Research and Overview of Crop Straw Chopping and Returning Technology and Machine
Crop straw chopping and returning technology has gained global implementation to enhance soil structure and fertility, facilitating increased crop yield. Nevertheless, technological adoption faces challenges from inherent limitations in machinery performance, including poor chopping and returning qu...
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| description | Crop straw chopping and returning technology has gained global implementation to enhance soil structure and fertility, facilitating increased crop yield. Nevertheless, technological adoption faces challenges from inherent limitations in machinery performance, including poor chopping and returning quality and high energy consumption. Consequently, this review first presented a theoretical framework that described the mechanical properties of straw, its fracture dynamics, interactions with airflow, and motion characteristics during the chopping process. Then, based on the straw returning process, the chopping devices were classified into five types: the chopped blade, the chopping machine, the chopping device combined with a no-tillage or reduced-tillage seeder, the chopping and ditch-burying machine, the chopping and mixing machine, and the harvester-powered chopping device. Advancements in spreading devices were also summarized. Finally, six key directions for future research were proposed: developing an intelligent field straw distribution mapping system, engineering adaptive self-regulating mechanisms for chopping and returning equipment, elucidating the mechanics and kinematics of straw in the chopping and returning process, implementing real-time quality assessment systems for straw returning operations, pioneering high forward-speed (>8 km/h) straw returning machines, and establishing context-specific straw residue management frameworks. This review provided a reference and offered support for the global application of straw returning technology. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ac19c021b44148beb2b63b288bdf92ca2025-08-20T03:58:27ZengMDPI AGMachines2075-17022025-06-0113756410.3390/machines13070564Research and Overview of Crop Straw Chopping and Returning Technology and MachinePeng Liu0Chunyu Song1Jin He2Rangling Li3Min Cheng4Chao Zhang5Qinliang Li6Haihong Zhang7Mingxu Wang8School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaCollege of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaCrop straw chopping and returning technology has gained global implementation to enhance soil structure and fertility, facilitating increased crop yield. Nevertheless, technological adoption faces challenges from inherent limitations in machinery performance, including poor chopping and returning quality and high energy consumption. Consequently, this review first presented a theoretical framework that described the mechanical properties of straw, its fracture dynamics, interactions with airflow, and motion characteristics during the chopping process. Then, based on the straw returning process, the chopping devices were classified into five types: the chopped blade, the chopping machine, the chopping device combined with a no-tillage or reduced-tillage seeder, the chopping and ditch-burying machine, the chopping and mixing machine, and the harvester-powered chopping device. Advancements in spreading devices were also summarized. Finally, six key directions for future research were proposed: developing an intelligent field straw distribution mapping system, engineering adaptive self-regulating mechanisms for chopping and returning equipment, elucidating the mechanics and kinematics of straw in the chopping and returning process, implementing real-time quality assessment systems for straw returning operations, pioneering high forward-speed (>8 km/h) straw returning machines, and establishing context-specific straw residue management frameworks. This review provided a reference and offered support for the global application of straw returning technology.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/13/7/564crop strawstraw managementstraw chopping and returning machinechopping qualityspreading uniformity |
| spellingShingle | Peng Liu Chunyu Song Jin He Rangling Li Min Cheng Chao Zhang Qinliang Li Haihong Zhang Mingxu Wang Research and Overview of Crop Straw Chopping and Returning Technology and Machine Machines crop straw straw management straw chopping and returning machine chopping quality spreading uniformity |
| title | Research and Overview of Crop Straw Chopping and Returning Technology and Machine |
| title_full | Research and Overview of Crop Straw Chopping and Returning Technology and Machine |
| title_fullStr | Research and Overview of Crop Straw Chopping and Returning Technology and Machine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Research and Overview of Crop Straw Chopping and Returning Technology and Machine |
| title_short | Research and Overview of Crop Straw Chopping and Returning Technology and Machine |
| title_sort | research and overview of crop straw chopping and returning technology and machine |
| topic | crop straw straw management straw chopping and returning machine chopping quality spreading uniformity |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/13/7/564 |
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