Automatic Equipment to Increase Sustainability in Agricultural Fertilization

Mario Martínez García, Silvia Ramos Cabral, Ricardo Pérez Zúñiga () and Luis Carlos G. Martínez Rodríguez
Additional contact information
Mario Martínez García: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Campus CUValles, Universidad de Guadalajara, Ameca Highway Km. 45.5, P. C., Ameca 46600, Jalisco, Mexico
Silvia Ramos Cabral: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Campus CUValles, Universidad de Guadalajara, Ameca Highway Km. 45.5, P. C., Ameca 46600, Jalisco, Mexico
Ricardo Pérez Zúñiga: Virtual University System Department, Universidad de Guadalajara, Av Enrique Díaz de León Sur 782, Moderna, Guadalajara 44200, Jalisco, Mexico
Luis Carlos G. Martínez Rodríguez: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Campus CUValles, Universidad de Guadalajara, Ameca Highway Km. 45.5, P. C., Ameca 46600, Jalisco, Mexico

Agriculture, 2023, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-17

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to design a device for the dissolution of fertilizers for agricultural use in an automatic and environmentally sustainable way to facilitate the work of farmers. To achieve this goal, an outdated blade design was used, which generates turbulent and laminar flows thanks to the angle of inclination of its blades. In tests, the combination of these two flows gave a better result compared to laminar and turbulent flows separately. The best results were achieved by varying the spin and speed, the time between spins, and the rest time. The time it would take to dissolve the mixture was drastically reduced if it were conducted in the traditional way (manually) or compared with commercial mixers. In conclusion, the technique used for the dissolution of agricultural minerals is more effective and reduces time, energy, and effort. This was able to reduce the time necessary to dissolve the fertilizer by 93 percent compared to doing it manually and by 66 percent compared to using commercial mixers, in a solution of 100 L of water per 100 kg of ammonium sulfate.

Keywords: automatic equipment; fertilizer dissolution; agriculture; machinery; automation; energy saving; beater (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: 2023
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/13/2/490/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/13/2/490/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jagris:v:13:y:2023:i:2:p:490-:d:1073348

Access Statistics for this article

Agriculture is currently edited by Ms. Leda Xuan

More articles in Agriculture from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().