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Development of a chamber system to measure entropy balance of artificial ecosystems

Research Project

Project/Area Number 12356007
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section展開研究
Research Field 生物環境
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

KURATA Kenji  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Professor, 大学院・農学生命科学研究科, 教授 (90161736)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SEKI Hirakazu  Kanazawa University, Faculty of Engineering, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (90115246)
KANEKO Keiko  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Assistant, 大学院・農学生命科学研究科, 助手 (50332599)
FUJIWARA Kazuhiro  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Associate Professor, 大学院・農学生命科学研究科, 助教授 (30211535)
KOZAI Toyoki  Chiba University, Faculty of Horticulture, Professor, 園芸学部, 教授 (90081570)
IBARAKI Yasuomi  Yamaguchi University, Faculty of Agriculture, Associate Professor, 農学部, 助教授 (50242160)
Project Period (FY) 2000 – 2003
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
Budget Amount *help
¥40,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥36,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,620,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥11,180,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,580,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥20,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥20,800,000)
Keywordschamber / ecosystem / Second Law of Thermodynamics / evapotranspiration / plant canopy / logwave radiation / 長波放射 / 測定誤差 / 二酸化炭素濃度 / 蒸散 / 不可逆過程 / LED
Research Abstract

The First Law of Thermodynamics (heat balance) has been successfully applied to ecosystem studies and has brought about fruitful results on e.g., mechanism of microclimate within and above the ecosystems. On the contrary, the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which is closely related to entropy, has almost been ignored, except for some pioneering studies. This study aimed at developing a chamber system, called ENTRON, which could measure entropy production rate of plants within the chamber.ENTRON measured mass inflow, mass outflow, energy inflow and energy outflow into and out of the chamber. From these measurements entropy inflow and outflow were calculated and the entropy production within the chamber was evaluated based on the entropy balance of the space within the chamber. No measurements are free from errors, and ENTRON's error percentage in entropy production evaluation was about 5%. Most of entropy production in the case of plants within it could be attributed to that associated with evapotranspiration. ENTRON will be a powerful tool to analyze entropy production characteristics of plants. Based on the knowledge acquired from ENTRON experiments, entropy balance at natural ecosystems were evaluated. In some cases upwards longwave radiation was also important in the entropy balance.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2003 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All Other

All Publications (10 results)

  • [Publications] 合田陽一ら: "ENTRON(生態系エントロピー生成量測定用チャンバー)の試作"関東の農業気象. 27. 15-16 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 関平和ら: "エネルギー散逸の観点からみた土壌塩性化"金沢大学大学院自然科学研究科システム創成科学専攻紀要. 5. 14-21 (2004)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Y.Goda et al.: "Development of ENTRON, a chamber system for measuring entropy production of ecosystems."Agricultural Meteorology in Kanto area. 27. 15-16 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] H.Seki et al.: "Exergy dissipation in a soil salinisation process"Memoir of Division of Innovative Technology and Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University. Vol.5. 14-21 (2004)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 蔵田憲次, 宮本英尚: "熱収支測定結果を用いた地表面エントロピー生成量の算定"農業環境工学関連5学会2003年合同大会講演要旨. 221 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Kurata, Goda, Seki: "Development of a chamber system(ENTRON)for measuring entropy production of ecosystems"Transactions of the ASAE. (発表予定).

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 合田, 蔵田, 関: "ENTRON(生態系エントロピー生成量測定用チャンバー)の試作"関東の農業気象. 27. 15-16 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 蔵田, 合田, 関: "ENTRON(生態系エントロピー生成量測定用チャンバー)による測例"農業環境工学関連4学会2002年合同大云講演要旨. 210 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Kurata, K., Goda, Y, Seki, H.: "ENTRON-a prototype chamber for measuring entropy production by an ecosystem"Transactions of the ASAE. (発表予定).

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Kurata,K.,and Goda,Y.: "ENTRON-a prototype chamber for measuring entropy production by an ecosystem."未定(発表予定).

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report

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