Investigation of the performance of a cylindrical hopper and metering device of a carrot seeder
Abstract A carrot seeder that utilizes a cylindrical component serving as both hopper/metering device to deposit seeds precisely into planting beds/hills at a uniform interval along a straight row over a plant bed was developed in this study. The seeder was evaluated at different operating speeds (8...
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| author | Marvin T. Valentin Andrzej Białowiec Davut Karayel Algirdas Jasinskas Daniel Ciolkosz Jeffrey A. Lavarias |
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| description | Abstract A carrot seeder that utilizes a cylindrical component serving as both hopper/metering device to deposit seeds precisely into planting beds/hills at a uniform interval along a straight row over a plant bed was developed in this study. The seeder was evaluated at different operating speeds (89, 70, 61, 51, 48, 38, and 34 cm s−1) relative to mean number of seeds planted in each hill, hill center, scattering distance ratio, hill spacing and missed hills. The seeder was able to deposit seeds in each hill ranging from 2.8 to 4.0 at all speeds. The mean hill center and missed hills suggested that the seeder is best operated at speed under 70 cm s−1 with the respective values ranging from 0.9 to 1.6 cm and 0–5.5%. This indicates that number of the seeds dropped per hill was very uniform, which is a good indicator of the seeding performance. The hill center and missed hills at 89 cm s−1 were 3.08 cm and 16.67% respectively were significantly higher than at lower speeds. Other operating performances such as the mean number of seeds deposited in each hill and the distance between hills did not appear to vary with the planting speed. The scattering distance ratios of operating speeds from 34 to 61 cm s−1 were less than 30% and therefore acceptable for hill dropping of carrot seeds. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df88e5d0e3be4482ace46502660e70022023-01-22T12:13:34ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-01-0113111610.1038/s41598-022-25798-8Investigation of the performance of a cylindrical hopper and metering device of a carrot seederMarvin T. Valentin0Andrzej Białowiec1Davut Karayel2Algirdas Jasinskas3Daniel Ciolkosz4Jeffrey A. Lavarias5Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Applied BioeconomyWrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Applied BioeconomyDepartment of Agricultural Engineering and Safety, Vytautas Magnus UniversityDepartment of Agricultural Engineering and Safety, Vytautas Magnus UniversityDepartment of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Pennsylvania State UniversityDepartment of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, College of Engineering, Central Luzon State UniversityAbstract A carrot seeder that utilizes a cylindrical component serving as both hopper/metering device to deposit seeds precisely into planting beds/hills at a uniform interval along a straight row over a plant bed was developed in this study. The seeder was evaluated at different operating speeds (89, 70, 61, 51, 48, 38, and 34 cm s−1) relative to mean number of seeds planted in each hill, hill center, scattering distance ratio, hill spacing and missed hills. The seeder was able to deposit seeds in each hill ranging from 2.8 to 4.0 at all speeds. The mean hill center and missed hills suggested that the seeder is best operated at speed under 70 cm s−1 with the respective values ranging from 0.9 to 1.6 cm and 0–5.5%. This indicates that number of the seeds dropped per hill was very uniform, which is a good indicator of the seeding performance. The hill center and missed hills at 89 cm s−1 were 3.08 cm and 16.67% respectively were significantly higher than at lower speeds. Other operating performances such as the mean number of seeds deposited in each hill and the distance between hills did not appear to vary with the planting speed. The scattering distance ratios of operating speeds from 34 to 61 cm s−1 were less than 30% and therefore acceptable for hill dropping of carrot seeds.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25798-8 |
| spellingShingle | Marvin T. Valentin Andrzej Białowiec Davut Karayel Algirdas Jasinskas Daniel Ciolkosz Jeffrey A. Lavarias Investigation of the performance of a cylindrical hopper and metering device of a carrot seeder Scientific Reports |
| title | Investigation of the performance of a cylindrical hopper and metering device of a carrot seeder |
| title_full | Investigation of the performance of a cylindrical hopper and metering device of a carrot seeder |
| title_fullStr | Investigation of the performance of a cylindrical hopper and metering device of a carrot seeder |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of the performance of a cylindrical hopper and metering device of a carrot seeder |
| title_short | Investigation of the performance of a cylindrical hopper and metering device of a carrot seeder |
| title_sort | investigation of the performance of a cylindrical hopper and metering device of a carrot seeder |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25798-8 |
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