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Vortex Cleaning Device for Rice Harvester: Design and Bench Test

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  • Weijian Liu

    (Key Laboratory of Modern Agricultural Equipment and Technology, Ministry of Education, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China)

  • Shan Zeng

    (College of Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China)

  • Xuegeng Chen

    (Key Laboratory of Modern Agricultural Equipment and Technology, Ministry of Education, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China)

Abstract

To solve the problem of increased grain impurity rate and grain loss rate caused by clogging of sieve holes during the cleaning process of ratooning rice, a spiral step cleaning device was designed, which disturbed the flow field at the sieve holes through vortex in the slot and disrupted the force balance of the blockages at the sieve holes. The device mainly includes a cleaning separation core and a cleaning separation core shell. Firstly, the main parameters of the cleaning separation core were determined, and the critical shear airflow velocity was obtained through theoretical analysis. Through energy loss analysis, the fan wind speed was determined to be 11.5 m/s. Secondly, the CFD-DEM coupling method was used to analyze the flow patterns inside the slot and the movement patterns of blockages on the sieve surface, confirming the effectiveness of vortex guided blockage removal. Finally, a prototype was designed and built for testing, and the results showed that when the wind speed of the fan was 11.5 m/s, the grain impurity rate was 1.35%, the grain loss rate was 2.13%, and the average sieve blockage rate was ≤0.1%. All indicators were better than traditional cleaning devices and could meet the cleaning requirements. During the continuous operation of the spiral step cleaning device, performance indicators such as sieve hole blockage rate remained basically unchanged.

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  • Weijian Liu & Shan Zeng & Xuegeng Chen, 2024. "Vortex Cleaning Device for Rice Harvester: Design and Bench Test," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-15, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:14:y:2024:i:6:p:866-:d:1405640
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