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- Performance Evaluation of Flow Through Paddy Thresher
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1 Department Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Shriram College of Agriculture Engineering (JNKVV) Paniv, Solapur (M.S.), IN
2 Central Farm Machinery Training Testing Institute, Budni (M.P.), IN
1 Department Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Shriram College of Agriculture Engineering (JNKVV) Paniv, Solapur (M.S.), IN
2 Central Farm Machinery Training Testing Institute, Budni (M.P.), IN
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International Journal of Agricultural Engineering, Vol 12, No 1 (2019), Pagination: 18-24Abstract
Performance tests were conducted on the Research-Cum-Instructional farm of College of Agriculture Engineering, JNKVV Jabalpur in 2012. The performance and evaluation of flow through thresher was done at four feed rate selected considering two feed rate within specified limit and other two beneath the specified limit on basis of manufacturer rated input capacity i.e. 400kg/h. The thresher was driven with 7.5 hp electric motor for conducting the experiment. The crop used for study was Mahamaya variety which was easily available in JNKVV Jabalpur. The threshing material was stacked in four heaps of 375, 400, 425 and 450 kg gross weights (Neeraj, 1985). The threshing was conducted for one hour duration for each feed rate (kg/h). A flow through paddy thresher was evaluated in terms of threshing efficiency, cleaning efficiency, per cent unthreshed, broken, blown grain delivered from thresher as well as sieve overflow (%), sieve underflow (%) and energy consumption (KWh) to optimize the capacity of thresher (Kamble and Panwar, 1985). Threshing efficiency of 375 feed rates was maximumi.e. 98.3 per cent, while 98, 96.8 and 96 per cent obtained at 375, 425 and 450 feed rate, respectively. Cleaning efficiencies of 375 feed rate was maximumi.e. 97.1 per cent while at 375, 400, 425 and 450 feed rate were found 96.9, 95.8, and 99.6 per cent, respectively. Maximum percentage of unthreshed grain obtained at 425 and 450 kg feed rate were 3.14 and 3.36, respectively. Out of four feed rate the minimum percentage of unthreshed grain obtained 1.63 and 1.97 at 375 and 400 feed rate, respectively. Percentage of broken grain at 375, 400, 425 and 450 feed rates were 1, 0.8, 0.7 and 0.7, respectively. Blown grain percentage at 450, 375,400 and 425 feed rate were 3.45, 2.66 2.25 and 2.06, respectively. The cylinder speed for four feed rates 929,930,901 and 878 rpm while blower speed 2369, 2368, 2368 and 2368 rpm and straw walker strokes varies from 180, 178, 166 and 145 no/min, respectively. Optimum capacity of thresher may be taken at 400 kg/h feed which meets the recommandation of the manufacturer (Klein and Harmond, 1966).Keywords
Thresher, Paddy, Threshing Performance, Power Requirement, Safety.
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- Performance Evaluation of Different Sowing Equipment for Cultivation of Wheat Crop (Triticum aestivum G.)
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1 Department Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Shriram College of Agriculture Engineering (JNKVV) Paniv, Solapur (M.S.), IN
2 Central Farm Machinery Training Testing Institute, Budni (M.P.), IN
1 Department Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Shriram College of Agriculture Engineering (JNKVV) Paniv, Solapur (M.S.), IN
2 Central Farm Machinery Training Testing Institute, Budni (M.P.), IN
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International Journal of Agricultural Engineering, Vol 12, No 1 (2019), Pagination: 53-62Abstract
The performance and evaluation of four sowing equipment treatment was determined for cultivation of wheat crop. Four different treatment such as zero till seed-cumfertilizer drill, Roto till seed-cum-fertilizer drill, 1xcultivator + 1x disc harrow + seed-cum- fertilizer drill,1x cultivator + 2x disc harrow + raised bed planter (Aikins and Afuakwa, 2010) all prevailing environmental condition such climatic condition i.e. temperature and relative humidity, physical properties of soil i.e. soil moisture content, bulk density and shear strength, as well as machine and crop parameters were studied before sowing treatment (Benjamin and Cruse, 1987). There are several drills like conventional, zero till, rototill, raised bed planting etc. can be used for sowing wheat. The improved machines not only deliver the desired amount of seed and fertilizer but also save time and energy. The performance of seed drill is improved by manipulating the depth of sowing and thickness of soil cover over the seed as well as pressing the soil cover (Baumgartl and Horn,1991.) The initial bulk density of soil reduced in treatment T1, T2, T3 and T4 as the soil manipulation occurred. The soil moisture content after sowing decreased in all the treatments at different depths. The highest reduction was observed in treatment T4 due to more tillage operation and used of raised bed planter. Better soil pulverization was observed in case of treatment T2 where seed bed was prepared by rotary tiller. The cone index of soil was increased with depth. It was found to be minimum at different depths in treatment T4 which includes 1 x cultivator followed by 2 x disc harrow then sowing by using raised bed planter. The similar trend was observed even at 100 DAS. The field efficiency was found to be maximum (77.02%) in treatment T1 and minimum (60.91%) in treatment T4. This is because maneuverability and initial in case of zero till dril. The plant height varied in different treatments till 15DAS, however, at latest age of crop growth. The plant height was near to each others though it was more in treatments T3 and T4. This is because soil was tilled deeper which probably helped in more ischolar_main growth. The number of plants/m length, seed emergence was minimum in treatment T1 and similar in other treatment. The plant population was also less in treatment T1 and similar in treatment T2, T3 and T4. It was found more in treatment T4. Length of ear head in all the treatment was almost similar. The weed count was found to be minimum in treatment T4 and maximum in treatment T1 as there was no soil manipulation in treatment T1. The crop cutting yield was minimum (48.3q/ha) in treatment and maximum in treatment T4 (51.7q/ha), in treatments T2 and T3 there is slight difference in grain yield. The straw yield was minimum (57.95q/ha) in case of treatment T1 probably due to less tillers and less plant population. 1000 grain weight was found similar in all the treatments (Bhattacharyya et al., 2008).Keywords
Seed Drill, Cultivator, Disc Harrow, Planter, Soil Properties, Energy, Economics.References
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- Energy Analysis of Different Sowing Equipment for Cultivation of Wheat Crop (Triticum aestivum G.)
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1 Department Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Shriram College of Agriculture Engineering (JNKVV) Paniv, Solapur (M.S.), IN
2 Central Farm Machinery Training Testing Institute, Budni (M.P.), IN
1 Department Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Shriram College of Agriculture Engineering (JNKVV) Paniv, Solapur (M.S.), IN
2 Central Farm Machinery Training Testing Institute, Budni (M.P.), IN
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International Journal of Agricultural Engineering, Vol 12, No 1 (2019), Pagination: 87-95Abstract
The energy analysis and performance of four sowing equipment treatment was determined for cultivation of wheat crop. Four different treatment such as zero till seed-cumfertilizer drill, roto till seed-cum-fertilizer drill, 1x cultivator + 1 x disc harrow + seed-cum- fertilizer drill,1 x cultivator + 2 x disc harrow + raised bed planter at all prevailing environmental condition such climatic condition i.e. temperature and relative humidity, physical properties of soil i.e. soil moisture content, bulk density and shear strength, as well as machine and crop parameters were studied before sowing treatment (Aikins and Afuakwa, 2010). There are several drills like conventional, zero till, roto till, raised bed planting etc. can be used for sowing wheat. The improved machines not only deliver the desired amount of seed and fertilizer but also save time and energy. In each treatment the energy consumed in the form of direct energy, indirect energy, renewable energy, non-renewable energy, commercial energy and non-commercial energy was estimated taking into account all the inputs like seed, fertilizer, FYM, machines, human labour, diesel, etc. The source wise energy was minimum (13178.30MJ/ha) in treatment T2 and 13300.19MJ/ha, 14236.79MJ/ ha and 14686.61MJ/ha in treatments T1, T3 and T4, respectively. The operation wise energy was minimum (5066.30MJ/ha) in treatment T2 and 5188.19MJ/ha, 6124.79MJ/ha and 6574.61MJ/ha in treatments T1, T3 and T4, respectively (Arvidsson, 2010). The performance of seed drill is improved by manipulating the depth of sowing and thickness of soil cover over the seed as well as pressing the soil cover. Better soil pulverization was observed in case of treatment T2 where seed bed was prepared by rotary tiller. Cone index was found to be minimum at different depths in treatment T4 which includes 1 x cultivator followed by 2 x disc harrow then sowing by using raised bed planter. The similar trend was observed even at 100 DAS. The field efficiency was found to be maximum (77.02%) in treatment T1 and minimum (60.91%) in treatment T4. Number of plants/m length, seed emergence, plant population were also less in treatment T1 and similar in treatment T2, T3 and T4. It was found more in treatment T4 (Atkinson et al., 2007).Keywords
Energy, Fertilizer, FYM, Machines, Human Labour, Diesel, Seed Drill, Planter, Economics.References
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