Abstract:
This paper
had as main objective the comparison of new technological solutions for
degraded g
rassland using a
grasslands regeneration machine and a trailed vindrover
,
with the conventional technologies.
The grasslands regeneration machine performs
several operations in one pass, as follows:
soil tillage in narrow strips, direct seeding of an
herb
seed mixture into the vegetal cover and light compaction of the soil over the seeds for
a proper contact, in order to obtain a good germination.
The
trailed vindrover is designed
to the harvest and conditioning forage technology, running in a single pass o
peration of
mowing, crushing and left on the ground to dry naturally. Experimental researches were
carried out in two locations, namely
National Institute of Research
-
Development for
Machines and Installations designed for Agriculture and Food Industry
-
IN
MA
Bucharest
and Grasslands Research
-
Development Station
-
SCDP Vaslui, in the
agricultural year 2014. For each technological link the following parameters were
determined:
fuel consumption per hour,
fuel consumption per surface unit,
hourly
working capacit
y and
labor consumption. Analyzing the comparative diagrams,
it was
observed that
total average values of parameters obtained in the two locations in spring
and late summer
by applying the new technological variants were smaller than the ones
obtained by a
pplying conventional technologies. The new technological solutions for
regeneration of degraded grasslands involve less fuel and labor consumption, being more
environmentally friendly than conventional technologies used so far.
Keywords
:
Fuel consumption p
er surface unit,
Grasslands regeneration machine,
Labor
consumption,
Technological solutions
