Operating Parameters Affecting Threshing System Losses of an Axial Flow Rice Combine Harvester(Thai)

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine operating parameters affecting threshing system losses of an axial flow rice combine harvester. The results of this study indicate that the operating parameters affecting threshing system losses for Khao Dok Mali 105 rice variety were cylinder speed (CS), louver inclination (LI), grain moisture content (MC), feed rate (FR), grain to material other than grain ratio (GM), and product of MC and GM. For Chainat 1 rice variety, the operating parameters affecting threshing system losses were CS, LI, MC, FR, product of CS and FR and product of LI and MC.