| 1 | Information acquisition system of multipoint soil surface height variation for profiling mechanism of seeding unit of precision corn planter显示文摘The emergence rate and vitality of maize are directly affected by the sowing depth,and the uniformity of this depth is an important performance indicator of a planter,while the effective soil surface height information acquisition is the prerequisite for ensuring the accuracy of sowing depth control.The soil surface height variation acquisition system of a precision corn planter often produces profiling errors when performing active profiling due to interference from ground debris.In this study,a multipoint soil surface height variation information acquisition system was investigated,which consists of a ranging sensor group and a microcontroller unit(MCU)using a data comparison and screening method.The structure and specifications of the ranging sensors were determined according to the soil surface height variation and debris size,and a nonessential profiling control program was developed.Performed tests on the information acquisition system indicated that the measurement accuracy of the system was 3 mm,and when advancing at a speed of 8 km/h,the accuracy of the profiling decision and the system stability were 97.1%and 94.1%,respectively,indicating that the system was capable of nonessential profile control.The designed ranging system could provide a reference for the design of a ground information acquisition system of precision planters with an active profiling mechanism. | Bo Zhang Wei Zhang Liqiang Qi Haiba Fu Lijuan Yu Rui Li Yue Zhao Xinxian Ma | 2018 | International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering2018,11,6: | 4 |
| 2 | Distribution regularity of downwash airflow under rotors of agricultural UAV for plant protection显示文摘In the plant protection spray operation of UAVs,the process of droplet from formation to sedimentation target is affected by airflow,easy to form uneven deposition.Accurately description of rotor downwash flow field,clarification of velocity vector distribution at different heights of the UAV rotor flow field,simulation of the flow field with high precision,which are the prerequisites for accurately analyzing the droplet deposition distribution in rotor downwash flow field.Based on CFD method,the detail of rotor flow field was numerically calculated.Taking LTH-100 single-rotor agricultural UAV as the research object,the three-dimensional solid model of UAV was established,the Reynolds average N-S equation was used as the control equation and the RNGκ-εas the turbulence model to simulate the flow field of UAV in hover and lateral wind conditions,the wind velocity distribution at different altitudes of rotor downwash flow field was studied.The simulation results of the hover state showed that:In the flow field,the peak velocity appears in a circular distribution below the distal axis of the rotor.With the decrease of height,the peak velocity distribution area showed a tendency to expand gradually after small shrinkage;When the distance from the rotor was not more than 1.5 m,the downwash flow field presented an axisymmetric distribution based on the rotor axis,and the variation rate of velocity in the peak velocity was basically the same,turbulence in downwash flow field made the flow field more complex when the distance from rotor was larger than 2.0 m.On this basis,the optimal flight altitude of UAV is 1.5 m.Wind velocity test of the flow field was carried out on a rotor test bench,wind velocities at four altitudes of 0.5 m,1.0 m,1.5 m and 2.0 m were measured to verify the coincidence between the simulated and measured values.The test results showed that:the relative error between the measured and simulated values at four measurement heights were between 0.382-0.524,and the overall average relative errors was 0.430,which verified the confidence level of simulated values for measured values.When the lateral wind velocity was 3 m/s,4 m/s and 5 m/s,the simulation results showed that:The distribution trend of airflow velocity at the same altitude in lateral-wind flow field with different wind speeds was similar;When the lateral wind speed was 5 m/s,the coupling field formed by the lateral wind and rotor airflow cannot reach the height of 2 m below the rotor.The results of this study can provide more accurate environmental conditions for theoretical analysis of droplet deposition regularity in the flow field,and also provide methodological guidance for the related research on rotor flow field of multi-rotor UAV. | Xin Liu Wei Zhang Haiba Fu Xiaoming Fu Liqiang Qi | 2021 | International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering2021,14,3: | 1 |