EL SAYED, G., ABD EL MAKSOUD, M., SHALABY, S. (2009). EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF A MODIFIED GRAIN COMBINE HARVESTER USED FOR SUNFLOWER CROPS. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 87(3), 731-751. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2009.196640
GAMAL H. EL SAYED; MOHAMED A. ABD EL MAKSOUD; SAMER A. M. SHALABY. "EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF A MODIFIED GRAIN COMBINE HARVESTER USED FOR SUNFLOWER CROPS". Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 87, 3, 2009, 731-751. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2009.196640
EL SAYED, G., ABD EL MAKSOUD, M., SHALABY, S. (2009). 'EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF A MODIFIED GRAIN COMBINE HARVESTER USED FOR SUNFLOWER CROPS', Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 87(3), pp. 731-751. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2009.196640
EL SAYED, G., ABD EL MAKSOUD, M., SHALABY, S. EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF A MODIFIED GRAIN COMBINE HARVESTER USED FOR SUNFLOWER CROPS. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2009; 87(3): 731-751. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2009.196640
EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF A MODIFIED GRAIN COMBINE HARVESTER USED FOR SUNFLOWER CROPS
1Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt.
2Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Menoufia University, Egypt.
Abstract
The performance of a small modified European grain combine harvester CICORIA, in harvesting sunflower Crop was investigated. Effects of some important parameters such as combine forward speed, seed moisture content, harvesting direction, rotor speed, and rotor-concave clearance on the combine performance were studied. Results showed that the optimum condition obtained at forward speed of 3.3 km/h, seed moisture content of 15.15% (db) Results also indicated that total seed loss of 40.02 kg/fed, energy requirements of (11.38 kW.h/ton), seed production of 1739 kg/h, fuel consumption of 5.5 L/h and total combine processing efficiency of 97.27% were obtained .