Effect of cylindrical cutting blades and travelling speeds on the performance of sweet sorghum harvesting equipment
This research aim sat developing harvesting equipment with cylindrical cutter for sweet sorghum harvesting. Vertical centrifugal blade mechanism is commonly used in forage harvesters. Such a mechanism would chop the plants into small pieces and transports the mout of the harvesting equipment. Howe...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Prince of Songkla University
2014-10-01
|
| Series: | Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST) |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://rdo.psu.ac.th/sjstweb/journal/36-5/36-5-10.pdf |
| _version_ | 1819100201438150656 |
|---|---|
| author | Saknarin Deeyotar Seree Wongpichet |
| author_facet | Saknarin Deeyotar Seree Wongpichet |
| author_sort | Saknarin Deeyotar |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This research aim sat developing harvesting equipment with cylindrical cutter for sweet sorghum harvesting. Vertical
centrifugal blade mechanism is commonly used in forage harvesters. Such a mechanism would chop the plants into small
pieces and transports the mout of the harvesting equipment. However, this research aims to develop such mechanism for
harvesting equipment without the chopping process. The laboratory tests were done under simulation harvesting condition
in the laboratory. An appropriate blade cutting speed was found. The efficiencies of the harvesting equipment with the varied
blade speed and travelling speed were collected. The findings of the study were used to design and construct a harvester
prototype that would harvest one row at a time. The field test was conducted to evaluate the functions of the prototype in
a real field setting. The results showed that an increase of the blade speed between 6.28 and23.35 m/s did not affect the
efficiency of the equipment, nor the cutting loss, but affects the height of the stump, which decreased by 4.82 mm/stump. By
increasing the travelling speed from 2.00 to 3.50 km/hr, the efficiency of the equipment increased by 4.14 %, the cutting loss
decreased by 6.86%, but the loss from the remaining stumps increased by 2.10%. The fuel consumption cost of this prototype
is lower than the cost of the labor wage by 281.60 baht/ha. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-22T00:59:01Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-e995f3aa25de440c9b0a27b9c1412fea |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 0125-3395 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-22T00:59:01Z |
| publishDate | 2014-10-01 |
| publisher | Prince of Songkla University |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST) |
| spelling | doaj.art-e995f3aa25de440c9b0a27b9c1412fea2022-12-21T18:44:15ZengPrince of Songkla UniversitySongklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST)0125-33952014-10-01365555562Effect of cylindrical cutting blades and travelling speeds on the performance of sweet sorghum harvesting equipmentSaknarin Deeyotar0Seree Wongpichet1Department of Agriculture Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Mueang, Khon Kaen, 40002 ThailandDepartment of Agriculture Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Mueang, Khon Kaen, 40002 ThailandThis research aim sat developing harvesting equipment with cylindrical cutter for sweet sorghum harvesting. Vertical centrifugal blade mechanism is commonly used in forage harvesters. Such a mechanism would chop the plants into small pieces and transports the mout of the harvesting equipment. However, this research aims to develop such mechanism for harvesting equipment without the chopping process. The laboratory tests were done under simulation harvesting condition in the laboratory. An appropriate blade cutting speed was found. The efficiencies of the harvesting equipment with the varied blade speed and travelling speed were collected. The findings of the study were used to design and construct a harvester prototype that would harvest one row at a time. The field test was conducted to evaluate the functions of the prototype in a real field setting. The results showed that an increase of the blade speed between 6.28 and23.35 m/s did not affect the efficiency of the equipment, nor the cutting loss, but affects the height of the stump, which decreased by 4.82 mm/stump. By increasing the travelling speed from 2.00 to 3.50 km/hr, the efficiency of the equipment increased by 4.14 %, the cutting loss decreased by 6.86%, but the loss from the remaining stumps increased by 2.10%. The fuel consumption cost of this prototype is lower than the cost of the labor wage by 281.60 baht/ha.http://rdo.psu.ac.th/sjstweb/journal/36-5/36-5-10.pdfcylindrical cuttersweet sorghum harvester |
| spellingShingle | Saknarin Deeyotar Seree Wongpichet Effect of cylindrical cutting blades and travelling speeds on the performance of sweet sorghum harvesting equipment Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST) cylindrical cutter sweet sorghum harvester |
| title | Effect of cylindrical cutting blades and travelling speeds on the performance of sweet sorghum harvesting equipment |
| title_full | Effect of cylindrical cutting blades and travelling speeds on the performance of sweet sorghum harvesting equipment |
| title_fullStr | Effect of cylindrical cutting blades and travelling speeds on the performance of sweet sorghum harvesting equipment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of cylindrical cutting blades and travelling speeds on the performance of sweet sorghum harvesting equipment |
| title_short | Effect of cylindrical cutting blades and travelling speeds on the performance of sweet sorghum harvesting equipment |
| title_sort | effect of cylindrical cutting blades and travelling speeds on the performance of sweet sorghum harvesting equipment |
| topic | cylindrical cutter sweet sorghum harvester |
| url | http://rdo.psu.ac.th/sjstweb/journal/36-5/36-5-10.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT saknarindeeyotar effectofcylindricalcuttingbladesandtravellingspeedsontheperformanceofsweetsorghumharvestingequipment AT sereewongpichet effectofcylindricalcuttingbladesandtravellingspeedsontheperformanceofsweetsorghumharvestingequipment |