System of pre-sowing seed inoculation

Abstract

Pre-sowing inoculation of agricultural crops increases the parameters that affect the yield and quality of the crop, which has been proven by many Ukrainian and foreign researchers. The purpose of the study was to set the operating parameters of the injectors at different pressures, which allowed calculating the rate of discharge of the working solution during sowing to create a system of pre-sowing inoculation, which will simplify the process of seed treatment and increase the energy efficiency of farms. Methods of system and structural analysis, mathematical statistics, abstraction, and mathematical modelling based on the Euler-Lagrange equation, and using the foundations of theoretical mechanics, physics and machine theory were used for experimental research. The planning of the experiment met the current standards, and computer graphics systems and Microsoft Excel software suite were used for statistical data processing. Based on the conducted studies, the amount of liquid that one nozzle can pass in 1 min at pressures of 300, 400, and 500 kPA was determined. It was found that the lowest result was shown by a nozzle with a diameter of 0.1 mm with a pressure of 300 kPA – 10.493 ml/min, and the highest – a nozzle with a diameter of 0.8 mm and a pressure of 500 kPA – 146.379 ml/min. At the same time, injectors with a diameter of 0.4-0.6 mm used almost the same amount of liquid at pressures of 300 and 500 kPA. The amount of liquid that can be poured per 1 ha using a six-row seeding machine with a working width of 4.2 m per sowing unit of corn was calculated. The obtained data can be used to improve any systems that use similar nozzles, such as calculating the rate of discharge of agricultural sprayers or systems that allow cooling pig farms during the summer period