Performance of tractor and tillage implements in clay soil
A mobile instrumentation system was developed and mounted on an MF 285 tractor to measure the performance parameters of the tractor and attached implements. The system measures implement draft, fuel consumption, real forward velocity, tillage depth and engine speed. Other parameters such as wheel sl...
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| description | A mobile instrumentation system was developed and mounted on an MF 285 tractor to measure the performance parameters of the tractor and attached implements. The system measures implement draft, fuel consumption, real forward velocity, tillage depth and engine speed. Other parameters such as wheel slippage, drawbar power and traction efficiency would be calculated by ASABE standard. Overall energy efficiency for the tractor-implement system was calculated, too. Three implements included of moldboard plow, disk plow and chisel plow at four forward velocities (1.5, 2.3, 3 and 4 km/h) in 23 cm depth and 1500 rpm engine speed was examined. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) of resulted data revealed that increase of forward velocity results in increase of implement draft, wheel slippage, drawbar power and overall energy efficiency but results in decrease of traction efficiency. Furthermore, fuel consumption decreased by increase of velocity from 1.5 km/h to 3 km/h but increased by increase of velocity from 3 km/h to 4 km/h. Moreover, it was observed that draft requirement for implements in tests ranged from 8.2 kN for the disk plow to 13 kN for the chisel plow and fuel consumption ranged from 10.72 L/ha for the chisel plow to 26.5 L/ha for the moldboard plow. The ranges in mentioned parameters indicate that energy saving can be readily done by selecting energy-efficient implements and by proper matching of the tractor size and operating parameters to the implements. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c19ed2f5d29e4908b7d977e9e901fe952025-08-20T03:52:02ZengSpringerJournal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences1658-077X2017-04-0116215416210.1016/j.jssas.2015.05.003Performance of tractor and tillage implements in clay soilSaeed Ranjbarian0Mohammad Askari1Javad Jannatkhah2Department of Mechanical Engineering of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Urmia, IranDepartment of Mechanical Engineering of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agricultural Technology and Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, P.O. Box 165, Ardabil, IranDepartment of Mechanical Engineering of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agricultural Technology and Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, P.O. Box 165, Ardabil, IranA mobile instrumentation system was developed and mounted on an MF 285 tractor to measure the performance parameters of the tractor and attached implements. The system measures implement draft, fuel consumption, real forward velocity, tillage depth and engine speed. Other parameters such as wheel slippage, drawbar power and traction efficiency would be calculated by ASABE standard. Overall energy efficiency for the tractor-implement system was calculated, too. Three implements included of moldboard plow, disk plow and chisel plow at four forward velocities (1.5, 2.3, 3 and 4 km/h) in 23 cm depth and 1500 rpm engine speed was examined. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) of resulted data revealed that increase of forward velocity results in increase of implement draft, wheel slippage, drawbar power and overall energy efficiency but results in decrease of traction efficiency. Furthermore, fuel consumption decreased by increase of velocity from 1.5 km/h to 3 km/h but increased by increase of velocity from 3 km/h to 4 km/h. Moreover, it was observed that draft requirement for implements in tests ranged from 8.2 kN for the disk plow to 13 kN for the chisel plow and fuel consumption ranged from 10.72 L/ha for the chisel plow to 26.5 L/ha for the moldboard plow. The ranges in mentioned parameters indicate that energy saving can be readily done by selecting energy-efficient implements and by proper matching of the tractor size and operating parameters to the implements.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658077X15000193Implement draftFuel consumptionTraction efficiencyWheel slippageOverall energy efficiency |
| spellingShingle | Saeed Ranjbarian Mohammad Askari Javad Jannatkhah Performance of tractor and tillage implements in clay soil Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences Implement draft Fuel consumption Traction efficiency Wheel slippage Overall energy efficiency |
| title | Performance of tractor and tillage implements in clay soil |
| title_full | Performance of tractor and tillage implements in clay soil |
| title_fullStr | Performance of tractor and tillage implements in clay soil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance of tractor and tillage implements in clay soil |
| title_short | Performance of tractor and tillage implements in clay soil |
| title_sort | performance of tractor and tillage implements in clay soil |
| topic | Implement draft Fuel consumption Traction efficiency Wheel slippage Overall energy efficiency |
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