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Adaptation and Performance Evaluation of a Tractor Operated Wood Chipper Shredder

Adaptation and Performance Evaluation of a Tractor Operated Wood Chipper Shredder

Liaqat Ali Shahid1*, Nadeem Amjad2 and Muhammad Abdul Hanan Siddhu3 

1Agricultural Engineering Division, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, 20 Ataturk Avenue, Sector G-5/1, Islamabad, Pakistan; 2Agricultural Engineering Division, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan; 3Ex-student of Energy Management in Agriculture, Department of Natural Resource Management, PARC Institute of Advance Studies in Agriculture, NARC, Islamabad, Pakistan.

shahidfmi@hotmail.com 

ABSTRACT

Performance evaluation of a tractor PTO operated of Chinese Wood Chipper Shredder was conducted at a farmer’s field in Dera Ghazi Khan Area for processing of Eucalyptus tree top-trimmed mixed waste material with leaves. The average machine throughput capacity was found to be 503 kg.h-1 with an average machine efficiency of 89 percent. Total average fuel consumption and labour requirement (un-skilled + skilled) were found to be 3.5 litres and 3.53 man-hour, respectively. The machine was also tested with clean Eucalyptus stems without leaves and small branches. The average throughput capacity in this case was found to be 568 kg.h-1 with an average machine efficiency of 97 percent. Total average fuel consumption and labour requirement (unskilled + skilled) were found to be 2.90 litres and 3.09 man-hour, respectively. 

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Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research

September

Vol.37, Iss. 3, Pages 190-319

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