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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Energy analysis of various tillage and fertilizer treatments on corn silage production

Owen, Gordon Thomas. January 1985 (has links)
No description available.
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Energy analysis of various tillage and fertilizer treatments on corn silage production

Owen, Gordon Thomas. January 1985 (has links)
No description available.
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The design of a controlled environment agriculture facility

Jirsa, Larry Lee 08 1900 (has links)
No description available.
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Modelling the effects of alternatives in natural energy systems in small agriculturally oriented communities

Heeschen, Conrad Richard January 1977 (has links)
Thesis. 1977. M.Arch.A.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Bibliography : leaves 174-178. / by Conrad Heeschen. / M.Arch.A.S.
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Supervisão e controle de sistema de secagem de grão de feijão em leito fixo visando economia de energia e qualidade do produto / Supervision and control of drying system of beans in fixed bed to aim for energy consumption and quality of product

Gaieski, Daniel 08 October 2009 (has links)
Orientadores: Barbara Janet Teruel Mederos, Claudio Kiyoshi Umezu / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Agricola / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T23:34:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gaieski_Daniel_M.pdf: 1858144 bytes, checksum: 5a6c4f6d16fc503cc9a7218232a3c517 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: A secagem de produtos agrícolas, especialmente grãos, é importante na pós-colheita, por ser responsável pelo prolongamento no seu tempo de armazenamento e conservação, resultado da redução da atividade de água presente em seu interior e conseqüentemente queda no desenvolvimento de micro organismos que conduziriam o produto a deterioração antecipada. Ao mesmo tempo em que a importância da realização de secagem é inquestionável, também é fato que este processo representa um consumo considerável de energia em virtude do aquecimento e movimentação forçada do ar que irá escoar por entre os grãos promovendo a retirada de massa de água (transferência simultânea de calor e massa). É importante que a temperatura do ar de secagem se mantenha no valor recomendado para não causar danos ao produto e não consumir mais energia que o necessário, este valor de temperatura varia de acordo com o produto e com sua finalidade de uso, neste trabalho considerou-se tal valor como sendo de 50 ºC. O objetivo deste trabalho foi desenvolver um sistema de secagem com capacidade de monitorar, registrar e atuar sobre o processo de secagem de maneira on line e proporcionar redução no consumo de energia e manutenção da qualidade do produto quando comparado com sistema operando com estratégia de controle on/off ou de forma automática com uso de um controlador de temperatura implementado através de software. O desenvolvimento do sistema de secagem constituiu-se de várias etapas: concepção, projeto e construção do secador, elaboração e montagem dos circuitos elétricos, instalação dos instrumentos de medição e sistema de aquisição de dados, desenvolvimento e implementação do aplicativo de monitoramento, registro e controle, após a calibração dos instrumentos foram realizados diversos testes livres para conhecer o comportamento do sistema, vários testes com diferentes condições de temperatura e vazão de ar foram necessários para avaliar o controlador, o que também implicou em testar controladores PID para temperatura implementados com diferentes algoritmos. Realizou-se os testes definitivos com o secador contendo cerca de 50kg de feijão e concluiu-se que houve redução no consumo de energia em torno de 18% e manutenção na qualidade do produto. / Abstract: Drying of agricultural products, especially grain is of fundamental importance in the stage of post-harvest, to be responsible for extending their time in storage and conservation, a result of reduced water activity in this consequently and drop them in the development of micro organisms that lead to product deterioration early. At the same time the importance of performing drying is unquestionable, it is also fact that this process represents a considerable consumption of energy due to heating and forced movement of air that will flow between the grains by promoting the removal of the water (simultaneous transfer of heat and mass). Found along the consultations related to the literature it is important to keep the temperature at which the grains are submitted within a limit that can promote or accelerate the removal of moisture without damaging the product, the recommended upper limit varies according in order to use the product, this work was considered as the temperature of 50 º C. The prime objective of this study was to develop a system capable of drying track, record and act on the drying process so online and provide reduction in energy consumption and maintenance of product quality when compared to how the on/off control strategy or automatically using a temperature controller implemented via software. The development drying system consisted of several stages: design, design and construction of the dryer, preparation and assembly of electric circuits, installation of measuring instruments and data acquisition system, development and implementation of application monitoring, recording and control, after the calibration of the instruments were performed several tests available to determine the behavior of the system, various tests with different conditions of temperature and flow rate of air were required to assess the controller, which also meant to test for PID temperature controllers with different structures. We carried out the final tests with the dryer containing about 50 kg of beans and concluded that there was a reduction in energy consumption around 18% and maintaining the quality of product. / Mestrado / Maquinas Agricolas / Mestre em Engenharia Agrícola
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How U.S. Agriculture Adjusts to Energy Price Changes

Gong, Jian January 2007 (has links)
The primary objective of this research is to measure the impacts of rising energy prices on U.S. agriculture and to analyze the capability of U.S. agricultural producers to adjust for energy price volatility. This study compares four different models of producer adjustment: the static model, the simple error correction model, the partial adjustment model, and the fully dynamic model. The first three models are nested within the fully dynamic model using ]948-2002 U.S. agriculture data. Morishima elasticities of substitution and price elasticities are estimated to investigate whether U.S. agriculture's responses to energy prices have changed over time. The elasticity estimates indicate that there are substitutions among production factors in U.S. agricultural production, and the substitution elasticities have increased over the 1948-2002 period. This finding suggests an increasing possibility for farmers to substitute other production inputs for energy to mitigate the effects of changing energy prices. / Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
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Energetics of a sustainable crop-livestock system

Kern, James D. 07 April 2009 (has links)
This study compares the energy utilization of two systems for producing cattle of desirable slaughter weight and grade from weanlings. Both systems produce beef cattle as a primary output; various types of baled hay are produced as a secondary output. One system uses generally accepted, "best management practices" while the other uses experimental, sustainable agriculture techniques. Since the adoption of new practices in agriculture often hinges on economics, an economic comparison is also presented. Beef produced in the sustainable system required 32% less energy per kilogram than that produced in the conventional system. However, baled alfalfa produced in the sustainable system required 8% more energy per kilogram than the alfalfa grown in the conventional system. When all types of hay were considered, the sustainable system used 7% more energy to produce one kilogram of baled hay. To compare the energetics of the two systems on a whole farm basis, the amount of energy required to produce one dollar of return was calculated. The sustainable system required 12.4 megajoules to produce one dollar of return, while the conventional system required 17.1 megajoules to produce the same return. Although economic returns on beef and alfalfa production were comparable in the two systems studied, the conventional system showed greater returns on the whole farm, due to a greater export of baled hay. / Master of Science
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Modelo computacional para supervisão e controle de casas de vegetação / Greenhouse supervision and control computing model

Laranjeira, Evandro Gomes 04 May 2005 (has links)
Orientador: Luiz Antonio Rossi / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Agricola / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T21:34:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Laranjeira_EvandroGomes_M.pdf: 1660443 bytes, checksum: 14fbc5d2ab5dc517a82cf8e84467e581 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: Cultivo protegido é uma tecnologia conhecida há muito tempo e seu propósito original era assegurar a sobrevivência das plantas durante os períodos de inverno e os meios de controle tornaram-se elementos essenciais. Atualmente no mercado, existem equipamentos capazes de controlar diversos fatores. A dificuldade reside em manipular todos estes elementos de uma forma precisa e racional, para alcançar o clima ideal na casa de vegetação, com um mínimo de gasto de recursos e insumos. Neste trabalho, foi o desenvolvido um modelo computacional para controle climático, desenvolvido em Lógica ¿Fuzzy¿, utilizando equações de balanço energético e psicrometria para avaliação do clima. Sua avaliação foi realizada comparando as ações de controle dos equipamentos existentes com as ações de controle sugeridas pelo modelo. Estas simulações foram feitas com dados climáticos obtidos em duas estruturas de produção e com níveis tecnológicos diferentes / Abstract: Since a long time protected culture is a well-known technology and its main objective is to assure the survival of the plants during the wintertime and the control ways become essential element. Nowadays there are several equipments in the market able to control many factors. Difficulties are related to the manipulation of all these elements in an adequate way to reach the optimum climate conditions with a minimum resource and input expenses.In this project it was developed an computing model to environment control, developed in fuzzy logic, using thermal loading calculation and psicrometrics to environment analysis. Its evaluation has been made comparing the existing equipment control actions with control actions suggested by computer model. This simulations has been made with environment data collected in two production structures with different technological levels / Mestrado / Construções Rurais e Ambiencia / Mestre em Engenharia Agrícola
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Uso racional de energia em fazendas leiteiras com bombas de calor / Rational use of energy in dairy farms with pumps

Baldassin Junior, Ricardo, 1979 02 October 2006 (has links)
Orientador: Luis Augusto Barbosa Cortez / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T21:47:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 BaldassinJunior_Ricardo_M.pdf: 12303899 bytes, checksum: eebb86f1faa615631b1652ad9774ddde (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: O leite é um dos mais importantes produtos da agropecuária nacional, com cerca de 2/3 das propriedades rurais do país destinando-se à pecuária leiteira e com um dos maiores rebanhos do mundo. Apesar da grandiosidade, o setor ainda sofre com a baixa produtividade, os altos custos e a defasagem tecnológica. Como conseqüência, muitos produtores abandonaram suas atividades diante deste novo cenário competitivo. Atualmente, assuntos como uso racional de energia e aplicação intensiva de tecnologia tem sido intensamente discutidos e abordados, e indicados como aspectos importantes para a obtenção de ganhos de produtividade. Desta forma, visou-se neste trabalho avaliar o uso de energia no processamento de leite de três propriedades (leite pasteurizado tipo ¿A¿ e leite cru refrigerado), bem como, a representatividade dos diversos processos no consumo total, assunto este, ainda pouco conhecido e abordado no país. Objetivando ainda, promover a racionalização energética, avaliaram-se os potenciais de aproveitamento de calor de condensação de sistemas de refrigeração existentes para o aquecimento de água de limpeza e higienização, bem como, avaliou-se a viabilidade técnica e econômica da adequação dos sistemas (operação segundo um bomba de calor com geração simultânea de duas fontes térmicas) em substituição ao uso de resistências elétricas. Dentre as proposta, avaliou-se a adequação realizada em um planta piloto em operação. Com o uso de bomba de calor, a redução no consumo total de energia elétrica foi de até 15% com tempos de retorno dos investimentos variando entre 1,3 e 3,7 anos / Abstract: Milk is one of the most important products of Brazilian agriculture, with about 2/3 of the rural properties dedicated to the milkmaid cattle breeding and with one of the largest flocks of the world. In spite of its size, the sector still suffers of low productivity, high costs and tecnological delay. As a consequence, many producers have abandoned its activities before this new competitive technology were introduced. Now, subjects as, the use rational of energy and intensive application of technology has been discussed intensely resulting in productivity gains. In this work , it was seek to evaluate the use of energy for milk processing in three different properties (pasteurized milk type " A " and refrigerated raw milk). It was also evaluated how representativive the several processes in the total consumption were, a problem, still not very well-known and trated in Brazil. To promote the energy rationalization, the potential use of condensation heat of refrigeration systems was evaluated for the cleaning water heating, as well as, the technical and economic viability of the adaptation of the systems was evaluated (operation according to a heat pump with simultaneous generation of cold and heat) in substitution to the use of electric resistances. In the midst of proposals, an adaptation was evaluated in a pilot plant in operation. With the use of heat pumps, there was a decreasing of 15% in the consumption of eletric energy with payback between 1,3 and 3,7 years / Mestrado / Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica

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