PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION OF SELF-PROPELLED MULTI-PURPOSE POWER UNIT

RAHUL GAUTAM¹*, DATTATRAY NIMBALKAR², N.K. KHANDELWAL^3
1SRF at AICRP on CRP, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
²College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
³College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : rgoutam31mail.com@gmail.com

Received : 06-03-2018     Accepted : 20-03-2018     Published : 30-03-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 6       Pages : 5467 - 5472
Int J Agr Sci 10.6 (2018):5467-5472

Keywords : Power unit, Winnowing, Mower, Centrifugal pump
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

A self-propelled multipurpose power unit was developed in the laboratory of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, JNKVV, Jabalpur for small farmers. The prime mower is powered by 5hp diesel engine. V-belt drive is provided for transmission of power from the engine to the traction wheels. An adjustable accelerator wire is connected to the governor for adjusting the engine speed according to the requirement. The worm gear reduction unit is located at the axle having speed reduction ratio of 20:1. A telescopic type frame is provided to support the end of adjustable output shaft with the help of bearing. The handle is modified so as to vary the height from 1.0 to 1.3 m from the ground. The addition lug cage wheel is connected to transport wheel to increase the traction. The developed machine can be used for field preparation, sowing, intercultural operation, water pumping, grass cutting & harvesting and winnowing & threshing in small agricultural fields for winnowing, mower and pumping operations field capacity of the machine was 6q/hr, 0.08ha/hr and 12 l/sec respectively, efficiency of the machine was 90%, 91 % and 93% respectively and fuel consumption 0.6l/hr, 1.47l/hr and 0.8 l/hr respectively.

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