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Optimal Design and Tests of a Pulsating Roll-Cleaning Device for Tiger Nuts

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  • Zhijun Lv

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China)

  • Wanzhang Wang

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China)

  • Dekun Yang

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China)

  • Xun He

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China)

  • Zhe Qu

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China)

  • Wenzhuo Jing

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China)

  • Yong Mei

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China)

  • Huinan Huang

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China)

  • Baohao Su

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China)

  • Yangfan Zhuang

    (College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China)

Abstract

Aiming at the problems of low efficiency and poor cleaning quality in the cleaning process of harvested tiger nuts ( Cyperus esculentus ) with lots of soil and fibrous roots on the surface to meet the demand for mechanized harvesting of tiger nuts in the Yellow River, Huaihe River, and Haihe River regions in China, a pulsating roll-cleaning device was devised. The analytical software for meshing the transmission of pitch curves of elliptical gears with arbitrary orders was developed based on Visual Basic 6.0, thus obtaining a pair of elliptical gears that meet the steady transmission requirement. The meshing of this pair of elliptical gears enables pulsating variable-speed rotation of a brush roller, which reduces the breakage and accumulation of tiger nuts. Circular screen holes are distributed uniformly on the upper and lower cylindrical walls. Tiger nuts are cleaned under friction with the brush roller and the circular screen holes, while residues (including soil) fall in the settlement and accumulation tank through the screen holes, which realizes the rapid discharge and collection of residues, including soil, and reduction of dust. The separation process of soil from tiger nuts in the cleaning device was studied using RecurDyn 2023-EDEM 2022 simulation software. Taking the rate of rotation of the brush roller, order of elliptical gears, and eccentricity of the elliptical gears as the test factors while taking the cleaning efficiency, breakage rate, and impurity rate as the evaluation indices, a test bench for the cleaning performance of tiger nuts was established. Design-Expert V8.0.6 was applied to carry out a three-factor three-level Box–Behnken design (BBD) using response surface methodology (RSM), thus ascertaining the optimal parameter combination of the cleaning device. When the rate of rotation of the brush roller, order of elliptical gears, and eccentricity of the elliptical gears are, separately, 280 rpm, 2, and 0.122, the cleaning efficiency, breakage rate, and impurity rate of tiger nuts are 1.83 t·h −1 , 0.15%, and 0.16%, respectively. This satisfies the cleaning requirement of tiger nuts and provides a basis for the design of cleaning machines for tiger nuts.

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  • Zhijun Lv & Wanzhang Wang & Dekun Yang & Xun He & Zhe Qu & Wenzhuo Jing & Yong Mei & Huinan Huang & Baohao Su & Yangfan Zhuang, 2024. "Optimal Design and Tests of a Pulsating Roll-Cleaning Device for Tiger Nuts," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-24, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:14:y:2024:i:10:p:1673-:d:1485360
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