Research on air system design of rock separator machine developed by Allan Equipment

该项目将为艾伦设备公司开发一种先进的马铃薯石分离器提供初步的科学援助。种植马铃薯对PEI农业产业的贡献最大，在PEI整体产业中占有最高的份额。农民遇到的主要问题是在收割期间，即把石头和土豆分开。Allan设备正在设计和开发一种现场岩石分离器，该分离器将集成到他们目前的收割机中。目前，他们正在观察，在床下的空气室安装挡板后，岩石与土豆的分离在分离台的长度上是不均匀的。申请人将协助Allan设备分析他们目前的设计，并确定这种低和不均匀分离特性的原因。在详细分析的基础上，申请人将帮助Allan equipment根据现有的床设计元素进行修改和纠正。此外，申请人计划协助开发一种比现有设计具有更好分离特性的流化床。在开发设计的基础上，申请人提出建立一个实验室规模的中试工厂，以验证开发的设计特性。这个项目可能会导致达尔豪斯大学和艾伦设备公司之间的未来合作，从而开发出更先进、更经济的马铃薯收获机。

This project would provide preliminary scientific assistance to Allan Equipment to develop an advanced Potatorock separator. Farming potato contributes highest for PEI agricultural industry which have highest share inoverall PEI's industry. The major problem encountered by farmers is during harvesting i.e separating rocksfrom potatoes. Allan Equipment is working in designing and developing an in-field rock separator which willintegrated to their present harvester. Currently, they are observing that after installing baffles in the air chamberbelow bed, the separation of rock from potatoes is uneven over the length of the separating table. The applicantwill assist Allan Equipment in analyzing their current design and identifying the causes of this low andnon-uniform separation characteristic. Based on the detailed analysis, the applicant will help Allan Equipmentto modify and correct the existing bed design elements according. Also, the applicant plans to assist indeveloping a fluidizing bed having better separation characteristics than exiting design. Based on the developeddesign the applicant offers to build a laboratory scale pilot plant to verify the developed design characteristics.This project may lead to future collaboration between Dalhousie University and Allan Equipment, leading todevelopment of more advanced and cost effective potato harvesting machines.