Development of a rice transplanter suitable for Northern Vietnam | |
| Author | Tran Duc Tuan |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.AE-07-07 |
| Subject(s) | Transplanting machines--Vietnam Rice--Transpanting |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Agricultural Systems and Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. AE-07-07 |
| Abstract | In most of the developing countries in Asia, such as Vietnam, rice transplanting is done by hands. Manual transplanting is tedious, time consuming and expensive method. Hence this study is focused on.the development of self-propelled rice transplanter, suitable for Northern Vietnam. In this research, rice transplanter 2ZT-9356 manufactured in China was modified and tested under Vietnam conditions. This study focused on modification of the power transmission components. Also, the distance between two rows (hill-to-hill spacing) was modified to 250 mm. Performance of the modified machine was evaluated under different puddling states, age of seedling, density of seedling, and velocity of operation. The factors such as number of hills per unit area, hill-to-hill spacing, number seedlings per hill, depth of transplanting, seedling floatation and seedling damage were considered. Modified machine gave good results in soil with two days after puddling, seedling age of 16 days, 1 kg/m² density of and 1.62 km/h average velocity of operation machine. Percentage of missing hills, floating and damage seedling were low. Modified rice transplanter had field capacity of 0.13 ha/h, field efficiency of 52.96 percent and fuel consumption of 0.6 liter per hour. |
| Year | 2007 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. AE-07-07 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Former title: Department of Food Agriculture, and BioResources (DFAB)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Salokhe, Vilas M.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Athapol Noomhorm;Jayasuriya, Hemantha P. W.; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | NORWAY.; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2007 |