Operational and energy performance of the tractor-scarifier assembly: Tires, ballasting and soil cover

ABSTRACT The heights of tire claws, tractor ballasting and soil cover can influence the operational and energy performance of the tractor-scarifier assembly. The objective of this study was to analyze the operational and energy performance of the tractor-scarifier assembly as a function of the heigh...

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Main Authors: José E. L. Lopes, Carlos A. Chioderoli, Leonardo de A. Monteiro, Mara A. M. dos Santos, Eric H. C. B. van Cleef, Elivânia M. S. Nascimento
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Published: Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
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author José E. L. Lopes
Carlos A. Chioderoli
Leonardo de A. Monteiro
Mara A. M. dos Santos
Eric H. C. B. van Cleef
Elivânia M. S. Nascimento
author_facet José E. L. Lopes
Carlos A. Chioderoli
Leonardo de A. Monteiro
Mara A. M. dos Santos
Eric H. C. B. van Cleef
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description ABSTRACT The heights of tire claws, tractor ballasting and soil cover can influence the operational and energy performance of the tractor-scarifier assembly. The objective of this study was to analyze the operational and energy performance of the tractor-scarifier assembly as a function of the heights of the tire claws, ballasting and rolling surface. The experiment was conducted at the experimental area of the Fazenda Experimental do Vale do Curu of the Universidade Federal do Ceará in Pentecoste municipality, CE, Brazil. The experiment was carried out in a randomized block in a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial arrangement with four repetitions. The treatments comprised two tire claw heights (T1-28% and T2-100%), two ballasts (B1-100% of solid and 75% liquid weights and B2 - 0% of solid and liquid weights), and two soil surfaces (S1 - soil with 4200 kg of straw ha-1 and S2 - mobilized soil). Worn tires provided a lower bar force (12.88 kN) and power requirement (20.06 kW) and a greater effective and operative field capacity of the tractor-scarifier assembly. The lowest slippage of the front wheels of the tractor was recorded for the worn tires (4.81%).For the rear wheels, slippages were found on the new tires (10.96%), and a higher speed of displacement was found for worn tires (5.54 km h-1). Lower specific fuel consumption was found for the mobilized soil (534.68 g kWh-1); furthermore, the hourly consumption of fuel and the consumption per area were not significantly affected by the treatments analyzed.
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spelling doaj-art-bf88a9505abf4f45bc53e71076a3818f2025-08-20T03:04:06ZengUniversidade Federal de Campina GrandeRevista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental1807-1929231080080410.1590/1807-1929/agriambi.v23n10p800-804S1415-43662019001000800Operational and energy performance of the tractor-scarifier assembly: Tires, ballasting and soil coverJosé E. L. LopesCarlos A. ChioderoliLeonardo de A. MonteiroMara A. M. dos SantosEric H. C. B. van CleefElivânia M. S. NascimentoABSTRACT The heights of tire claws, tractor ballasting and soil cover can influence the operational and energy performance of the tractor-scarifier assembly. The objective of this study was to analyze the operational and energy performance of the tractor-scarifier assembly as a function of the heights of the tire claws, ballasting and rolling surface. The experiment was conducted at the experimental area of the Fazenda Experimental do Vale do Curu of the Universidade Federal do Ceará in Pentecoste municipality, CE, Brazil. The experiment was carried out in a randomized block in a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial arrangement with four repetitions. The treatments comprised two tire claw heights (T1-28% and T2-100%), two ballasts (B1-100% of solid and 75% liquid weights and B2 - 0% of solid and liquid weights), and two soil surfaces (S1 - soil with 4200 kg of straw ha-1 and S2 - mobilized soil). Worn tires provided a lower bar force (12.88 kN) and power requirement (20.06 kW) and a greater effective and operative field capacity of the tractor-scarifier assembly. The lowest slippage of the front wheels of the tractor was recorded for the worn tires (4.81%).For the rear wheels, slippages were found on the new tires (10.96%), and a higher speed of displacement was found for worn tires (5.54 km h-1). Lower specific fuel consumption was found for the mobilized soil (534.68 g kWh-1); furthermore, the hourly consumption of fuel and the consumption per area were not significantly affected by the treatments analyzed.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-43662019001000800&lng=en&tlng=enpatinamento dos rodadospotência na barrasuperfície de rolamento
spellingShingle José E. L. Lopes
Carlos A. Chioderoli
Leonardo de A. Monteiro
Mara A. M. dos Santos
Eric H. C. B. van Cleef
Elivânia M. S. Nascimento
Operational and energy performance of the tractor-scarifier assembly: Tires, ballasting and soil cover
Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental
patinamento dos rodados
potência na barra
superfície de rolamento
title Operational and energy performance of the tractor-scarifier assembly: Tires, ballasting and soil cover
title_full Operational and energy performance of the tractor-scarifier assembly: Tires, ballasting and soil cover
title_fullStr Operational and energy performance of the tractor-scarifier assembly: Tires, ballasting and soil cover
title_full_unstemmed Operational and energy performance of the tractor-scarifier assembly: Tires, ballasting and soil cover
title_short Operational and energy performance of the tractor-scarifier assembly: Tires, ballasting and soil cover
title_sort operational and energy performance of the tractor scarifier assembly tires ballasting and soil cover
topic patinamento dos rodados
potência na barra
superfície de rolamento
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