Measured machine energy requirements for grain production systems

Conference · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1980 · ASAE Publ.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6511154

Collins, N E; Williams, T H; Kemble, L J

An instrumented 72 kW diesel tractor was used to measure draft and energy requirements for grain production systems on coastal plains soils. Fuel requirements for chisel and moldboard plowing ranged from 7.7 to 18.9 L/ha and 15.5 to 30.7 L/ha, respectively. The tillage operations using a tandem disk harrow and pulvamulcher required 4.0 to 10.9 L/ha. For corn production, the adoption of no-tillage could result in a fuel savings of 20 L/ha. The fuel requirements through planting for small grain systems ranged from 6.1 to 22.9 L/ha.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Delaware, Newark
• OSTI ID: 6511154
• Report Number(s): CONF-8009144-(Vol.2)
• Journal Information: ASAE Publ.; (United States), Journal Name: ASAE Publ.; (United States) Vol. 4-81; ISSN ASPUD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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CULTIVATION
DIESEL ENGINES
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FARM EQUIPMENT
FUEL ECONOMY
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
VEHICLES