| Institution: | 1. College of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Burdwan, West Bengal 713101, India;2. Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India;3. Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana 125004, India;1. Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, W.B., 721302, India;2. RMD College of Agriculture and Research Station, Ambikapur, Chhattishgarh, 497001, India;3. College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla, ANGRAU, 522101, India;1. College of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Burdwan, West Bengal, 713101, India;2. Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India;3. Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, 125004, India |
| Abstract: | A high precision and compact IOT based digital instrumentation setup to measure, display and record various tractor and implement system performance parameters was developed and installed on a 28.3 kW Tractor. The setup was capable of continuous monitoring and wirelessly transmitting tractor-implement performance parameters on a cloud platform such as engine speed, radiator fan speed, fuel consumption, draft, forward speed, lift arm angle, wheel slip, wheel slip, PTO speed, geo-location/position of the tractor, choking of seeds in the implement and vibrations experienced by the implement. For precision measurements, commercial transducers used in the system were calibrated and assessed under both static and dynamic conditions. The average calibration constant for fuel consumption, forward speed, lift arm angle and load cell were 0.00009804 L/pulse, 0.01610306 km/h/pulse, 0.056 mA/degree and 0.2575 mV/kN respectively. The system based on DataTaker DT 85 Data logger connected to a micro-computer through transducers capable of transferring data wirelessly was installed on John Deere 5038 tractor and was tested with a Spatially Modified No-Till Drill in agricultural field with varied implement depth. |
