The purpose of this study was to investigate ash and mineral contents of agricultural products that are widely and specifically grown in Korea, including 23 fruits, 11 cereals and specialty crops, and 11 leaves and vegetables. Pre-treatment of mineral was performed by microwave method. Mineral contents were analyzed by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES) and Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrophotometry Mass (ICP-MS). Ash contents ranged from 0.20 to 0.69 g/100 g in fruits, 1.62 to 3.80 g/100 g in cereals, and 0.28 to 2.93 g/100 g in leaves and vegetables. Among the 45 samples, the highest contents of ash were found in quinoa (average 3.80 g/100 g), the highest contents of calcium (Ca) were found in Hansan ramie leaves (average 894.79 mg/100 g), the highest contents of phosphorus (P) were found in yellow amaranth(average 661.88 mg/100 g), the highest contents of potassium (K) were found in quinoa (average 1,455.38 mg/100 g), the highest contents of magnesium (Mg) were found in red amaranth (average 434.02 mg/100 g), the highest contents of molybdenum (Mo) were found in moringa (average 482.50 μg/100 g), and the highest contents of selenium (Se) were found in apple mango(average 23.67 μg/100 g).

This experiment was carried out during the period from September, 1997 to October, 1998 to determine the effect of fermented saw-dust pig manure (FSP) application on the herbage production on a mixed pasture in the Cheju brown volcanic ash soil. Split plo

The purpose of this study was to evaluate flowability of engineered cemetitious composite(ECC) Using blast furnace slag and fly ash as a binder in mixture. From the test result, flowability value of all ECC mixtures show good flowability and self compacting performance.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate flowability of engineered cemetitious composite(ECC) Using blast furnace slag and fly ash as a binder in mixture. From the test result, flowability value of all ECC mixtures show good flowability and self compacting performance.

It is projected that swine manure solids can be used for heating agricultural facilities. Therefore, this study focused on the possibilities of using swine manure as a solid fuel instead of composting it. Moisture content, ash content, volatile content, calorific value, TGA (thermogravimetric analysis), and elements in the swine manure were determined. After dehydrating the manure completely in a drying oven, its calorific value and ash content were measured. They appeared to be 3,517 kcal/kg and 16.6%, respectively, which satisfies the standard value of livestock solid fuel: heating value of 3,000 kcal/kg or above and ash content of 30% or below. Based on this result, it is concluded that using swine manure solids as a solid fuel is possible. Furthermore, when the chemical elements of C, H, O, N, S, Cl, etc. in the manure were analyzed, there was 33.75 ~ 45.98% of carbon and 31.55 ~ 41.20% of oxygen, which indicates that most of the manure was composed of combustible materials. However, there were cases where the percentage of water content in the manure exceeded 70%, implying that costs for dehydration would become expensive because it needs to be lowered to 20% in order to be used for energy source. Therefore, in order to use the swine manure as an energy source, minimizing the manure’s percentage of water content at the farm without any outside financial input is the biggest task to be solved.