Heat Recovery Systems for Agricultural Vehicles: Utilization Ways and Their Efficiency
Antonina Kalinichenko,
Valerii Havrysh and
Vasyl Hruban
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Antonina Kalinichenko: Institute of Technical Science, University of Opole, Dmowskiego str. 7-9, 45-365 Opole, Poland
Valerii Havrysh: Department of Tractors and Agricultural Machinery, Operating and Maintenance, Mykolayiv National Agrarian University (Ukraine), 9 Georgiy Gongadze Str., 54020 Mykolayiv, Ukraine
Vasyl Hruban: Department of Tractors and Agricultural Machinery, Operating and Maintenance, Mykolayiv National Agrarian University (Ukraine), 9 Georgiy Gongadze Str., 54020 Mykolayiv, Ukraine
Agriculture, 2018, vol. 8, issue 12, 1-18
Abstract:
The focus of today’s agriculture is to reduce fuel consumption and pollutant emission. More than 50% of the fuel energy is lost with the exhaust gas and coolant of diesel engines. Therefore, waste heat recovery systems are a promising concept to meet economical and ecological requirements. Agricultural vehicles have an operating cycle that is quite different from on-road trucks (higher engine load factor and less annual utilization). This has influence on the efficiency of waste heat recovery. The purpose of this paper was to analyze different waste heat recovery technologies to be used in agricultural applications. In the study, technical and economic indicators have been used. According to suggested classification, four pathways for utilization were studied. Turbocompounding, electric turbocompounding, and heating of transmission oil for hydraulic clutch gearboxes have proved to be effective for agricultural vehicles. For the economical conditions of the European Union (EU), a turbocompounding diesel engine is acceptable if agricultural tractor rated power is more than 275 kW, and combine harvester rated power is more than 310 kW. In cold climates, heat recovery transmission warm-up may be recommended. Waste heat absorption refrigerators have proven to be a viable technology for air conditioning and intake air cooling systems.
Keywords: agriculture; internal combustion engine; heat recovery; efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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