Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (7): 1320-1328.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2021.07.18

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Design and experiment of tea garden energy-saving ditching blade

QIN Kuan1,2(), LIANG Xiaolong1, CAO Chengmao1,2,*(), FANG Liangfei1, WU Zhengmin3,4, GE Jun1   

  1. 1. School of Engineering, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
    2. Anhui Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Equipment Engineering Laboratory, Hefei 230036, China
    3. State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
    4. School of Tea and Food Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
  • Received:2020-07-16 Online:2021-07-25 Published:2021-08-06
  • Contact: CAO Chengmao

Abstract:

Aiming at the needs of mechanized ditching in the tea garden to reduce resistance and consumption, an energy-saving ditching blade was designed to reduce the consumption of tea garden ditching. Through theoretical design and analysis, the curve equation of energy-saving ditching blade side edge and sidelong edge were determined. Through discrete element method simulation, the sliding-cutting angle at the end of the helix of the side cutting edge and the static sliding-cutting angle from the beginning to the end of the expansion curve in the plane of the side cutting edge were determined to be 62° and 56° respectively. Field experiment was performed on the designed energy-saving ditching blade. The experiment results showed that the energy consumption of the energy-saving ditching blade were 0.093, 0.107 and 0.128 kW respectively when the ditching depth was 15, 20 and 25 cm. The power consumption of energy-saving ditching blade was less than that of general ditching blade, which indicated that the designed energy-saving ditching blade in various ditching depths were able to achieve the purpose of reducing the power consumption. In addition, the stability coefficient of ditching depth of the energy-saving ditching blade at different ditching depths was greater than 90%, which was higher than the national standard. It showed that the designed energy-saving ditching blade could reduce the energy consumption of the operation and ensure the quality of ditching.

Key words: tea garden, ditching blade, discrete element, energy conservation

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