Design and Experiment of Air-Suction Roller-Type Minituber Seed-Metering Device Based on CFD-DEM
Aiming at the problems of the high multiple- and missed-seeding index and low operation efficiency of current mechanical potato seed-meters in minituber sowing, this study designed an air-suction roller-type minituber seed-metering device for minitubers (mass between 2 and 4 g) in accordance with th...
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| author | Jicheng Li Haiqin Ma Yuxuan Chen Xiaoxin Zhu Yu Qi Qiang Gao Jinqing Lyu |
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| description | Aiming at the problems of the high multiple- and missed-seeding index and low operation efficiency of current mechanical potato seed-meters in minituber sowing, this study designed an air-suction roller-type minituber seed-metering device for minitubers (mass between 2 and 4 g) in accordance with the agronomic standards for potato cultivation in the single-cropping area of northern China. An account of the device’s structure and operational principle was made, its working process was theoretically analysed, and the three main factors affecting the airflow suction were determined: the seed roller speed, the suction seeding hole diameter, and the air inlet negative pressure. This study adopted the fluid dynamics simulation method and determined that the ideal location of the air inlet was 30° for horizontal inclination and 60° for vertical inclination. Then, based on the CFD-DEM fluid-structure coupling simulation method, the impact of a range of factors on the functionality of the seed-metering device under different conditions was studied and verification tests were carried out. Design-Expert was used to analyse test results. The results showed that when the pressure at the air inlet was −7000 Pa, the speed of the seeding roller was 40.2 r·min<sup>−1</sup>, the suction seeding hole diameter was 10.37 mm, and the performance was optimal: the qualified index was 92.95%, the multiple-seeding index was 4.16%, and the missed-seeding index was 2.89%. The research results show that the seed-metering device developed under this scheme exhibited satisfactory seeding performance during operation and was able to meet the demands of minituber sowing. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a3c8ff8501db43c88566e17ee6e806af2025-08-20T03:36:01ZengMDPI AGAgriculture2077-04722025-07-011515165210.3390/agriculture15151652Design and Experiment of Air-Suction Roller-Type Minituber Seed-Metering Device Based on CFD-DEMJicheng Li0Haiqin Ma1Yuxuan Chen2Xiaoxin Zhu3Yu Qi4Qiang Gao5Jinqing Lyu6College of Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, ChinaCollege of Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, ChinaCollege of Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, ChinaCollege of Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, ChinaCollege of Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, ChinaCollege of Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, ChinaCollege of Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, ChinaAiming at the problems of the high multiple- and missed-seeding index and low operation efficiency of current mechanical potato seed-meters in minituber sowing, this study designed an air-suction roller-type minituber seed-metering device for minitubers (mass between 2 and 4 g) in accordance with the agronomic standards for potato cultivation in the single-cropping area of northern China. An account of the device’s structure and operational principle was made, its working process was theoretically analysed, and the three main factors affecting the airflow suction were determined: the seed roller speed, the suction seeding hole diameter, and the air inlet negative pressure. This study adopted the fluid dynamics simulation method and determined that the ideal location of the air inlet was 30° for horizontal inclination and 60° for vertical inclination. Then, based on the CFD-DEM fluid-structure coupling simulation method, the impact of a range of factors on the functionality of the seed-metering device under different conditions was studied and verification tests were carried out. Design-Expert was used to analyse test results. The results showed that when the pressure at the air inlet was −7000 Pa, the speed of the seeding roller was 40.2 r·min<sup>−1</sup>, the suction seeding hole diameter was 10.37 mm, and the performance was optimal: the qualified index was 92.95%, the multiple-seeding index was 4.16%, and the missed-seeding index was 2.89%. The research results show that the seed-metering device developed under this scheme exhibited satisfactory seeding performance during operation and was able to meet the demands of minituber sowing.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/15/15/1652multiple-seeding indexmissed-seeding indexfluid simulationcoupled simulationbench testoptimization |
| spellingShingle | Jicheng Li Haiqin Ma Yuxuan Chen Xiaoxin Zhu Yu Qi Qiang Gao Jinqing Lyu Design and Experiment of Air-Suction Roller-Type Minituber Seed-Metering Device Based on CFD-DEM Agriculture multiple-seeding index missed-seeding index fluid simulation coupled simulation bench test optimization |
| title | Design and Experiment of Air-Suction Roller-Type Minituber Seed-Metering Device Based on CFD-DEM |
| title_full | Design and Experiment of Air-Suction Roller-Type Minituber Seed-Metering Device Based on CFD-DEM |
| title_fullStr | Design and Experiment of Air-Suction Roller-Type Minituber Seed-Metering Device Based on CFD-DEM |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and Experiment of Air-Suction Roller-Type Minituber Seed-Metering Device Based on CFD-DEM |
| title_short | Design and Experiment of Air-Suction Roller-Type Minituber Seed-Metering Device Based on CFD-DEM |
| title_sort | design and experiment of air suction roller type minituber seed metering device based on cfd dem |
| topic | multiple-seeding index missed-seeding index fluid simulation coupled simulation bench test optimization |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/15/15/1652 |
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