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Provedor de dados: | 70
País: | Brazil
Título: | PERFORMANCE OF FERTILIZER METERING MECHANISMS OF PLANTERS AS A FUNCTION OF LONGITUDINAL INCLINATION
Autores: | Garcia,Luiz C.; Diniz,Renan N.; Rocha,Carlos H.; Souza,Nátali M.; Weirich Neto,Pedro H.
Data: | 2017-12-01
Ano: | 2017
Palavras-chave: | Powder fertilizer; Operational efficiency; Granule mixtures; Variation in dosage.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT: Sowing occurs in agricultural areas with irregular relief, influencing the quality of seed and fertilizer distribution. The aim of this study was to analyze the performance of different fertilizer metering mechanisms of planters as a function of longitudinal inclination. The experimental design was a completely randomized design with five treatments and six replications. Treatments consisted of five longitudinal inclinations to the metering mechanism (−10, −5, 0, 5, and 10 degrees). The mass of fertilizer collected per minute was considered as a replication. We worked with two types of fertilizers: a mixture of granules and powder. Metering mechanisms used were a horizontal toothed rotor, helical without flow restrictor, helical with lateral overflow, and helical with longitudinal overflow. The longitudinal inclination of ±10° in relation to the leveling altered the metered amount of both fertilizers used in all metering mechanisms. The helical with lateral overflow was the metering mechanism that obtained the smallest amount variation of fertilizer distributed in the different longitudinal inclinations, followed by the helical with longitudinal overflow, horizontal toothed rotor, and helical without flow restrictor.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162017000601155
Editor: | Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola
Relação: | 10.1590/1809-4430-eng.agric.v37n6p1155-1162/2017
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Engenharia Agrícola  v.37 n.6 2017
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess