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

该项目将为Allan设备公司开发先进的Potatorock分离器提供初步的科学援助。马铃薯种植业对PEI农业产业的贡献最大，在PEI整个产业中所占份额最高。农民遇到的主要问题是在收获期间，即把石头和土豆分开。艾伦设备公司正在设计和开发一种田间岩石分离器，该分离器将集成到他们目前的收割机上。目前，他们正在观察，在床下的空气室中安装挡板后，在分离台的长度上，岩石与土豆的分离是不均匀的。应用程序帮助Allan设备分析其当前设计并确定这种低和不均匀分离特性的原因。根据详细的分析，申请人将帮助Allan Equipment修改和纠正现有的床设计元素。此外，申请人计划协助开发具有比现有设计更好的分离特性的流化床。根据开发的设计，申请人提出建立一个实验室规模的试验工厂，以验证开发的设计特点。该项目可能会导致达尔豪西大学和艾伦设备之间的未来合作，导致更先进和成本效益的马铃薯收获机械的开发。

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.