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Design and Development of Site Specific Grape Vineyard Fertilizer Applicator Prototype

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Title Design and Development of Site Specific Grape Vineyard Fertilizer Applicator Prototype
 
Creator Jyoti, Bikram
Thorat, Deepak S
Singh, K P
Kumar, Manoj
Magar, Ajit
Parmar, Bhupendra Singh
 
Subject Angle of repose
Bulk density
Green revolution
Mechanical sensing system
Vitaceae
 
Description 402-407
The current fertiliser application methods for grape vines are labour intensive and lead to overuse of fertiliser. Frequent
rain and vineyard orchard wash over often pollute water sources. Therefore, the right amount and placement of fertiliser can
not only improve crop growth but also reduce the risk of chemicals to human health and the environment. To overcome the
above problems a site specific fertiliser applicator for grape vineyard with mechanical sensing system was developed. The
sensing system was designed to apply fertiliser to the root zone of the plant canopy. An experimental unit was developed to
optimise design and operation parameters for fertiliser production per plant. The urea's physical and engineering qualities
were determined for metering mechanism design. The average value of bulk density, angle of repose, urea grain diameter,
grain weight in single flute measured were 0.759 ± 0.011 gcm−3, 26.22 ± 1.18°, 3.38 ± 0.23 mm, 1.46 ± 0.04 g, respectively.
The coefficient of static friction with plywood, galvanised iron and mild steel with painted surface were observed 0.3177 ±
0.0092, 0.2868 ± 0.0077, and 0.3177 ± 0.0092, respectively. For fertiliser given per plant, the effect of exposure length was
p < 0.001. The sensor device opens the delivery tube for fertiliser in 0.9–0.95s.
 
Date 2022-04-05T11:37:04Z
2022-04-05T11:37:04Z
2022-04
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1084 (Online); 0022-4456 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/59433
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source JSIR Vol.81(04) [April 2022]