Optimum ratio of main mechanized operations for direct-flow fertilizers introduction

• Main Authors: V. P. Uvarov, A. G. Levshin, N. A. Maystrenko
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Federal Scientific Agroengineering Centre VIM 2016-08-01
• Series: Сельскохозяйственные машины и технологии
• Subjects: внесение удобрений; моделирование технологического процесса; плотность грузоперемещений по полю; эффективность использования транспортно-технологических средств; fertilizers application; technological process modeling; frequency of cargo movements across a field; efficiency of transport and technological means use
• Online Access: https://www.vimsmit.com/jour/article/view/144
• ISSN: 2073-7599; 2618-6748

Use of transport and technological means is carried out according to the direct-flow scheme and includes stage-by-stage performance as the main standard-setting operations (fertilizers transportation, movement and their distribution across a field), and auxiliary (return from a field and loading of fertilizers). The method of comparison of main types of operations at fertilizers application is given. An estimation criterion is a ratio of cargo movements on a road and across a field, proportionality coefficient between movement of freight and a fertilizers distribution area across the field. These indicators depend on transportation distances and doses of fertilizers application, and also on technology factor that is freight moving frequency across the field. The last characteristic is taken as the optimized parameter. An extremum of this indicator was searched due to a classical method. Optimum values of estimated indicators with the accounting of a variation of a ratio of load capacity and operating width of technical means are received. Concrete combinations of transportation distances and doses of fertilizers application are specified. The authors defined conditions of effective use of tractor and perspective automobile transport and technological means. They recommended to use the automeans allowing to change operating width. Realization of the stated methodological approach will make it possible to select an optimum ratio of the mechanized operations at direct-flow fertilizers application, to exclude additional cargo movements across the field, to cut fuel consumption, to increase productivity. Productivity of transport and technological means increases by 2.0; 1.3 and 1.15 times respectively to length of furrow 3; 9 and 27 km at fertilizers application by a dose of 0.06 kg per sq.m.