Modelling of «energy» willow harvesting technology using soft containers

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The technological process of harvesting «energy» willow using soft containers is considered. On the basis of the device patented by the author the conceptual model of the harvesting machine is offered, which consists of a tractor, mounted equipment for cutting and chopping willow and a trailed device for installation, loading and dumping of containers on the ground. Two variants of «energy» willow harvesting technology are presented: 1) the currently used technology, when the harvesting machine works together with the transport machine; 2) the technology proposed in this paper, when the harvesting machine works independently of the transport machine with chip loading into soft containers. A mathematical model of the existing technological process of willow harvesting and the technology using soft containers has been developed. Simulation experiments on mathematical models of technological processes for the distance from 1 to 5 km from willow plantation to wood chips warehouse and for different maximum possible productivity of willow harvesting — from 5 to 15 t/h have been carried out. It is revealed that the proposed technology of willow harvesting with the use of containers does not depend on the distance from the plantation to the warehouse and allows to achieve productivity, which under equal conditions is 2–3 times higher than the productivity of the existing technology. It is established that the load factor of the harvester according to the existing technology depends on the distance from the plantation to the wood chip warehouse and varies from 0.268 to 0.823. The conditions under which the load factor of the harvester according to the declared technology is equal to 1 have been determined. It is recommended to use the technology of willow harvesting with the use of containers for small farms as minimising investment costs for the purchase of machinery.

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Sergey P. Karpachev

BMSTU (Mytishchi branch)

Author for correspondence.
Email: karpachevss@mail.ru

Dr. Sci. (Tech.), Professor

Russian Federation, 1, 1st Institutskaya st., 141005, Mytishchi, Moscow reg.

Vyacheslav I. Zaprudnov

BMSTU (Mytishchi branch)

Email: zaprudnov@mgul.ac.ru

Dr. Sci. (Tech.), Professor

Russian Federation, 1, 1st Institutskaya st., 141005, Mytishchi, Moscow reg.

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