Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

Vol. 29, Jan. Suppl. Issue 2023; Page No.(479-483)

DEVELOPMENT OF LAB MODEL MACHINE FOR OPTIMIZATION OFOPERATIONAL PARAMETERS

Er. Ch Sravan Kumar, K.V. Prakash, Sanjeeva Reddy, Sushilendra,P. Vijaykumar, D. Krishnamurty and M. Nemichandrappa

Abstract

An experimental lab model machine was fabricated to optimize the parameters which affect the performanceof the cotton stalk harvesting machine. A total of 26 runs (experiments) were conducted with lab modelmachine as set from Response surface methodology and mean chopped length, bulk density, finenessmodulus (uniformity) and machine output were calculated for each run of the collected chopped cottonstalks. Based on optimization results, peripheral speed of 57.95 ms-1 and L type blade has been selected forfabrication of cotton stalk harvesting machine.