Straw-Soil-Rotary Blade Interaction: Interactive Effects of Multiple Operation Parameters on the Straw Movement

Conventional soil-tool interaction has been upgraded to straw-soil-tool interaction due to plenty of straw remains in the field after harvesting. Understanding the straw-soil-tool interaction relationship and quantifying the straw movement and distribution characteristics at various tillage operatio...

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Main Authors: Gaoming Xu, Yixuan Xie, Lei Liang, Qishuo Ding, Huanxiong Xie, Jiannan Wang
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Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
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author Gaoming Xu
Yixuan Xie
Lei Liang
Qishuo Ding
Huanxiong Xie
Jiannan Wang
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Yixuan Xie
Lei Liang
Qishuo Ding
Huanxiong Xie
Jiannan Wang
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description Conventional soil-tool interaction has been upgraded to straw-soil-tool interaction due to plenty of straw remains in the field after harvesting. Understanding the straw-soil-tool interaction relationship and quantifying the straw movement and distribution characteristics at various tillage operation parameters is critical for straw management and the design of tillage tools. Here, in order to investigate the interactive effects of key operation parameters on the displacement and burial of straw, a specific field test rig was developed to perform straw movement test. According to the singe-factor test and multifactor interactive experiment, we investigated the effect of straw length, tillage depth and rotary speed on straw movement, and established a mathematical model between operation parameters and straw movement. The results showed that the significant order of the influence on the displacement and burial of straw was as follows: the tillage depth, the straw length, the rotary speed. As determined by response surface analysis, the optimal combination of parameters for straw incorporation was straw length of 5 cm, tillage depth of 13 cm, and rotary speed of 320 rpm, and the corresponding straw burial rate and straw displacement were 95.5% and 27.6 cm, respectively. The relative errors of the optimization results are less than 5%. These results indicated that the mathematical model can be used to predict and evaluate straw movement. Therefore, it is feasible to enhance the straw incorporation performance by a reasonable setting of operation parameters, which may provide a comprehensive strategy to improve the working quality of tillage tools.
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spelling doaj.art-8cb3f7a503484ecc93ba401ff8c8f62c2023-12-01T00:26:56ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952022-03-0112484710.3390/agronomy12040847Straw-Soil-Rotary Blade Interaction: Interactive Effects of Multiple Operation Parameters on the Straw MovementGaoming Xu0Yixuan Xie1Lei Liang2Qishuo Ding3Huanxiong Xie4Jiannan Wang5Key Laboratory of Intelligent Agricultural Equipment of Jiangsu Province, College of Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210031, ChinaSchool of Arts and Design, Huizhou University, Huizhou 516007, ChinaKey Laboratory of Intelligent Agricultural Equipment of Jiangsu Province, College of Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210031, ChinaKey Laboratory of Intelligent Agricultural Equipment of Jiangsu Province, College of Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210031, ChinaNanjing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Nanjing 210014, ChinaNanjing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Nanjing 210014, ChinaConventional soil-tool interaction has been upgraded to straw-soil-tool interaction due to plenty of straw remains in the field after harvesting. Understanding the straw-soil-tool interaction relationship and quantifying the straw movement and distribution characteristics at various tillage operation parameters is critical for straw management and the design of tillage tools. Here, in order to investigate the interactive effects of key operation parameters on the displacement and burial of straw, a specific field test rig was developed to perform straw movement test. According to the singe-factor test and multifactor interactive experiment, we investigated the effect of straw length, tillage depth and rotary speed on straw movement, and established a mathematical model between operation parameters and straw movement. The results showed that the significant order of the influence on the displacement and burial of straw was as follows: the tillage depth, the straw length, the rotary speed. As determined by response surface analysis, the optimal combination of parameters for straw incorporation was straw length of 5 cm, tillage depth of 13 cm, and rotary speed of 320 rpm, and the corresponding straw burial rate and straw displacement were 95.5% and 27.6 cm, respectively. The relative errors of the optimization results are less than 5%. These results indicated that the mathematical model can be used to predict and evaluate straw movement. Therefore, it is feasible to enhance the straw incorporation performance by a reasonable setting of operation parameters, which may provide a comprehensive strategy to improve the working quality of tillage tools.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/4/847straw movementrotary tillageoperation parametersstraw displacementstraw burial
spellingShingle Gaoming Xu
Yixuan Xie
Lei Liang
Qishuo Ding
Huanxiong Xie
Jiannan Wang
Straw-Soil-Rotary Blade Interaction: Interactive Effects of Multiple Operation Parameters on the Straw Movement
Agronomy
straw movement
rotary tillage
operation parameters
straw displacement
straw burial
title Straw-Soil-Rotary Blade Interaction: Interactive Effects of Multiple Operation Parameters on the Straw Movement
title_full Straw-Soil-Rotary Blade Interaction: Interactive Effects of Multiple Operation Parameters on the Straw Movement
title_fullStr Straw-Soil-Rotary Blade Interaction: Interactive Effects of Multiple Operation Parameters on the Straw Movement
title_full_unstemmed Straw-Soil-Rotary Blade Interaction: Interactive Effects of Multiple Operation Parameters on the Straw Movement
title_short Straw-Soil-Rotary Blade Interaction: Interactive Effects of Multiple Operation Parameters on the Straw Movement
title_sort straw soil rotary blade interaction interactive effects of multiple operation parameters on the straw movement
topic straw movement
rotary tillage
operation parameters
straw displacement
straw burial
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/4/847
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