MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF AIR-THERMAL AND MICROWAVE-CONVECTIVE PRESOWING SEED TREATMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (41) ◽  
pp. 35-43
Author(s):  
ALEKSEY A. VASIL’EV ◽  
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ALEKSEY N. VASIL’EV ◽  
DMITRIY BUDNIKOV ◽  
ANTON SHARKO
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Seed Treatment ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Research Purpose ◽  
Dense Layer ◽  
Technological Equipment ◽  
External Influence ◽  
Ultra High Frequency ◽  
Grain Processing ◽  
Seed Processing

The use of electrophysical influences for pre-sowing treatment of seeds is an effective way to increase their sowing quality. The use of these methods is limited by the fact that their implementation requires new technological equipment in grain processing lines. This problem is solved more easily when pre-sowing processing is performed using installations for active ventilation and grain drying. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in determining the possibility of using active ventilation units and ultra-high-frequency convective grain dryers for pre-sowing grain processing and to evaluating the effectiveness of such processing using computer modeling. (Materials and methods) It is necessary to ensure the uniformity of processing with external influence the seeds placed in a dense layer. Authors carried out pre-sowing treatment of seeds on real installations. Treated seeds were sown in experimental plots and the results of treatment were evaluated. (Results and discussion) The article presents graphs of changes in grain temperature and humidity during processing. To check the feasibility of pre-sowing treatment, authors performed modeling of air-heat and ultra-high-frequency convective seed treatment processes. Based on the results of field experiments, air-heat treatment stimulates the development of secondary plant roots, contributes to an intensive increase in the green mass of plants; ultra-high-frequency convective seed treatment allows increasing the number of productive stems in plants, the number of ears in one plant. (Conclusions) Technological equipment designed for drying and active ventilation of grain can be effectively used for pre-sowing seed processing. In the course of field experiments, it was revealed the possibility of controlling the structure of the crop using different types of external influence on seeds during their pre-sowing processing.

The Results of Studying the Energy Efficient Modes of Grain Drying Using Microwave Radiation

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-27
Author(s):  
Dmitriy A. Budnikov
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Microwave Field ◽  
Energy Intensity ◽  
Research Purpose ◽  
High Frequency Field ◽  
Drying Process ◽  
Wheat Grain ◽  
Ultra High Frequency ◽  
Processed Material ◽  
Grain Drying

Classical thermal methods of grain drying are characterized by high energy intensity. The study of grain processing modes using electrical technologies allows to reduce the cost of drying. When studying, it is necessary to take into account the technological requirements for the processed material, types of electrical technologies, and the operating mode of the intensifying equipment (constant, pulse, and others). (Research purpose) The research purpose is obtaining dependences of the energy efficiency of drying wheat grain using the energy of the microwave field for different states of the layer. (Materials and methods) A diagram of a laboratory installation has been used. Experimental studies were performed to determine the drying curves and the energy intensity of drying the layer of wheat grain. (Results and discussion) The two-factor experiment was conducted to determine the effect of the power of the field and the density of the grain mound on the energy intensity of the grain drying process. Article presents the required dependencies. (Conclusions) Data has been obtained as a result of an experiment on drying a grain layer located in a dense, fluidized and suspended layer under the influence of a microwave field at an initial grain humidity of 17 percent. It was found that the use of an ultra-high-frequency field in the process of drying grain crops is advisable when the humidity of the processed material is close to the standard one (17-18 percent for wheat). It was found that the use of an ultra-high-frequency field makes it possible to intensify the drying process when humidity is close to the standard by 3-4 times and reduce the overall energy consumption of the drying process in areas of humidity close to the standard by 20-40 percent. It was found that in order to increase the reliability of data, it is necessary to increase experiments on large-scale models that allow predicting the energy intensity of drying in industrial plants.

A Broadband High-Gain Bi-Layer Log-Periodic Dipole Array (LPDA) for Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Conformal Load Bearing Antenna Structures (CLAS) Applications

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas A. Bishop ◽  
Mohammod Ali ◽  
Jason Miller ◽  
David L. Zeppettella ◽  
William Baron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
Ultra High Frequency

Ultra-High-Frequency Pairs Trading in Gold ETFs

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thong Dao ◽  
Frank McGroarty ◽  
Andrew Urquhart
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Pairs Trading ◽  
Ultra High Frequency

ORGANIZATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES FOR CREATION INNOVATION CENTERS

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (141) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
ZOYA MISHINA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research Purpose ◽  
Service Research ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Technological Equipment ◽  
Technical Service ◽  
Agricultural Machinery ◽  
Efficient Operation ◽  
Technological Base ◽  
Reliability Of Operation ◽  
Production Areas

Timely conducting of all types of maintenance and routine repairs is possible only in the conditions of an innovative service center, equipped with the necessary equipment and having a complex of facilities to ensure favorable conditions for technical service. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in identifying opportunities for updating the technical service system in the agro-industrial complex by creating innovative service centers to ensure highly efficient operation of agricultural machinery and equipment. (Materials and methods) The system of maintenance in agriculture is characterized by a significant decrease in efficiency due to physical and moral wear of equipment of repair and technical enterprises, low level and insufficient qualification of personnel and managers of enterprises of the agro-industrial complex. The availability of existing enterprises of the agro-industrial complex with production areas is no more than 50 percent, technological equipment is no more than 47 percent, and technological equipment and equipment for jobs are 15 and 40 percent. (Results and discussion) The modernization of the infrastructure of technical service of agricultural machinery is aimed at updating the technological base of machine repair. Repair and technical enterprises do not have the necessary equipment to perform a number of maintenance and routine repairs. The process of developing technical service infrastructure is significantly behind the level of structural and technological complexity of agricultural machinery. Due to technological requirements, complex components and assemblies, such as engines, hydraulic equipment, fuel pumps of domestic and imported agricultural machinery should not be repaired in the conditions of farms. (Conclusions) The high technological level of innovative technical service centers serves as a condition for efficient operation of production, ensuring its stability and reliability of operation, flexibility and adaptability, high intensity and waste-free operation.

Mathematical Description of the Influence of the Bunker Outlet on the Grain Motion in the Microwave Convective Area

2020 ◽  
pp. 73-80
Author(s):  
Aleksey N. Vasil’yev ◽  
Andrey A. Tsymbal ◽  
Aleksey A. Vasil’yev
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Description ◽  
Microwave Field ◽  
Convective Zone ◽  
Research Purpose ◽  
Field Zone ◽  
Flow Process ◽  
Grain Processing ◽  
Grain Flow ◽  
The Right ◽  
Processing Zone

One of the environmentaly friendly methods of drying and decontamination of grain is its processing in microwave-convective installations. The efficiency of using the microwave field depends on the uniformity of its distribution in the grain processing zone. This is provided by the design features of the microwave core and waveguides. The uniformity of grain movement in the microwave field zone is important. It is important that the grain is moved in the microwave convective zone by hydraulic movement. In this case, the grain passes through zones with different intensity of the microwave field sequentially and the grain processing is uniform. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in making a mathematical dependence of parameters of the hopper outlet on the movement of grain in the microwave convective zone. (Materials and methods) The article presents the parameters of the outlet that ensure the grain flow without forming static arches in accordance with the method of calculating outlet bins. Fluctuations in humidity for different crops of processed grain will not lead to a violation of the grain flow process. The resulting equation for changing the height of the dynamic arch, depending on its location in the height of the hopper, allows to determine the uneven flow of grain from the hopper outlet. (Results and discussion) When unloading grain, there is an uneven flow in the right and left halves of the hopper, relative to the central axis. When only one hopper is unloaded, 0.84 kilograms more wheat is unloaded from its left half than from the right. This difference leads to uneven and reduced efficiency of grain processing in the microwave-convective zone. (Conclusions) To ensure the uniformity of grain processing in the microwave convective zone, it is necessary to improve the mechanism of grain flow from the outlet of the hopper.

Microwave Field Distribution Uniformity Coefficient in the Grain Mass

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
Dmitriy A. Budnikov
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Numerical Experiment ◽  
Microwave Field ◽  
Research Purpose ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Material Research ◽  
Dense Layer ◽  
Uniformity Coefficient ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Processed Material

The article considers the microwave electromagnetic fields as one of the options for improving the thermal drying of grain. Their application is limited by the high unevenness of the field propagation in the layer of the processed material. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in justifying the uniformity of distribution of microwave field in the layer of the processed grain. (Materials and methods) The article presents the scheme of computer models of microwave processing zones and waveguides, properties of materials for conducting a numerical experiment. (Results and discussion) A numerical experiment was performed to determine the uniformity coefficient of propagation of the microwave field in a layer of grain material. The article presents the dependencies. (Conclusions) It was found that the results of modeling the distribution of the electromagnetic field in the zone of microwave convective influence of the installation containing two sources of microwave power for processing the grain layer indicate a high level of its unevenness in the volume of the product pipeline. To assess the uniformity of the distribution of the electromagnetic field in the working area of a laboratory installation, there used a coefficient that is the ratio of the average value of the intensity in the zone of microwave convective action to its average value of the wave strength passing through the output of the waveguide. The values of the uniformity coefficient in the considered implementation options are in the range of 0.1757-0.4946 for a dense layer of wheat. To ensure a sufficient level of uniformity of the electromagnetic wave distribution in the volume of the microwave convective zone, the uniformity coefficient must be higher than 0.37. The article presents the dependence of the uniformity coefficient of the electromagnetic field on the humidity of the processed material by a third-degree polynomial with a coefficient of determination higher than 0.98.

INCREASING THE WEAR RESISTANCE OF THE WORKING BODIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES BY THE HDTV METHOD WITH ADDING POWDER OF THE EED METHOD

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (141) ◽  
pp. 123-131
Author(s):  
IL’YA ROMANOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Wear Resistance ◽  
Abrasive Wear ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Machine Building ◽  
Abrasive Wear Resistance ◽  
Research Purpose ◽  
Powder Materials ◽  
Agricultural Machinery ◽  
Resource Saving ◽  
Working Bodies

The development of energy and resource-saving methods and technologies for strengthening and restoring the working bodies of agricultural machinery will increase their abrasive wear resistance and durability by using materials from machine-building waste and reduce the cost by 10-30 percent without reducing operational characteristics. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in increasing the abrasive wear resistance and durability of cultivator legs by surfacing powder materials obtained by electroerosive dispersion from solid alloy waste by high-frequency currents. (Materials and methods) Authors obtained a powder for research on their own experimental installations of the CCP "Nano-Center" of electroerosive dispersion from waste of sintered hard alloys of the T15K6 brand. The microhardness of powders and coatings on microshifts was measured using the PMT-3 device, and the hardness of coatings with the KMT-1 microhardometer was measured using the Rockwell method according to GOST 9013-59. The microwave-40AV installation was used to assess the wear resistance of materials of working bodies of tillage machines. (Results and discussion) In the course of laboratory wear tests the relative wear resistance of samples hardened by high-frequency surfacing currents significantly exceeds the wear resistance of non-hardened samples made OF 65g steel, accepted as the reference standard. (Conclusions) Based on the results of experimental studies, the article proposes a new resource-saving technological process for strengthening the working bodies of agricultural machinery through the use of materials from machine-building waste, which allows increasing the abrasive wear resistance of working bodies by 1.5-2 times due to the use of tungsten-containing materials.

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