A novel pneumatic recovery method was proposed to curb the problem of high losses caused by side-cutting in a rapeseed combine harvester header.The influence of recovery method and material status changes on the recov...A novel pneumatic recovery method was proposed to curb the problem of high losses caused by side-cutting in a rapeseed combine harvester header.The influence of recovery method and material status changes on the recovery effect was studied via the CFD-DEM(computational fluid dynamic-discrete element method)coupling simulation.The effect of airflow action on the recovery effect was compared and analyzed,and the composite pneumatic recovery method was determined.In addition,the influence of material status changes and material feeding rate on the recovery effect was explored,and the critical condition of material blockage in the recovery device was configured.As such,the relationship model between air velocity and recovery rate was constructed and the air distribution ratio of the flow field in the device under this condition was optimized,had verified the rationality of this pneumatic recovery method was verified by a series of field tests.The average rapeseed recovery rate of 92.95%was achieved with the application of the recovery device,and the total loss rate of the header reduced by 52.26%,which is of great significance in reducing the total loss rate of the combine harvesters and improving the operation performance of machinery.The research results can provide a reference for the design of the header structure of a rape combine harvester.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Key Research Program&Technology Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS-ZDRW202105)China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(CARS-12)+1 种基金Synergistic Innovation Center of Jiangsu Modern Agricultural Equipment and Technology(4091600002)Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund for Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences(S202102-02).
文摘A novel pneumatic recovery method was proposed to curb the problem of high losses caused by side-cutting in a rapeseed combine harvester header.The influence of recovery method and material status changes on the recovery effect was studied via the CFD-DEM(computational fluid dynamic-discrete element method)coupling simulation.The effect of airflow action on the recovery effect was compared and analyzed,and the composite pneumatic recovery method was determined.In addition,the influence of material status changes and material feeding rate on the recovery effect was explored,and the critical condition of material blockage in the recovery device was configured.As such,the relationship model between air velocity and recovery rate was constructed and the air distribution ratio of the flow field in the device under this condition was optimized,had verified the rationality of this pneumatic recovery method was verified by a series of field tests.The average rapeseed recovery rate of 92.95%was achieved with the application of the recovery device,and the total loss rate of the header reduced by 52.26%,which is of great significance in reducing the total loss rate of the combine harvesters and improving the operation performance of machinery.The research results can provide a reference for the design of the header structure of a rape combine harvester.