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Optimal Planning of Wind Farms Using WERA model integrated with GIS

Devanand, U. Gorate; Sathyajith Mathew (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2006)

The present study brings out a systematic procedure for Optimal planning and laying out wind turbine at prospective wind farm site. The Wind Energy Resource Analysis (WERA) model was used here for the wind energy analysis ...
Development of a High- rate Anaerobic Bioreactor for Energy Production from Rice-mill Effluent

Joe Joe, L. Bovas; Shaji James, P (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2009)

Anaerobic digestion of agricultural, industrial and municipal wastes has a great relevance in the global renewable energy scenario, since it combines waste stablisation with net fuel production. RME is a low strength, ...
Development and Testing of a Power Operated Coconut Husker

Anu, S. Chandran; Jayan, P. R (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2012)

A continuous power operated coconut husking machine for large scale husking of coconuts was developed, tested and its performance evaluated. The major parts are feeding chute, a husking unit, a husk separating unit and ...
Development and testing of tractor operated bed former for seed bed preparation in Kaipad region

Rajesh, A. N; Jayan, P. R (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2012)

Paddy cultivation in Kerala is mainly done in dry and wet lands. Kuttanadu, pokkali, Kole and Kaipad lands are mainly lying below sea level and needs much attention especially during bund preparation and nursery raising ...
Performance and ergonomic evaluation of direct paddy seeder and mechanical rice transplanter in wet lands

Sachin Ravsu Rathod (Department of Farm Power, Machinery and Energy, 2013)

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance of the ‘Aiswarya’ 8 row direct seeder and ‘Mahindra PF455S’ 4 row walk behind mechanical transplanter with ‘Jyothi’ rice variety in wet lands from the ergonomic point ...
Evaluation of physiological cost and subjective assessment of existing coconut climbing devices

Hameeda Bindu Vahab; Bini Sam (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2015)

At present there are different models of coconut climbing devices available in the market. Most of the climbing devices safety and efficiency aspects are not being studied and needs to be comparatively evaluated and ...
Ergonomic investigations on hand arm vibration of brush cutter for the development of a vibration reducing aid

Aswathi, K; Suresh Kumar, P. K (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2016)

Brush cutters are widely used in Kerala for weeding and clearing fields. While operating brush cutters, certain amount of vibration is transmitted to human body. Extended exposure to mechanical vibration can induce ...
Investigations on the adaptability of wireless sensor networks (WSN) based technology for harvesting crops

Ayisha Mangat; Shivaji, K. P (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2016)

Harvesting has been identified as one of the critical and resource consuming operation because of several reasons especially inside polyhouse structures. Knowledge of physical properties of crops and fruits like cucumber ...
Investigations on energy conversion of waste coconut water through an Up-flow Anaerobic Hybrid Bioreactor

Dayanand Kumbar; Shaji James, P (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2016)

Many Agro-industries discharges considerable amount of wastewater to water bodies. Anaerobic digestion of organic effluents from agro-industries has a great importance in pollution abatement as well for renewable energy ...
Development of seedling uprooting unit for system of rice intensification

Sreerag, P. M; Shivaji, K. P (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2016)

The present study was conducted to develop a seedling uprooting machine for System of Rice Intensification (SRI). System of Rice Intensification is a method developed in Madagascar in the early 1980’s, where, it has been ...
Development of Low Cost Electrostatic Spray-Charging System for Liquid Formulations

Dipak, S. Khatawkar; Dhalin, D (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2016)

The introduction of electrically charged sprays in agricultural application has become inevitable for better control on droplet transference with reduced drift and increase in application efficiency with less spray ...
Assessment of ergonomic parameters of rice transplanters for women operators

Gorla Gayathri; Bini Sam (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2017)

Paddy transplanting is a highly labour intensive operation. To ease the transplanting work, research organizations have developed various types of rice transplanters. These equipments are primarily developed keeping men ...
Investigations on energy input-output in below sea level rice production systems in Kuttanad region of Kerala

Nidhin, J. K; Joby Bastian (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2017)

A study was conducted to determine the energy inputs, energy outputs and energy indices in the Kuttanad region on Punja session of 2016-17. Seven hundred and thirty one farmers were selected for the different agro-ecological ...
Design and development of a lime applicator attachment to tractor operated rotavator

Salsan, K; Preman, P. S (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2017)

Lime application is used to reduce the acidity of the soil and to enhance plant root for easy absorption of nutrients for better yield. Usually lime is being applied manually for all crops. In addition to the non-uniformity ...
Development of attachments for four-wheel riding type rice transplanter

Athul Chandran, K; Shaji James (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2017)

Rice is the most important cereal food crop of the world providing major source of the food energy for more than half of the human population. Manual transplanting of paddy is being replaced by machine transplanting due ...
Modification and testing of tractor operated KAU banana sucker uprooting machine

Naveen, B. V; Shivaji, K. P (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2017)

Banana (Musa paradisiaca ) is a large perennials rhizome crops widely cultivated in India. These crops provide excellent opportunities in raising the income of farmers. Sucker is the planting material used for the ...
Investigation on clamping and climbing mechanisms for the design of semi autonomous areca palm climber

Supritha; Shivaji, K. P (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2017)

Palms are un-branched evergreen trees cultivated mainly for its nuts and one has to climb up the tree for harvesting and other operations like spraying. Considering the difficulty and drudgery involved in this operation ...
Design, Development and Testing of a Tractor Drawn Semi-Automatic Rhizome Planter for Ginger and Turmeric

Madhukumara, D. M; Manoj Mathew (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2017)

Ginger (Zingiber Officinale Roscoe) and Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) are the oldest rhizome crops widely cultivated in India. These crops provide excellent opportunities in raising the income of farmers. This also provides ...
Design and Development of Artificial Pollinizer for Pollinating Tropical Vegetables under Protected Cultivation

Ramya, R; Suresh Kumar, P. K (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2018)

Artificial pollination is a process that is highly require in vegetable crops grown under protected cultivation since, protected environment offers barriers to natural agents for pollination such as insects, wind or ...
Investigations on design parameters for the development of a pineapple harvester

Athira Prasad; Shivaji, K. P (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2018)

The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical fruit with significant economical importance. The mechanisation in the field of pineapple harvesting has become inevitable. Basic information on its cultivation practices ...

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