Analysis of Crop Growth Environment and Energy Consumption in a Double-layer Vacuum Glass Greenhouse
본 연구는 고단열 복층 진공유리를 온실 피복재로 적용했을
때의 작물 생육 환경과 에너지 소비량을 규명하기 위하여, 폭
8m·길이 10m·측고 3.7m·동고 6m 규격의 복층 진공유리온
실과 동일 규격의 일반유리온실에서 토마토를 재배하며 비교
하였다. 각 온실에 온습도 로거 18개(3×3×2 격자)와 온습
도·CO2 로거 1개, 온수 공급관에 적산열량계를 설치하여 계
측하였다. 진공유리온실의 내부 기온은 일반유리온실보다
평균 1.1°C 높았고, 저온기 야간에 일반유리온실이 생육 한계
온도(10.5°C) 이하에 85.3시간 노출된 반면 진공유리온실은
노출되지 않았다. 진공유리온실의 투과 일사량은 일반유리온
실의 58% 수준이었고, 이로 인해 초기 생육은 진공유리온실
이 빨랐으나 최종 초장은 두 온실 간 유의한 차이가 없었다
(p>0.05). 진공유리온실의 난방에너지는 일반유리온실의
49.9% 수준이었으나 수확량은 낮았고(192.4 대 229.7kg), 그
결과 에너지이용효율은 진공유리온실이 1.7배 높았다(4.60
대 2.70kg·MWh-1). 진공유리는 시설원예 탄소배출 저감에
효과적이나, 실용화를 위해서는 광 투과율을 높이기 위한 추
가 연구가 필요하다.
This study evaluated the crop growth environment and energy consumption of a greenhouse clad with high-insulation double-layer vacuum glazing, in comparison with an identically sized single-glass greenhouse (each 8 m wide, 10 m long, 3.7 m to the eaves and 6 m to the ridge) at the Protected Horticulture Research Institute in Haman, Korea. ‘Doterangdia’ tomato, seedlings (sown 13 Oct.) were transplanted on 20 Dec. and grown until 31 May. Eighteen temperature-humidity loggers arranged in a 3×3×2 grid plus one temperature-humidity-CO2 logger were installed in each greenhouse, and heat supply was metered with a digital integrating calorimeter on each hot-water line. The internal air temperature of the vacuum-glass greenhouse was on average 1.1°C higher than the single-glass greenhouse, and its spatial non-uniformity (0.65-0.79°C) was smaller than the between-greenhouse difference. During 28 Dec.-18 Jan., the single-glass greenhouse remained below the tomato low-temperature limit (10.5°C) for 85.3 h (minimum 8.3°C), whereas the vacuum-glass greenhouse never fell below it (minimum 11.0°C). Transmitted solar radiation in the vacuum-glass greenhouse was 58% of that in the single-glass greenhouse. Early crop growth was faster under vacuum glazing, but growth rate was overtaken by the single-glass greenhouse from mid-March; final plant height did not differ significantly (302.2 vs 304.9 cm, p > 0.05). Heating energy of the vacuum-glass greenhouse was 49.9% of the single-glass greenhouse, while total yield was lower (192.4 vs 229.7 kg). Consequently the vacuum-glass greenhouse achieved a 1.7-fold higher energy-use efficiency (4.60 vs 2.70 kg·MWh-1). Double-layer vacuum glazing is therefore highly effective for reducing heating energy and carbon emissions, but its light transmittance must be improved before it can be adopted as a general greenhouse cladding.