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| Author(s): |
Rafael de Matos
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola |
| Defense date: | 2012-10-08 |
| Examining board members: |
Nelson Luis Cappelli;
Paulo Sergio Graziano Magalhães;
Jorge Luis Mangolini Neves
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| Advisor: | Nelson Luis Cappelli |
| Abstract | |
The growing demand of sugar cane and the need for agility in the processing of this product, the agricultural sector led to seek cropping systems with greater capacity in the field. However, the sugar cane harvesters still have some critical points depending on the quality of work due to various types of product losses during harvest. Most of the deficiencies found in the harvester can be eliminated, or at least minimized, with the adoption of technological innovations that allow an optimal operation of its various subsystems. Some systems of the harvester such as the circuit of the primary extractor, does not have a welldefined design for different models of harvesters. So to start an improvement in this circuit, the analysis of power consumption of its cleaning system, with values of power consumed and installed, could help to better understand its operation. The objective of this study was to evaluate the demand for hydraulic power of the hydraulic motor installed on the primary extractor of sugar cane harvesters in terms of machine operation system and analyze the relationship between the installed power in the circuit and power consumed. For this, two models of combines were used in four tests, that were performed for data acquisition of hydraulic flow and differential pressure in the extractor's hydraulic motor, considering the machine stopped in the courtyard and working in the field. With the machine stopped, in other words without mass flow of sugar cane and impurity passing through the fan, the power consumed by the motor was 14.75 kW with an angular velocity of 104.7 rad s-1. In the field operation with mass flow through the cleaning system, the results were more than twice found for the tests with the harvester stopped. When compared to the nominal power installed, the values of hydraulic power consumed ranged from 30 to 50% of rated output, which indicates the overestimation of the power in the primary motor of the extractor (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/14038-1 - Study for Replacement of Hydraulic Drive Mechanisms in Sugar Cane Harvesters |
| Grantee: | Rafael de Matos |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |