Adaptation and Performance Evaluation of a Tractor Operated Wood Chipper Shredder | [Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research • 2019]

Author(s):

1. Liaqat Ali Shahid: Agricultural Engineering Division, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council,20 Ataturk Avenue, Sector G-5/1, Islamabad,Pakistan

2. Nadeem Amjad: Agricultural Engineering Division, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council,Islamabad,Pakistan

3. Muhammad Abdul Hanan Siddhu: Ex-student of Energy Management in Agriculture, Department of Natural Resource Management, PARC Institute of Advance Studies in Agriculture,NARC, Islamabad,Pakistan

Abstract:

Performance evaluation of a tractor PTO operated of Chinese Wood Chipper Shredder was conducted at a farmer's field in Dera Ghazi Khan Area for processing of Eucalyptus tree top-trimmed mixed waste material with leaves. The average machine throughput capacity was found to be 503 kg.h -1 with an average machine eficiency of 89 percent. Total average fuel consumption and labour requirement (un-skilled + skilled) were found to be 3.5 litres and 3.53 man-hour, respectively. The machine was also tested with clean Eucalyptus stems without leaves and small branches. The average throughput capacity in this case was found to be 568 kg.h-1 with an average machine eficiency of 97 percent. Total average fuel consumption and labour requirement (unskilled + skilled) were found to be 2.90 litres and 3.09 man-hour, respectively.

Page(s): 197-204

DOI: 10.17582/journal.pjar/2019/32.1.197.204

Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Year: 2019

Keywords:

processing , Requirement , Waste , Throughput capacity , Trimmed , Skilled and unskilled , Average

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