ID: 1244
Course type: scientific and vocational
Course coordinator: Simonović D. Vojislav
Lecturers: Simonović D. Vojislav
Contact: Simonović D. Vojislav
Level of studies: M.Sc. (graduate) Academic Studies – Mechanical Engineering
ECTS: 6
Final exam type: written+oral
Department: Department of Agricultural Engineering
1. Master the theoretical foundations of measurement and automation of agricultural machines and equipment; 2. Principles of measurement, sensors and methods of measurement non-electrical quantities on agricultural machines and equipment; 3. Automation of tractors and machines; 4. Automation combines: automatic control, regulation of technological devices, measurement and regulation of losses, monitoring, 5. Management in precision agriculture and food processing industry. 6. Моnitoring of dinamic machines and proceses in real time
Аfter successful completion of this course, studenty should be able to: • Identify the different components of the automation system biotechnical, • Define procedures for precision farming, • Interpret hydraulic and pneumatic scheme of agricultural machinery, • Projected guidance direction of agricultural machinery, • Organize a complete cycle of precision farming, • Communicate effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
1. Introductory discussion of theoretical bases and methods of measurement and automation of agricultural machines and equipment: navigation leveling measurements, measuring distance (distance, measuring the number of revolutions and torque measuring yield loss measurement, the measurement of quantity and measurement of other parameters; 2 Principles of measurement, sensors , division, operating principles, static and dynamic characteristics, a method of measuring non-electrical quantities on agricultural machines and equipment, can bus system; third Automation tractors and machinery: automatic control of loading, automatic control of connection devices and machines on the tractor, the tractor can bus , automatic control and information systems; 4 combines automation: automatic control of the direction, regulation of the position Header, perform separation and other technological devices (automatic leveling), measurement and regulation of losses, monitoring of combine harvesters; fifth management in precision agriculture GPS and DGPS and automation systems and production lines in food processing industry.
Laboratory exercises: 1. Measurements of the kinematic characteristics of agricultural machinery and equipment; 2. Measurement of energy parameters of agricultural machinery and equipment. Seminar work at the choice of candidates in the field: 1. Automation of tractors and attachments of agricultural machinery and equipment; 2. Automation of universal self-propelled grain harvesters; 3. Automation of self-propelled combine harvesters for vegetables and industrial crops; 4. Automation of equipment and technological lines for food processing; 5. Application of GPS and DGPS in Precision Farming.
Attended courses of previous years of study and all the conditions defined curriculum of study program / module
1. Markovic D.: Automation in agriculture, written lectures and lectures in electronic form, Belgrade, 2007. 2. Markovic D.: Transport in Agriculture, Belgrade, 1997. 3. Automation and measurement of agricultural machinery-handouts.
Total assigned hours: 75
New material: 20
Elaboration and examples (recapitulation): 10
Auditory exercises: 10
Laboratory exercises: 10
Calculation tasks: 10
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 0
Consultations: 0
Discussion/workshop: 0
Research study work: 0
Review and grading of calculation tasks: 5
Review and grading of lab reports: 0
Review and grading of seminar papers: 0
Review and grading of the project: 0
Test: 3
Test: 2
Final exam: 5
Activity during lectures: 10
Test/test: 20
Laboratory practice: 20
Calculation tasks: 20
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 0
Final exam: 30
Requirement for taking the exam (required number of points): 50
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