• DocumentCode
    1864297
  • Title

    Determination of canola losses in harvest operation with three types of heads

  • Author

    Mohammadian, Seyed Arsalan ; Mobli, Hossein ; Rafiee, Shahin ; Mohammadi, Ali ; Nejad, Hamid Reza Sadegh

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Agric. Machinery Eng., Univ. of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    1-3 Aug. 2010
  • Firstpage
    435
  • Lastpage
    437
  • Abstract
    Ilseed crops have become a major industry in Golestan, Iran. However, these crops are not grown without risk. Proper management tools are essential to minimize potential risks and ensure maximum profits for farmers. This study aims to determine canola losses in harvest operations with three types of head. Losses of canola seeds occur in each level of canola production especially in harvesting level. In Harvesting time canola pods separated from center line and canola seeds fall on the ground. Rapeseed harvest was by three types of head (Ordinary head, Iranian head, Foreign (Austrian) head) losses of harvest by ordinary head was higher than other (195 to 254 (kg h-1)). Minimum losses occur in harvesting with Austrian head and losses by Iranian head were between two types of head. The vertical cutter bar have an decrease impact on canola losses this cutter bar has best Performance in Austrian head and reduce losses which occur in part three of head. Losses of canola seeds determine with Hobson trays.
  • Keywords
    agricultural engineering; agricultural machinery; crops; cutting tools; Golestan; Hobson trays; Iran; Rapeseed harvest; canola losses; canola production; canola seeds; farmers; harvest operation; management tools; oilseed crops; potential risks; profits; vertical cutter bar; Agriculture; Chemical engineering; Chemistry; Companies; Magnetic heads; Petroleum; Production; canola losses; harvest; rape seed;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (ICCCE), 2010 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7765-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7766-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCCENG.2010.5560396
  • Filename
    5560396