ABE 109 – AB MACHINERY AND MECHANIZATION

PROBLEM SET

TOPICS: PRIME MOVERS AND TILLAGE OPERATION

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Instructions: Solve the following problems neatly and clearly. Box your final answer.
1. Determine the effective capacity for a twelve-bottom plow with a rated width of 74 cm
each operating at 7.25 km/hr if field efficiency is 87%.
2. What size of engine would you recommend to operate a 155V direct current electric
generator having a maximum output of 96 amp and an operating efficiency of 79%.
3. If a belt produces a tangential force of 300N on a pulley having radius of 0.357 m at a
speed of 150 rev/min, what will be the power?
4. Determine the rated width of each of the twelve-bottom plow operating at 10 km/hr with
a field efficiency of 87%. Assume that the effective capacity is 5.714 ha/hr.
5. Determine the time in hours to plow a 3-ha field using a 15-cm animal-drawn plow at a
speed of 4 kph and efficiency of 75%
6. Determine the no. of days (8hrs/day) to plow a 10-ha field using a 3-bottom moldboard
plow drawn by a 4-wheel tractor at a speed of 5 kph and filed efficiency of 76%. Width of
cut of one bottom is 33 cm.
7. A 4-ha field was prepared using a 1.2-m floating power tiller. It took 20 hrs to complete
the operation at a speed of 2.5 kph. Determine the field efficiency.
8. Determine the tractor power required to work the soil using four 14-inch moldboard plow
bottoms at a depth of 10 inches and 6 kph. Field efficiency = 75%. Soil specific draft = 8
lbs/inch2. Increase in draft due to speed = 138%.
9. Determine the linear speed (kph) of a 2-wheel tractor if the specifications of the
transmission devices are as given:
1st reduction 2nd reduction 3rd reduction Traction wheels
N1 = 3,000 rpm N3 N5
N2 N4 = 250 rpm N6 = 75 rpm N7
D1 = 10 cm T3 T5 = 33 t D7 = 50 cm
D2 = 30 cm T4 = 100t T6

10. A 4-wheel tractor with 3X14 inches moldboard plow is to operate on clay loam soil
(specific draft = 0.56 kg/cm2) at a depth of 25.4 cm. The maximum draft and percent
increase in draft due to speed are given below. Determine the highest gear setting that can
sustain the draft requirement for the operation.
Increase in draft
Gear Setting Speed (kph) Max. Draft (kg)
due to speed (%)
1L 3.2 4,000 14
2L 4.8 3,100 28
3L 6.4 2,200 42
4L 8.0 1,300 56