MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF A MOBILE CROP RESIDUE DISINTEGRATOR

In the present work, experiments and analyses have been made to investigate the influence of parameter on performance of a mobile crop residue disintegrator . The experiments have been conducted as per Box - Behnken design matrix with input parameters as impact load, blade angle and cuttingpeed. Mathematical modeling has been done by response surface methodology (RSM) to develop relationships between process parameters and output response(s). The adequacy of the developed models has been tested with analysis of variance. The contour and surface plots for a mobile crop residue disintegrator have been made to reveal how output responses vary with change in the parameters. The proposed optimization methodology (RSM) seems to be useful for analyzing and optimizing any process where two or more input parameters influence more than one important output responses.