TY - JOUR
T1 - Laboratory performance of a mass flow sensor for dry edible bean harvesters
AU - Zandonadi, Rodrigo S.
AU - Stombaugh, Timothy S.
AU - Shearer, Scott A.
AU - Queiroz, Daniel M.
AU - Sama, Michael P.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Due to the importance of yield monitoring, researchers have been developing systems for crops such as tomatoes, forage, sugar cane, citrus, and coffee. A yield monitoring system for pull type dry edible beans harvester has not yet been developed. The goal of this project was to design and test a drive torque measurement device on a clean grain bucket elevator of a dry bean harvester, and evaluate its potential to be used as a mass flow sensor. Tests were conducted in the Yield Monitor Test Facility (YMTF) of University of Kentucky following the recommendation of ASABE Standard S578 (2007) The device was tested within the flow rate range of 0 to 3.4 kg/s. The largest flow rate errors were ±4.2% at 3.3 kg/s and ±4% at 1.6 kg/s. The average accumulated mass errors of the sensor were less than 3.1% and the maximum accumulated error was 4.9% at a flow rate of 1.8 kg/s.
AB - Due to the importance of yield monitoring, researchers have been developing systems for crops such as tomatoes, forage, sugar cane, citrus, and coffee. A yield monitoring system for pull type dry edible beans harvester has not yet been developed. The goal of this project was to design and test a drive torque measurement device on a clean grain bucket elevator of a dry bean harvester, and evaluate its potential to be used as a mass flow sensor. Tests were conducted in the Yield Monitor Test Facility (YMTF) of University of Kentucky following the recommendation of ASABE Standard S578 (2007) The device was tested within the flow rate range of 0 to 3.4 kg/s. The largest flow rate errors were ±4.2% at 3.3 kg/s and ±4% at 1.6 kg/s. The average accumulated mass errors of the sensor were less than 3.1% and the maximum accumulated error was 4.9% at a flow rate of 1.8 kg/s.
KW - Edible bean harvester
KW - Laboratory performance
KW - Mass flow sensor
KW - Precision agriculture
KW - Yield monitor
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77949305957
SN - 0883-8542
VL - 26
SP - 11
EP - 20
JO - Applied Engineering in Agriculture
JF - Applied Engineering in Agriculture
IS - 1
ER -