1. Development and performance of a crop residue mobile disintegrator
Authors : Nilesh Awate, Dr. D.j. Tidke
Pages : 309-314
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.21172/1.73.045
Keywords : dis integrator, crop residue, cotton stalk Abstract :This paper focuses on the design and development of an attachment for a farm tractor to effectively shred the plant residues into small pieces. The attachment has been specifically designed to disintegrate the cotton stalk, available in agricultural fields the form of biomass waste after harvesting cotton, with minimal power. The disintegrated biomass can be gainfully used for manufacturing particle boards and similar products instead of just using the stalk as domestic fuel. Different considerations in the development of the compact machine system have been discussed so as to be able to cut the stalk, shred it and then blow it into a container for transportation purposes. Simulated results and field trials show that this low cost farmer friendly compact attachment performs efficiently while ensuring that the operating cost is low. It is shown that this device is compatibly deictic to solve the problems of small farmers while increasing the farm productivity and improving the standard of living of the farmers
Citing this Journal Article :Nilesh Awate, Dr. D.j. Tidke, "Development and performance of a crop residue mobile disintegrator ", Summer Special Issue - - June 2016, 309-314
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