Scientific Journal "AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING": Recent submissions
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Development of Multivariate Regression Model for Quantification of Proximate Content in Vigna Radiata Using Fourier Transform –NIR Spectroscopy
The Fourier Transform Near Infrared (FT-NIR) absorbance spectra (12800-3600 cm-1) of 222 green gram samples was used to build calibration models for the determination of the content of protein, fat and carbohydrate. The ... -
The Development of Vertical Patternator to Evaluate the Hydraulic Sprayers
In Egypt, it could be not able to test the vertical distribution for agriculture sprayer machines this may be due to the poor measuring instruments such as vertical patternator. The aim of the current research is develop ... -
Development and Performance Evaluation of Plantain Peeler Cum Slicer
Peeling and slicing of green mature plantains of Nendran variety is labour intensive and costly. Based on the physical and mechanical properties of green mature plantain the peeler cum slicer was developed. The peeling ... -
Comparative Field Evaluation of Different Mechanized Planting Techniques in Napier-Bajra
The 17th Livestock Census (2003) has placed the total livestock population at 485 million and that of poultry birds at 489 million. Total population is expected to grow 1.23% in the coming years. At present, the country ... -
Spectral Analysis for Monitoring Crop Growth Using Tractor Mounted Spectroradiometer and Hand Held Greenseeker In Cotton
Remotely sensed spectral vegetation indices are widely used and have benefited numerous disciplines interested in the assessment of biomass, water use, plant stress, plant health and crop production. Tractor mounted ... -
Development and Evaluation of Metering Mechanism for Sowing of Onion Seed (Allium Cepa L.)
Onion (Allium cepa L) is one of the major vegetable crops grown throughout the country. It is widely grown in different parts of the country mainly by small and marginal farmers. Generally, the onion seeds are sown in ... -
Self Propelled Spoke Wheel Nitrogen Applicator for Rice Residue Mulched Wheat Crop
In order to reduce nitrogen losses sustained in broadcasting of urea under high rice straw mulched wheat crop and to enhance crop yield, a self propelled spoke wheel nitrogen applicator for injecting nitrogen in liquid ... -
Engineering Properties of Rice
Engineering properties of rice is essential for designing of storage bin. The physical properties of rice (ADT-43) namely, size, shape, thousand grains mass, aspect ratio, surface area, volume, bulk density, true density ... -
Pull, Torque Slip Characteristics of Braked Wheel of Seed Drills and Planters
Sowing or planting is one of the most important farm operations. Generally it is done by seed drill and planters. Metering device govern the seed to seed spacing in sowing operation. A constant velocity ration between ... -
Monitoring of the Pastures in the West-Kazakhstan Region (Example from the Karatobin Region)
Topic of this research are pastures in the Karatobin region that are parts of the Kaspijan valley desert and semi-deserts. In this paper degradation of the pastures, caused by industry activities is analyzed. Based on ... -
Selection of Material and Heat Treatment Cycle for Wear Reduction in Oil Palm (Elaeis Guineensis) Harvesting Knives
Harvesting of oil palm is a tedious and labor intensive work. Nonavailability of proper tool increases the severity of the problem. Knives used for harvesting the oil palm are either imported or made by local artisans ... -
Using Hydrus-2d Model for Simulating Soil Water Dynamics in Drip-Irrigated Citrus
The demand of water for irrigation is gradually increasing due to escalating competition for fresh water by urban, industrial, and agricultural users. To sustain or increase agricultural productivity, there is a need to ... -
Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Short Term Rainfall Forecasting
Accurate rainfall forecasting is very necessary for water resource management. Recently, several modeling approaches have been investigated to perform such forecasting task. In the present study, possibility of forecasting ... -
Effect of Temperature and Immersion Duration on Osmotic Dehydration of Onion Slice
Water loss, solid gain, weight loss and moisture content of osmotic dehydrated onion (Allium cepa L.) were studied. The effect of temperature and time to onion slices during osmotic dehydration for the onion slices were ... -
Design of Flood and Drain Vertical Hydroponic System
The study was conducted by installing the Flood and Drain Vertical Hydroponic System for cultivating Chinese leafy vegetable Pak-choi (var. Choko) of family Brassicaceae. The system was designed in the department of ... -
Multifuel Power Supply System of the Diesel Engine
The design of the fuel system of the tractor diesel with the multistage heating, allowing to apply pure rapeseed oil as fuel in the diesel engine is described in the article. -
Computer Program for Cost Estimation of Agricultural Machines
A user-friendly computer program is developed in Visual Basic environment to determine the all types of machinery costs on hour and hectare basis. The program is also capable to compute breakeven area and time of use of ... -
Energy Productivity of Photovoltaic Cells in Nitra
This contribution is oriented to measurement and evaluation of the obtained energy from photovoltaic cells efficiency in practice conditions. Photovoltaic cells were monitored during one year in Nitra, Slovakia. Cells ... -
Investigation of Through Porosity of Oxide Ceramic Coatings Formed by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation
The article presents the results of investigation of through porosity of oxide ceramic coatings obtained by plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) on the aluminum parts surfaces, restored by soldering. The optimal modes and ...