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In most areas of Xinjiang, edible sunflower is harvested in stages by means of transplanting plates for drying and taking plates for threshing. In some areas, edible sunflower harvesters are used for field operations, and problems such as edible sunflower plate leakage and grain loss exist in the process of harvest, which seriously hinder the development of edible sunflower scale and industrialization. In order to solve these problems and improve the harvesting efficiency of edible sunflower machine, this paper conducted a field survey on planting mode and biological characteristics of the edible sunflower in Xinjiang, and summarized the harvesting mechanism of edible sunflower. Starting from the operation path of manual harvesting sunflower tray, and combining with the requirements of field harvesting, a kind of collecting station for edible sunflower was designed. Field experiment was carried out to verify the field performance of the collecting station for edible sunflower. The specific research contents and conclusions were as follows. First of all, experimental study on the physical characteristics of edible sunflower was made during harvest in Xinjiang. It mainly included the determination test of the basic physical quantity, the friction characteristic test and the impact seed falling test. The average moisture content of edible sunflower plate was 38.97% and that of culm was 65.49%. By the bevel method, we got the friction angle between the dish and the steel plate was about 29.2°, the static friction coefficient was 0.56. The experiments were carried out to obtain the operating parameters with less loss of sunflower plate, which provided the theoretical basis for the field operation of edible sunflower harvesting platform. Secondly, in this paper, the whole plan of the collecting station for edible sunflower was determined, and the structural design and parameter analysis of the key devices were carried out. This paper designed a kind of station for collecting edible sunflower by imitating the manual way of picking dish. The whole machine structure was mainly composed of the pick-up device, conveying device, collecting dish box, walking device, power transmission system and frame. By analyzing the segmented path map of manual picking-up and parabolic dish, and combining the working posture of the pick-up device in each harvesting stage, the bionic pick-up device was designed and the basic structural parameters were determined to achieve the goal of bionic dish taking action and the shortest parabolic dish path. The 3D model of the pick-up device was established and the kinematics analysis were carried out to obtain the displacement, speed and acceleration change rules of the pickup device's disk-bar and determined the best structure and working parameters combination of the pickup device. The conveying device was designed and the speed of it was calculated to be 92 r/min, the theoretical productivity was 2.19 t/h. By analyzing the power transmission system, we got the transmission law of chain. The field harvest test finally was carried out with the total harvest loss rate as the test index, the height of the plug plate, the rotational speed of the take-up rod and the forward speed of the unit as the test factors. The results showed that the collecting station for edible sunflower could complete the functions of picking up, transporting and collecting. The optimal combination of the collecting station for edible sunflower was that the height of the disc was 650 mm, the forward speed of the unit was 0.88 m/s, the rotational speed of the take-up rod was 23 r/min, and the total loss rate of harvest was less than 5%, which could meet the operation requirements of Xinjiang edible sunflower harvesting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Grain loss rate is one of the most important performance index of corn head in mechanized harvesting. Seed harvesting is the main development direction of mechanized corn harvesting. The characters of seed harvesting corn variaty increased the urgency to reduce grain loss on corn head. The paper was proposed to solve the problem of grain loss on corn head. Theoretical analysis was conducted to the snapping process. Corn ear was subjected to pull force by the snapping rolls and the pull force transferred by corn stalk. Corn kernels were divided into 2 types due to their force condition. A kernel at the bottom end of corn ear was subjected to reaction forces by stripper plates, corn cob and the adjacent kernels and shear force by the pedicel. Kernels out of contact with the stripper plates were subjected to reaction forces by the adjacent kernels, pull force and shear force by corn cob. As the impact force was related to the impact time according to the theorem of impulse, the paper analyzed collision model between corn ear and stripper plates in the snapping process. A mathematical model was obtained about the impact time and intrinsic parameters of the system. The impact time was dependent on system mass, stiffness coefficient and damping coefficient, which lays on the mechanical structure and materials of collision objects. So, the impact force would decrease as the impact time could be prolonged by reducing the stiffness coefficient and raising the damping coefficient. The quantity of shed kernels could be reduced consequently. The paper proposed a corn head with wheel type rigid-flexible coupling snapping device to reduce loss. The corn head consisted of the frame, gear-box, snapping rolls, gathering chain, wheel type rigid-flexible coupling snapping device, and chain wheels. The wheel type rigid-flexible coupling snapping device consisted of snapping wheel axle, spring seat axle, supporting axle, buffer spring, and snapping wheel frame. Force analysis was conducted on the snapping wheel. According to the force conditions and dimension boundary condition, the structure diameters of snapping wheel, snapping wheel frame, and buffer spring were confirmed. In order to obtain the optimal parameters with the minimum loss rate of wheel type rigid-flexible coupling snapping device, the optimization experiments were conducted of the factors at 3 different levels. In the optimization experiments, the snapping wheel radius was designed at 10, 15 and 20 mm respectively, the flexible body thickness was at 2, 4 and 6 mm respectively, the snapping rolls rotating speed at 700, 800 and 900 r/min respectively. The Response Surface Analysis method was used to design the experiments. The software Design-Expert 8.0.6.1 was used to analyze the data. Regression equation was induced according to the experiment and analysis above. The optimal combination of wheel type coupling snapping device was as follows: The snapping rolls rotating speed was 700 r/min, the snapping wheel radius was 15 mm, the flexible body thickness was 4 mm. Verification contrast test was conducted between corn head with wheel type rigid-flexible coupling snapping device and the one with snapping rolls and stripper plates on corns at different moisture contents. As the kernels moisture contents were 21.8%, 16.7% and 13.4%, the grain loss rate decreased 53.4%, 48.6% and 47.0% respectively. This study provides not only theoretical basis but also design reference for the improvement of corn harvester design. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A hybrid refrigeration system of refrigerator car was designed in this paper. Photovoltaic energy storage system was the auxiliary power source of the refrigeration system and it drove the refrigerator during refrigerator car parking for a long time midway or at night. Engine drove refrigerator when refrigerator car was driving. The experimental analysis of hybrid refrigeration system of refrigerator car found that power generation of solar panels could only keep electric compressor working for 4.13 hours in one day. The power generation was not enough to support refrigeration system working for all night and this would affect the quality of cargo in the refrigerated carriage. In order to solve this problem, on the one hand, the energy consumption of refrigeration system needed to be reduced. On the other hand, the power generation capacity should be increased. Firstly, mathematical model of the hybrid refrigeration system of refrigerator car was established. Then, experiments about photovoltaic energy storage system and refrigeration system have been down. Correctness of the model was verified by comparing experimental data and simulation data. On this basis, the refrigeration efficiency and economic coefficient of photovoltaic power generation were put forward as the system evaluation indexes in this paper. The refrigeration efficiency was the ratio of energy consumption to cooling capacity and represented the energy consumption of the refrigeration system. If the refrigeration efficiency is lower, the energy saving of the refrigeration system is more. The economic coefficient of photovoltaic power generation is the ratio of power generation of solar panels to the power capacity of batteries and it represents the power generation capacity of per-unit cost of photovoltaic energy storage system. If the economic coefficient of photovoltaic power generation is greater, the power generation capacity per unit cost of photovoltaic power generation system is more. The two evaluation indexes were unified as the objective function. Nine constraints were enumerated. Based on chaotic ant colony algorithm, the hybrid refrigeration system of refrigerator car was optimized. The results after optimization showed that the energy consumption of the refrigeration system was reduced by 238.63 W, the cooling capacity was increased by 103.11 W and the refrigeration efficiency was reduced from 0.542 to 0.402. The optimized refrigeration system was more energy-saving. The volume of optimized refrigeration system was smaller, which made refrigeration system easier to install on the refrigerator car. Also, the power capacity of batteries was decreased by 2.67 kW·h, the whole day power generation capacity of solar panels was increased from 4.45 to 5.82 kW·h and the economic coefficient of photovoltaic power generation was increased from 0.464 to 0.840. In summary, the optimized hybrid refrigeration system of refrigerator car was more energy-efficient and economical. The optimization method and encouraging results in this paper will provide a fundamental reference for optimization design of the research on solar refrigeration system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Hydropower is one of the most reliable source of green energy and is widely used to meet real-time electricity demand. The ever escalating energy demand and iterative development in hydropower have pushed the generation of hydropower towards a low lost-cost and more flexible state which can work in a wider hydrodynamic region without compromising its performance. So the research on multidisciplinary optimization of hydro turbine needs to be carried out. Francis-type turbine is attractive because the efficiency of the unit at its design point exceeds the other types. As mentioned above, with the needs of robust operation in wide region without compromising its performance, the Francis turbine runner has to be optimized under multidisciplinary constraints. Multidisciplinary optimization technology of Francis runners has always been a key point in the field of turbine research. The coupling strength of each variable is the basis for establishing a concise and efficient multidisciplinary optimization strategy. So in the multidisciplinary optimization of Francis runner, it is necessary to analyze the coupling strength of design variables. In this paper, based on the global relative sensitivity of design variables, a coupling strength analysis method of runner design variables has been presented. First, combing three-dimensional (3D) inverse design theory with curve parametric method, a parametric 3D inverse-design method has been developed to control the Francis runner geometry. According to this parametric 3D inverse-design method, the meridional flow passage and geometry of runner blade can be controlled by a set of discrete parameters. These parameters are treated as runner design variables. The hydraulic efficiency of turbine, the minimal pressure coefficient on runner blade and the maximum static stress of blade are selected as objective functions. Then the global relative sensitivity of each objective function to design variables is calculated by an improved Morris OAT method. Compared with the traditional Morris OAT method, an optimal Latin hypercube design technique is adopted in the improved method. The optimal Latin hypercube design technique has a better space filling property than the traditional one. So the sampling only needs to be done once, which reduces the time of global relative sensitivity analysis without compromising its precision. On the basis of the improved Morris OAT method, the speed of global relative sensitivity calculation is improved obviously. Secondly, the set which contains global relative sensitivity of design variables is treated as universe, and the semi-trapezoidal function in fuzzy mathematics is imported to quantify the membership of each variable to objective functions. After obtaining the membership of each variable, a judgment principle of variable's coupling strength is presented in this paper. According to this judgment principle, the coupling strength property of each design variable can be defined as strong coupling, middle coupling and weak coupling. Finally, based on the coupling strength of each design variable, the multidisciplinary optimization strategy of Francis runner is established. And then the multidisciplinary optimization of Francis runner can be carried out. In order to validate the coupling strength analysis method, an application case is presented in the paper. In that case, the design variables of a Francis turbine runner with the head of 200 m are chosen as the analysis object. From the analysis result, it can be found that only the coupling strength property of maximum thickness is weak coupling, and the others are middle coupling. According to the result, a multidisciplinary optimization strategy is established and used in the optimization of Francis turbine runner. After optimization, both the hydraulic performance and strength property of the optimized runner are improved, demonstrating the effectiveness of the coupling strength analysis method. In conclusion, the method proposed in this paper can be adopted to analyze the coupling strength of design variables of Francis runner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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For transplanting vegetables plug seedlings, it is difficult to directly pick up seedlings from the tray cells. Damages of root lumps of plug seedling happen all the time in extracting. In this paper, a root lump loosening mechanism using air jets to eject vegetable plug seedlings making for transplanting was designed and evaluated. It consisted of air jets, a linear module, a double-rod cylinder, a control system and some other supporting parts. The step transmission of the air jet along the horizontal direction was performed using the linear module, which was a synchronous belt system. The air jet′ motion along the vertical direction up and down for ejecting plug seedlings was moved by the double-rod cylinder. For high blowing rates, wholes rows of air jets aiming for each drain hole was designed. In this arrangement, the seedlings could be loosened row by row. With a row of air jets blowing the seedling plugs from the drain holes of the tray cells, air pressures along with the force of the plungers effectively loosened seedlings. It would be good for manual pulling seedlings or automatically picking up seedlings from the tray cells. Based on the integrated design and analysis, the air pressure range of succeeding in loosening seedling plugs was 0.098-0.235 MPa using the air jet at the diameter of 5 mm. Under this condition, the seedlings appeared to be most effective in the loosening and not in destroy of the root soil. Meanwhile, the air jet could eject each drain hole at the bottom of the 128-cell tray. Being the first prototype, its optimal machine parameters were examined under various conditions. In the optimum tests, it was found that the air pressure of the air jet plungers exerted the greatest effect on the integrated ratio in loosening seedling plugs, and followed by the moisture content. Other factors such as the seedling age, the air flow rate and the air jet with sponges or not had no significant effects on the integrated ratio in loosening seedling plugs. In reality, it would probably be a moderate air blast for blowing of the plug seedlings from the tray. If the moisture content of root lumps of the plug seedlings was less than 55%, the cohesion forces between the roots and the tray cell walls would increase. In this case, wetting the roots might serve to reduce the adhesion making for blowing. For cucumbers seedlings, when the air pressure of the air jet plungers was 0.2 MPa, the root zone moisture was 55%-60%, the seedling age was 25 d, the airflow circuit was fully open at the outlet of 4 mm, and the air jet had no sponges, the best intact rate succeeding in loosening root lumps of plug seedlings was achieved. Finally, the overall loosening performance test was carried out. The intact rate of seedling and root lump in loosening root lumps by blowing was more than 96%. It needed about 48 s for finishing loosening the whole tray of plug seedling. The loosening mechanism using air jets to eject vegetable plug seedlings has a good performance, which can meet the actual requirements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the increasing use of the agricultural plastic film, the pollution it brings is also becoming more and more serious. Therefore, design and experiment on plastic film collector of ridged peanut mean great significance to us, of course, facing huge problems. Mechanical recycling plastic film can overcome shortcomings of the great labor intensity and low efficiency using artificial picking up. However the existing plastic film recycling equipments are generally designed based on experiences and have no precise theoretical researches for components, and there are some issues including unreliable picking up performance and unloading mechanism and serious wear of working parts. This paper focuses on the lack of effective automatic removing mechanism for teeth type residue plastic film collector, and according to this situation, automatic removing and smooth returning mechanism for teeth type residue plastic film collector have been designed. Teeth type residue plastic film collector with self-motion unloading mechanism consists of frame, hydraulic shaft fixture, hydraulic fixing bracket, rake, self-motion unloading square tube, hydraulic device, and self-motion unloading scraper. The stability, reliability, and returning smoothness of the motion of the parallel 4-rod linkage mechanism are analyzed. We design a variety of different forms of squeegees to test, and at last find the best form of squeegee named V-shaped. The key part of the mechanism is focused and the stress analysis is performed. Teeth are persistently distorted when they are working. We design 3 types of squeegees including horizontal squeegee, U-shaped squeegee, and V-shaped squeegee, and at last we find the V-shaped squeegee can ensure that teeth are put back in origin place, so it can achieve the best results. The design and innovation of the hydraulic system are also important. We choose single-rod hydraulic cyclinder of 45# steel, the size of hydraulic cyclinder diameter is 40 mm, and the size of piston rod diameter is 25 mm. We use the stress analysis on squeegee, and the movement analysis on planar linkage, and find the movement track of the squeegee at last. Based on this, the objective function and constraints are determined, and the major influencing factors of teeth type residue plastic film collector with self-motion unloading mechanism are the space between teeth and squeegee, squeegee angle, and automatic removing mechanism angle. We do experiment in Jiaozhou, Qingdao, China, the previous crop is peanut, and moisture content of soil is 16%. The experiment and response surface analysis are done for the space between teeth and squeegee, squeegee angle, and automatic removing mechanism angle. The data are then processed, and the parameters are optimized by the response surface method with Design Expert. The response surface analysis of the model shows that the effect of the 3 factors on the primary film removal rate is significant. The order of influencing factors is: the space between teeth and squeegee > squeegee angle > automatic removing mechanism angle. The machine is optimized by the function of optimization of Design Expert, the space between teeth and squeegee is 2 mm, the squeegee angle is 70°, and the automatic removing mechanism angle is 60°. Through the field test, which shows the feasibility of the optimization scheme and will provide theoretical basis for the optimization of related machines. The teeth type residue plastic film collector of ridged peanut has a good film removal effect, which meets the design requirements of plastic recyling machine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Notoginseng is one of rare medicinal herbs in China, and it is mainly grown in Yunnan Province. Market demand of notoginseng is very large, and hence, until December 2014, the planting area of notoginseng has reached 40000 hm2. At present, the main planting pattern is through manual operation, and the labor intensity is very high and the sowing quality is discrepant. However, there is no precision seeding device suitable for notoginseng. Therefore, the mechanization planting of notoginseng has important practical significance. Notoginseng is planted on small plots of land, the planting density and the requirement of seeding precision are high, so we designed a small sized precision metering device. The liquidity of the seeds is not good and the shape of seeds is irregular for notoginseng, so we chose the pneumatic seed-metering device to adapt to the characteristics of the seeds accordingly. In order to meet the precision seeding requirements of notoginseng planting, a unique pneumatic cylinder-type precision metering device was designed. This device integrated the features of vacuum suction, insulated pressure for seed-clearing and zero speed of seed dropping. In this paper, the main structure and the working principle of the metering device were expounded. The pitch-row of the hollow shaft was determined and the stability of the flow field was ensured by the flow field analysis through the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. The key structure parameters were determined through theoretical calculation according to planting requirements. The contrast test of dropping seed indicated that zero speed of seed dropping was necessity. According to the extensive testing combined with the experimental results of relevant scholars, the main factors which affected seeding performance of pneumatic cylinder precision seed-metering device were determined, which were forward velocity, negative pressure and adsorption angle. During the test process, in order to reach zero speed of seed dropping, the installation angle of adjustable insulated pressure plate was changed with forward velocity. The notoginseng seeds in Wenshan were chosen for sowing object. Based on the three-factor five-level quadratic orthogonal rotating combination test method, the influences of forward velocity, negative pressure and adsorption angle on sowing performance were explored. The experimental results showed that the influence of negative pressure on the qualified rate was very significant (P<0.01), and the influences of forward velocity and adsorption angle were significant (P<0.05). The regression equations of the 3 factors were fitted through the processing by Design Expert 8.0.6 (experimental design expert) software. Based on the results of examination, we found that the fitting of the equations was good, the best parameter combination was adsorption angle of 20°, negative pressure value of 660-720 Pa and forward velocity of 0.72-0.76 m/s, and under the optimal condition, the qualified index was greater than 90.2, the missing index was less than 4.9, and the multiple index was less than 5.3. The pneumatic cylinder precision seed-metering device met the standard and requirements by comparing the results with the national standard and notoginseng planting requirements. This approach of research is suitable for the exploitation of notoginseng seed-metering, and provides a theoretical reference for the design of pneumatic cylinder precision seed-metering device for Panax notoginseng. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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