AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING TODAY
Open Access
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue: 4

Optimization of parameters for harvesting of paddy by head feed combine

  • Author:
  • Ingole Omprakash Avdhut, Anil Kumar, Mukesh Jain, Vijaya Rani, Naresh
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Page Number: 18 to 26

Department of Farm Machinery & Power Engineering, CC HAU, Hisar-125004

*Corresponding author’s email: anil-saroha@reddifmail.com

Online published on 1 March, 2021.

Abstract

A head feed combine was evaluated for optimization of combine parameters viz., cylinder speed (14.42, 15.53 and 16.64 m s-1), forward speed (3.5, 4.0 and 4.5 km h-1) and crop parameter viz., grain moisture content (18.1, 20.3, 22.4 per cent) in relation to threshing effciency, cleaning effciency and total grain losses for paddy variety CSR - 30. Moisture content of 18.2 per cent, cylinder speed of 15.53 m s-1 and forward speed of 4.0 km h-1 was found optimum for harvesting of paddy variety CSR - 30. Moisture content was the most important factor infuencing threshing effciency, cleaning effciency and total grain losses followed by cylinder speed and forward speed.

Keywords

Cleaning effciency, Cylinder speed, Forward speed, Grain losses, Moisture content, Threshing effciency