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Energy consumption evaluation of active tillage machines using dynamic modelling

Applied Sciences (Switzerland), ISSN: 2076-3417, Vol: 11, Issue: 14
2021
  • 8
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 7
    Captures
  • 1
    Mentions
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    Social Media
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  • Citations
    8
    • Citation Indexes
      8
  • Captures
    7
  • Mentions
    1
    • Blog Mentions
      1
      • Blog
        1

Article Description

Soil tillage is a very energy-intensive operation. A general expectation is to reduce energy consumption and reduce soil compaction with as few turns and interventions as possible. Thus, more and more attention is being paid to the use of active tillage machines. The aim of the present work is to test a new approach to optimize PTO-driven tilling machine operations regarding energy consumption. A real, active tillage machine, the MSS-140 type spading machine, was investigated in the Matlab Simscape™ environment. The solid model of the spading machine was built using actual dimensions. The work done by a single spade is broken down into elementary processes. The acting forces on the implement, in each elementary process for different advancing speeds, were modelled and calculated. The model is suitable for illustrating the dynamics of loads and for calculating the mechanical work. The model was also tested in comparison with real fuel consumption. The consumed fuel quantity was measured and the energy requirement for the model calculated at three advancing speeds. A comparison between the measured and calculated energy consumption values was made: The calculated results are similar to the measured values; the mean difference is 9.91%, with a standard deviation 3.3%.

Bibliographic Details

Zoltán Forgó; Ferenc Tolvaly-Roșca; Judit Pásztor; Attila Kovari

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Materials Science; Physics and Astronomy; Engineering; Chemical Engineering; Computer Science

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