축산용 깔짚으로의 활용을 위한 억새의 먼지 발생특성 = Characteristics of dust production from Miscanthus for bedding materials in animal industry

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Gigantic Miscanthus had been developed as an energy crop for national renewable energy policy. However, market variation made Miscanthus not only use in energy production but also the other use other than energy production. The priority of bedding material selection for animal industry lies on supply of comfort to animal related to its productivity and further dust productivity may be one of concerning factors to prevent respiratory issue on animals and workers. This research was carried out to compare dust production between Miscanthus manipulated and sawdust in commercial use. The lab-scale simulator was designed and prepared to analyze dust production in practice. In order to produce lower dust poduction, Miscanthus length of less than 40 mm may be required, which results in safety on animals and workers. For animal industry, animal behaviour and composting performance using Miscanthus shall be further investigaed in the future.