mechanical cooling system using the counter flow type with double pipe was developed for cooling the nutrient solution efficiently. Also the heat transfer characteristics of the system was analysed experimentally and theoretically, and compared with the existing cooling systems of nutrient solution. The cooling capacities of three different Systems, which used polyethylene tube in solution tank, stainless tube in solution tank, and the counter flow type with double pipe, were evaluated. The performance of each cooling system was about 41 %, 70% and 81 % of design cooling load in hydroponic greenhouse of 1 ,000m$^2$ on the conditions that the flow rate of ground water was 2m$^3$/hr and the temperature difference between two liquids was 10 ˚C According to the results analysed as above, the cooling system was found to have a satisfactory cooling capability for regions where ground water supply is available. Fer the other regions where ground water supply is restricted, more efficient cooling System should be developed.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 1993

Experimental and theoretical analyses were carried out to investigate the heat exchange characteristics of the nutrient solution cooling system utilizing ground water. The material of heat exchanger used in the experiment was polyethylene and the cross-flow type was adapted in which nutrient solution was mixed and ground water unmixed. For the exchanger surface area of 0.33$m^2$ and flow rates of ground water of 1-6$\ell$/min, NTU(number of transfer units) and effectiveness of experimental heat exchanger were 0.1-0.45 and 10-35％, respectively. Therefore these results showed that the hydroponic greenhouse of 1,000$m^2$(300 pyong) with the ground water of 10$m^2$/day could cover about 55-70％ of maximum cooling load in summer.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2001.07a
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• pp.129-135
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• 2001

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.433-450
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• 2002

The daily food intake for dairy cows has to be effectively controlled to breed a sound group of cows as well as to enhance the productivity of the cows. But, feed stuffs are fed in the common bulk for a group of cows in most cases despite that the individual food intake has to be varied. To obtain the feed for each cow, both the nutrient requirements and the nutrient composition of fred have to be provided in advance, which are based on the status of cows such as weigh marginal weight amount of milk, fat concentration in milk, growth and milking stages, and rough feed ratio, etc. Then, the mixed ration fur diet would be computed by the nutrient requirements constraints. However, when TMR (Total Mixed Ration) is conventionally supplied for a group of cows, it is almost impossible to get an optimal feed mixed ration meeting the nutrient requirements of each individual cow since the constraints are usually conflicting and over-constrained although they are linear. Hence, addressed in this paper is a simulated annealing (SA) technique to find the food intake for dairy cows, considering the characteristics of individual or grouped cows. Appropriate parameters fur the successful working of SA are determined through preliminary experiments. The parameters include initial temperature, epoch length. cooling scheduling, and stopping criteria. In addition, a neighborhood solution generation method for the effective improvement of solutions is presented. Experimental results show that the final solution for the mixture of feed fits the rough feed ratio and some other nutrient requirements such as rough fiber, acid detergent fiber, and neutral detergent fiber, with 100 percent, while fulfilling net energy for lactating, metabolic energy, total digestible nutrients, crude protein, and undegraded intake protein within average five percent.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 1993.05a
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• pp.12-13
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• 1993

우리나라의 기상입지 특성상 여름철 온실 내에서 작물의 정상생육을 기대하는 것은 곤란하므로, 주년재배를 위한 여름철 온실내 환경의 호적화는 온실재배 당면의 연구과제라 할 것이다. 더우기 막대한 일사부하로 인하여 온실냉방은 경제적으로 불가능한 실정이므로 다른 방법을 강구해야 한다. 그런데 수경재배에 있어서는 비교적 근권부환경의 조절이 쉬우므로, 온실의 충분한 환기 및 차광과 더불어 양액의 냉각을 통하여 작물의 고온스트레스를 줄임으로써 안정생산을 가능하게 할 수 있을것으로 생각한다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 1993.10a
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• pp.11-12
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• 1993

여름철 온실의 수경재배를 위해서는 양액의 냉각은 필수적이다. 이와 같은 양액냉각을 적절히 실행하기 위해서는 먼저 시설내의 환경예측에 의한 양액의 냉각부하 산정 및 냉각부하에 따른 설비용량 결정이 필요하다. 그동안 국내외적으로 온실의 환경예측을 위한 모델들은 많이 개발되어 있지만 대부분이 토경재배를 대상으로 온실의 변화나 난방효율의 예측을 목적으로 하고 있으며, 수경재배 온실 더우기 양액 냉각을 취급하는 경우는 찾아보기 힘들다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.261-266
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• 2002

1992년 이후 우리나라 원예시설 면적은 매년 크게 증가하여 2000년 말 현재 48,853㏊에 이르고 있으며(농림부, 2001), 그중 양액재배 면적은 '92년에는 13.2㏊에 불과하였으나 연평균 64%씩 증가하여 2000년에는 700㏊에 이르렀다. 이들 양액재배 면적 중 채소류가 70%, 화훼류가 30%를 차지하고 있으며, 작물별로는 토마토가 37%로써 가장 많은 면적이 재배되고 있고, 그 다음으로 장미가 25%를 차지하고 있다. 또한 사용하는 배지별 양액재배 비율은 펄라이트 배지가 319㏊로 전체면적의 46%를 차지하고 있으며, 암면배지가 26%, 혼합배지가 17%를 차지하고 있다(농촌진흥청, 2001). (중략)

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.565-572
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• 2002

In order to control the root-zone temperature of greenhouse crops in the hydroponics at hot and cold season, heat pump system for cooling and heating was built and tested in this work. The system was air-to-water type and vapour compression type. The heating and cooling mode was selected by the four way valve. Capacity of the compressor was 3.75㎾ and heat transfer area of the evaporator and the condenser were 3.05㎡ and 0.6㎡, respectively. According to the performance test, it could supply heat of 42,360 to 64,372kJ/h depending on the water circulation rate of 600 to 1,500ℓ/h, respectively, when indoor air temperature was 10∼20$\^{C}$. COP of heat pump system was 3.0 to 4.0 in the heating mode. But, COP of the cooling mode was 1.3 to 2.1 at indoor temperature of 20∼35$\^{C}$. The feasibility test in the greenhouse the developed heating and cooling system was installed, showed that the heating cost of the developed system was only about 13% of that of the conventional heating system. The heating cost of the developed system was 367won/day(electric consumption 9.7㎾h/day), while that of the conventional system was 2,803won/day(oil consumption 7.7ℓ/day) at the same heating mode.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.133-138
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• 2002

Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) was suspected in a corrosion failure of cooling system of stainless piping welded joint, carrying marine water. Marine water which is used for cooling water in a plant was transferred to the laboratory and used for experiment. In the first experiment, weld metal samples were exposed to the test solution for 56 days (marine water and sterilized marine water (control)). Surface condition of experimental coupons was observed using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). In another experiment, free corrosion potential of these material was monitored for 56 days. Pitting corrosion was found in the coupons exposed to marine water. Free corrosion potential ennoblement was found to be significant compared to control. It was suspected that this corrosion case was MIC. In the second experiment, coupons were exposed to diluted nutrient medium containing single culture of microbes isolated from the MIC causing marine water sample used for the first experiment. After exposure test, surface condition of experimental coupon was observed using SEM. Pitting corrosion was found in coupons exposed to some of the isolates. The results indicate that they contribute to the corrosive effect of the SUS316L welds.