Design modification, development and performance evaluation of a PTO powered vertical disc plough with seeding attachment for sowing of wheat after rice
| dc.contributor.advisor | Singh, T.P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Santosh Kumar | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-04T11:06:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-10-04T11:06:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-08 | |
| dc.description | Thesis-PhD | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Experiment was carried out under controlled condition in the soil bin containing slity clay loam soil to study the varying disc size, forward speed, disc angle, depth of cut and soil moisture, the effect of on the power, energy and torque requirement of powered disc. Three number of disc diameter of 500, 550 and 600 mm at 94 rpm test with the five levels of disc angle as 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40°, three forwarded speed of 2, 3 and 4 km/h, three moisture levels of 8-10, 13-15 and 18-20% and three level of depth of operation of soil 100, 125 and 150 mm. The forward speed was fixed as desired. Total energy and power requirement was recorded with the help of energy meter, volt and ampere meter. The results revealed that disc angle, forwarded speed, soil moisture content, depth of cut had significant effect on power, energy and torque requirement. It was also observed that least specific energy, specific torque required at disc angle of 30° and forward speed at 4 km/h for all levels of depth of operation, disc diameter and soil moisture content. Also powered vertical disc ploughs with seeding attachment develop in the department, fined its performance and establishment of wheat crop to compare with roto till drill and conventional method of sowing under un-chopped and chopped residue field condition. The number of tillering at 60 DAS was highest in conventional method of sowing in un-chopped residue condition followed by powered vertical disc plough with seeding attachment and roto till drill. The similar trend was also observed in chopped residue field condition. The maximum grain yield was observed as 6046.66 kg/ha for powered vertical disc plough with seeding attachment T1, followed by 5780 kg/ha in roto till drill T3 and 2733.33 kg/ha in conventional T2, treatment in un-chopped residue condition. In chopped residue condition maximum yield was observed in T2 and T1 as 3110 kg/ha and 3010 kg/ha respectively. Finally, it can be concluded that powered disc plough with seeding attachment is advantageous in terms of better yield in wheat crop after rice compare with other method of sowing. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/79841 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand) | en_US |
| dc.sub | Farm Machinery and Power Engineering | |
| dc.subject | sowing, design, modification, performance testing, farm machinery, ploughs, ploughing, seeding, sowing, wheat, rice, agricultural engineering | en_US |
| dc.these.type | Ph.D | |
| dc.title | Design modification, development and performance evaluation of a PTO powered vertical disc plough with seeding attachment for sowing of wheat after rice | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |