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DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW-INVENTED SYSTEM FOR TREE-BRANCHES CHOPPING

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Agricultural Power and Machinery Engineering

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The aim of this research is to develop, construct and evaluate a new-invented system for tree-branches chopping. The chopping system consists of frame, tires, draw-bar, 15-kW electrical motor, feeding, cutting, chopping units and suction-fan. The main results in this study can be summarized in the following points:

The maximum average of chopping length of 19 mm was obtained by using chopping-knives speed of 900 rpm (27.31 m/s), concave-hole diameter of 20 mm and tree-branch diameter of 50 mm. Meanwhile, the minimum average of chopping length of 6 mm was obtained by using chopping-knives speed of 1200 rpm (36.92 m/s), concave-hole diameter of 14 mm and tree-branch diameter of 20 mm (at constant clearance of 5 mm, moisture-content of 10 %, cutting-knives speed of 450 rpm and feeding-drums speed of 10 rpm).
The minimum productivity of 238 kg/h was obtained by using chopping-knives speed of 900 rpm (27.31 m/s), concave-hole diameter of 14 mm and tree-branch diameter of 50 mm. Meanwhile, the maximum machine productivity of 667 kg/h was obtained by using chopping-knives speed of 1200 rpm (36.92 m/s), concave-hole diameter of 20 mm and tree-branch diameter of 20 mm (at constant clearance of 5 mm, moisture-content of 10 %, cutting-knives speed of 450 rpm and feeding-drums speed of 10 rpm).
The operation and production costs at chopping-knives speed of 1200 rpm (36.92 m/s) were 17.42 – 18.71 L. E./h and 28.01 – 68.98 L.E./ton for all tested tree-branch and concave-hole diameters.

DOI

10.21608/mjae.2017.96239

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A. A.

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El Attar

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Eng., Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade, Cairo, Egypt.

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A. A.

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Bahnasawy

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Prof. and Head of Ag. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag.(Moshtohor), Benha Univ., Egypt.

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Yehia

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Prof. and Head of Mech. Systems of Ag. Operations.,Ag. Eng. Res. Inst., Ag. Res. Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

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S. A.

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Ali

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Prof., Ag. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag. (Moshtohor), Benha Univ., Egypt.

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T. A.

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Hassan

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Prof., Ag. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag. (Moshtohor), Benha Univ., Egypt.

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34

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4

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14442

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2017-10-01

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2020-06-17

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2017-10-01

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1,989

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2,014

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1687-384X

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2636-3062

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1,326

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Misr Journal of Agricultural Engineering

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https://mjae.journals.ekb.eg/

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DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW-INVENTED SYSTEM FOR TREE-BRANCHES CHOPPING

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23 Jan 2023