PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SUGAR BEET TWO SPLIT HARVESTERS UNDER EGYPTIAN CONDITIONS

ELSHABRAWY, H.; SALIM, R. M.; Barakat, R. R.

doi:10.21608/mjae.2013.100420

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SUGAR BEET TWO SPLIT HARVESTERS UNDER EGYPTIAN CONDITIONS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Professor. of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Egypt.

² Senior Researcher of Agricultural Engineering , Agric. Eng. Res. Institute, Egypt.

³ Agricultural expert associate at the ministry of justice, Egypt.

10.21608/mjae.2013.100420

Abstract

The main objectives of this study were to evaluate the performance of using two split of harvester for topping and lifting the sugar beet crop at the same time that means a complete harvesting process for sugar beet crop. Measuring indicators were tested for the two split harvester (Grimme BM300 and Rootster 604) at the tested forward speed (m/s), type of cleaning system (axial or turbine) and type of opal wheel driven (ground and hydraulically). It was found that using the tested harvester with turbine cleaning system and with hydraulically driven under forward speed of 5.8 km/h gave the best results in all treatments. Forward speed of 3.5 km/h gave desirable results with some measurements. Therefore it is advisable to use the harvester with hydraulically driven and turbine cleaning system with forward speed of 5.8 km/h that showed the best results while harvesting the sugar beet crop.

Main Subjects

Agricultural Power and Machinery Engineering

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