MANUFACTURING AND EVALUATION OF A FERTILIZATION AND CULTIVATION DUAL PURPOSE UNIT FOR SMALL FARMS

Fouda, T.; Derbala, A.A.; Elmetwalli, A.H.; Shlaby, S.; E., Amina.A,

doi:10.21608/mjae.2015.98688

MANUFACTURING AND EVALUATION OF A FERTILIZATION AND CULTIVATION DUAL PURPOSE UNIT FOR SMALL FARMS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Prof. of Agric. Eng. Dept. , Fac. of Ag., Tanta. Univ., Egypt.

² Associate Professor in Agric. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag., Tanta. Univ., Egypt.

³ Lecturer of Agric. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag., Tanta. Univ., Egypt.

⁴ Associate researcher of Agric Eng Gmiza research center, Egypt.

⁵ Postgraduate of Agric. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag., Tanta. Univ. , Egypt.

10.21608/mjae.2015.98688

Abstract

The experimental work was carried out through agricultural Summer season of 2014 at the experimental farm Research Station, Gemmiza; Gharbiya governorate to manufacturing and evaluation of a fertilization and cultivation dual purpose unit for fiber crops(Kenaf and Roselle) under small farms conditions. The manufactured dual purpose unit performance was studied as a function of change in machine forward speed(2.2, 2.8,3.4 and 4 Km/h) and fertilizing rates(30,45 and 60 Kg.N.fed^-1).at average of soil moisture content 22 % .Dual purpose unit was evaluated in terms of effective field capacity, ,field efficiency, fuel consumption ,power and energy requirements and. The experiment results reveled that the manufactured double acting unit decreased energy and increased effective field capacity and field efficiency with using machine forward speed 2.2Km/h .fertilizing rate45 Kg.N.fed^-1, and soil moisture content was 22% d.b.

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