Application of the maceration technique for drying forage in Turkey
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH, cilt.66, sa.1, ss.79-84, 1997 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 66 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 1997
- Doi Numarası: 10.1006/jaer.1996.0120
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.79-84
- Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
The objective ''hay in a day'' can be realized by the mat harvesting technique. The processing of forage through severe damaging of cuticle and formation of thin mats allows a safe moisture level to be reached in one day. The macerator used in this research consists of a toothed main cylinder and six counter rotating rolls. The macerator was tested first in a stationary experimental system to obtain design data for a prototype. Subsequently, a towable macerator was designed and built. Mowing and pressing units will be designed in further work. Drying experiments showed that a safe moisture content of under 20% m.c.w.b. could be reached in 5 to 6 h using the mat formation technique in the Cukurova region. (C) 1997 Silsoe Research Institute.