IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v10y2018i11p3870-d178068.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Optimization of the Separation Efficiency of Buckwheat Seeds and Wild Radish Siliques in a Grader with Indented Pockets

Author

Listed:
  • Stanisław Konopka

    (Department of Heavy Duty Machines and Research Methodology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland)

  • Piotr Markowski

    (Department of Heavy Duty Machines and Research Methodology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland)

  • Zdzisław Kaliniewicz

    (Department of Heavy Duty Machines and Research Methodology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland)

  • Dariusz Jan Choszcz

    (Department of Heavy Duty Machines and Research Methodology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland)

  • Adam Józef Lipiński

    (Department of Heavy Duty Machines and Research Methodology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland)

  • Elżbieta Kusińska

    (Department of Engineering and Food Machinery, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 20-950 Lublin, Poland)

Abstract

The separation parameters and indicators of separation efficiency of a mixture of two types of seeds in a grader equipped with five interchangeable cylinders with indented pockets of various depths were optimized. The analyzed mixture was composed of buckwheat seeds and wild radish siliques, which are difficult to separate. A self-made computer program based on genetic algorithms was developed for the needs of the study. The value of the optimized indicator of separation efficiency ( ε = 0.993), which is a product of partial indicators (buckwheat seed yield ε 1 and separation efficiency of wild radish siliques ε 2 ), was highest at the following operating parameters: Depth of indented pocket s = 2.9 mm, kinematic index k = 0.25, static load rating of a cylinder q = 0.1, and inclination angle of the working edge of the trough α = 12.0°.

Suggested Citation

  • Stanisław Konopka & Piotr Markowski & Zdzisław Kaliniewicz & Dariusz Jan Choszcz & Adam Józef Lipiński & Elżbieta Kusińska, 2018. "Optimization of the Separation Efficiency of Buckwheat Seeds and Wild Radish Siliques in a Grader with Indented Pockets," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-9, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:11:p:3870-:d:178068
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/11/3870/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/11/3870/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Stanisław Konopka & Dariusz Jan Choszcz & Piotr Markowski, 2017. "Optimization of the Separation Parameters and Indicators of Separation Efficiency of Buckwheat Seeds," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-8, November.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Mirabela Augustina Pruteanu & Nicoleta Ungureanu & Valentin Vlăduț & Mihai-Gabriel Matache & Mihaela Niţu, 2023. "Contributions to the Optimization of the Medicinal Plant Sorting Process into Size Classes," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-19, March.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Mirabela Augustina Pruteanu & Nicoleta Ungureanu & Valentin Vlăduț & Mihai-Gabriel Matache & Mihaela Niţu, 2023. "Contributions to the Optimization of the Medicinal Plant Sorting Process into Size Classes," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-19, March.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:11:p:3870-:d:178068. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.