Claim · model-written summary
The authors advise re-evaluating the machine at greater rake angles and conveying slope with multiple potato varieties and a double-axle tractor.
- Taxon
- potatoes
Solanum tuberosume0 - Outcome
- re-evaluating at greater rake angles and conveying slopee5
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Verbatim
e0“for harvesting potatoes”
e5“the authors advise re-evaluating at greater rake angles and conveying slope using multiple potato varieties and a double axel tractor”
Title
Dessye Belay Tikuneh; Abebe Fanta Bedie; Bisrat G Awoke Cogent Engineering 2023. doi:10.1080/23311916.2023.2251744
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Intervention effect Increasing the blade angle reduced tuber damage loss.
- Method / resource The greatest exposure effectiveness, 96.47%, was recorded at a 15° conveyor slope and 20° rake angle.
- Method / resource At the optimum condition, damage percentage was 3.39%.
- Method / resource At the optimum condition, conveyance efficiency was 89.64%.
- Method / resource At the optimum condition, cleaning efficiency was 91.87%.
- Method / resource At the optimum condition, drawbar pull was 2959.1 N.
- Method / resource At the optimum condition, fuel consumption was 14.87 l/ha.
- Method / resource At the optimum condition, wheel slip was 17.67%.
- Method / resource At the optimum condition, soil swelling factor was 20.25%.
- Method / resource At the optimum condition, soil mean weight diameter was 17.44 mm.
- Method / resource At the optimum condition, pulverization ratio was 78.09%.
- Method / resource At the optimum condition, field capacity was 0.127 hectares per hour.
- Recommendation The prototype is acceptable for deployment to small to medium-sized farmers.