Motion analysis and system response of fertilizer feed apparatus for paddy Variable-Rate fertilizer spreader
文献类型: 外文期刊
第一作者: Shi Yinyan
作者: Shi Yinyan;Hu Zhichao;Shi Yinyan;Wang Xiaochan;Odhiambo, Morice Oluoch;Ding Weimin;Wang Xiaochan;Ding Weimin
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关键词: Feed actuator; Lag calibration; System response; Time delay; Variable-rate fertilizer
期刊名称:COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE ( 影响因子:5.565; 五年影响因子:5.494 )
ISSN: 0168-1699
年卷期: 2018 年 153 卷
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收录情况: SCI
摘要: Precision agriculture and variable-rate technology have gained increasing public interest. To improve the rapid response ability of the control system of a variable-rate fertilization and reduce the errors corresponding to the feed fertilizer system in a centrifugal variable-rate spreader, three devices that could adjust the application rate using different actuators were developed; these involved the gear and rack structure A, electric handspike structure B, and screw slider structure C. Mechanism motion analysis models were established based on vector equations, the response analysis of system delay was performed according to the model of lag fertilization, and subsequently, performance tests were executed to calibrate the lag distance of falling fertilizer, as well as the response time of actuators and the error of feed fertilization flow. The test results indicated that for actuators A, B, and C, the average lag distance of falling fertilization was in the order L-A > L-C > L-B, with the respective values being 3.56, 2.72, and 1.85 m; the corresponding lag correction times were 1.99, 1.74, and 1.48 s, respectively. A positive proportional relation was noted between the application increment and response time of apparatus execution, and T-Bi > T-Ci > T-Ai (i denotes the corresponding feed fertilization flow). Furthermore, the error of fertilization flow first decreased and then increased with the increasing application rate; the extremum appeared between 250g/s and 380g/s, and gamma(Bi) > gamma(Ai) > gamma(Ci). The feed fertilizer with structure C was optimized and integrated field validation tests, and incorporating the corresponding correction time of lagging response T-lag = 1.74 s into the control system, the mean error of variable-rate fertilization system was determined as 9.67%, and the average lag distance of fertilization was 0.37 m. This indicated that the control system of variable-rate fertilization with correction response time alleviated the problem of lag falling fertilizing, improved the response speed of variable-rate fertilization for rice, and helped achieved better fertilization accuracy.
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