본 연구는 태양광 기반으로 인공광 병렬 광공급 시스템을 개발하고 상추 재배효과를 구명하기 위하여 수행하였다. 태양광 기반으로 인공광원을 공급하는 장치는 광원 공급부, 전원 공급부, 시스템 계측 및 제어부로 구성하였다. 광원공급부는 태양광 전송장치(광파이버)와 LED 램프(인공광)로 구성하였고, 태양광 전송장치는 광 전송률이 우수한 석영재질의 광섬유(Optical fiber)로 제작되었으며, 인공광은 LED 중 White 램프를 사용하였다. 전원 공급부는 누전 차단기, SMPS, LED 제어기 및 릴레이로 구성하였다. 시스템계측 및 제어부는 터치스크린과 지그비(ZigBee) 통신모듈, 광량센서로 구성하였다. 구성한 장치의 성능시험 결과 광량센서로 측정된 강도가 200μmol·m-2·s-1 이하가 되면 자동적으로 LED 램프가 작동되어 보광하는 것을 확인하였다. 또한 본 장치를 활용하여 상추를 재배한 결과, 엽장, 뿌리길이, 엽록소 함량 및 지하부 생체중이 LED 처리보다 큰 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 본 장치 는 화석연료 고갈 등으로 전기 사용에 제한이 올 때 폐쇄형 식 물공장 같은 시설에서 작물을 재배할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

This study aimed to identify milling characteristics depending on the number of a cutting roller’s air vent and blowing velocity to remove rice bran by the cutting type milling machine which can minimize the conventional milling process. The level of whiteness was found to be 38±0.5 in all the conditions, showing consistent whiteness levels during milling. The rice temperatures turned out to be 15.4 and 14.6oC which were rather low-level under the conditions of the cutting roller with 3 vents and blowing velocities of 35 and 40 m/s respectively. Cracked rice ratio was 2.13% under the conditions of the cutting roller with 3 vents and a blowing velocity of 35 m/s. Broken rice ratio showed the range of 0.762-0.869%, reflecting a low level. Turbidity after milling was decreased, as blowing velocity became faster. Energy consumption for milled rice production was decreased, as blowing velocity became faster. The optimum milling condition for cutting type milling machine depending on air vent number of cutting roller and blowing velocity was found to be 3 vents and 35 m/s.

The aim of this study was to analyze the light traits in a solar light-collector device and its effects on lettuce growth at an early growth stage. The three hyper parameters used were the reflector diameter (2 cm and 4 cm), coating inside the reflector (chrome-coated, non-coated) and distance from the light fiber (15 cm and 20 cm). The results showed that light efficiency, which is the ratio of light intensity inside the fiber to the solar intensity, improved by 41.1 % when using a 2 cm diameter chrome-coated reflector at a distance of 15 cm from the light fiber; whereas it only improved by 20.6% when a non-coated reflector was used. As the reflector size was increased to 4 cm, the light efficiency for the coated and non-coated reflectors increased by 28.5 % and 26.4 %, respectively, hence, no significant difference was observed. When the light fiber was placed at a distance of 20 cm, the increase in light efficiency with coating treatment was 8 % higher than without coating treatment. We also compared the efficiency of light-fiber treatment with that of LED treatment in our lettuce nursery, and observed that the plants exhibited better growth with light-fiber treatment. We observed an average increase of 1.7 cm in leaf height, 7 cm2/plant increase in leaf area, and 32 mm increase in root length upon light-fiber treatment as opposed to those observed with LED treatment. These findings indicate that the collector light-fiber is economically feasible and it improves lettuce growth compared with the LED treatment.