uplb’s agricultural engineering research and development program
DESCRIPTION
A slide presentation on the capabilities of the University of the Philippines Los Baños in the areas of Agricultural Machinery Development, Machine Vision Systems, Biomass Energy & Conversion Technologies, Drying Systems, Geographic Information System, Resource and Land Use Mapping, Controlled Environment Agriculture, Farm Structures, Agricultural Wastes Management, Environmental Instrumentation, Irrigation and Drainage, Soil and Sediment Transport, and Water Quality and Aquaculture EngineeringTRANSCRIPT
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UPLB’s Agricultural Engineering Research and Development Program
Arnold R. Elepaño
DirectorInstitute of Agricultural Engineering
College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology, UPLB, College, Laguna
Laguna Business Investment ExpositionEnchanted Kingdom, Sta. Rosa, Laguna
4 March 2010
Agricultural Engineering Challenges
• Increase in population – pressure to produce food
• Climate change – pressure to mitigate agricultural degradation
• Increase in fossil fuel cost – pressure to develop alternative energy
• Increase in labor cost – pressure to mechanize
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ESCivilChemical IAE Electrical Industrial
AMTEC
LWRDAFSD AMD AMDPABPROD SHOP
CEAT
Agricultural Engineering (& Biosystems) Divisions
• Agricultural Machinery
• Agricultural & Bio-Process Engineering
• Agrometeorology & Farm Structures
• Land & Water Resources
• Agricultural Mechanization Development Program
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Agricultural Machinery Division
• Bio-Production Machinery Design
• Bio-Production Machinery Management
• Renewable Energy
• Machine Vision and Mechatronics
• Precision Agriculture
Agricultural & Bio-Process Engineering Division
• Crop Processing
• Energy Engineering & Thermal Processing
• Food Engineering
• Bio-Process Engineering
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Agrometeorology & Farm Structures Division
• Agrometeorology/Meteorology
• Structures & Controlled Environment
• GIS & Remote Sensing Applications
• Waste Management & Energy
Land & Water Resources Division
• Aquaculture Engineering
• Water Quality/Environmental Engineering
• Hydrology
• Irrigation Engineering
• Drainage Engineering
• Soil & Water Conservation Engineering and Watershed Management
• Hydraulics Engineering
• Land and Water Resources Systems Engineering
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IAE Professional Staff
Division PhD MSc BSc Total
AMD 4 4 2 10
ABPROD 4 1 1 6
AFSD 1 3 1 5
LWRD 2 6 1 9
AMDP 3 2 4 9
Total 14 16 9 39
Agricultural Machinery Development
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Machine Vision Systems
Biomass Energy & Conversion Technologies
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Drying Systems
Philippine Rice Postproduction Consortium
• National Seminar-Workshop on Rice Hull Non-Power Applications in the Philippines
• PRPC-designed batch recirculating dryer
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Comparison of 1999 Actual and Forecast Annual Rainfall
< 1000
1001 - 2000
2001 - 3000
3001 - 4000
4001 - 5000
> 5000
N
EW
S
Actual Forecast
Legend:
Rainfall in mm
Geographic Information System
Resource and Land Use Mapping
14°2
0' 1
4°2
0'
14°2
1' 1
4°2
1'
14°2
2' 1
4°2
2'
14°2
3' 1
4°2
3'
14°2
4' 1
4°2
4'
121°20'
121°20'
121°21'
121°21'
121°22'
121°22'
121°23'
121°23'
121°24'
121°24'
1010
2020
3030
4040
6060
8080
100100
200200
300300
400400
500500
600600700700
743743
N
500 0 500 100 0
M eters
Scale: 1:50 00 0
CONTOUR MAPCONTOUR MAP
MUNICIPALITY OF PAKIL
Reg io n IV , Pro vince of La gun a
Rep ublic of the Phil ippine s
LEG EN D :
R iver
Bar ang ay
R oad
R ec lai m ed A re a
M ain C o ntou r Lin e
C ontou r Lin e
8080 C ontou r Interva l
(m eter s )
C AS A-R E ALC AS A-R E AL
M AT IKIWM AT IKIWC AS IN S INC AS IN S IN
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Controlled Environment Agriculture
Farm Structures
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Agricultural Wastes Management
Environmental Instrumentation
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Irrigation and Drainage
Soil and Sediment Transport
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Water Quality and Aquaculture Engineering
IAE@UPLB Distinction
• Center of Excellence in Agricultural Engineering – CHED
• Top Performing School in Agricultural Engineering – PRC & PSAE
• National Center for Agricultural Engineering Research, Development and Extension –PCARRD, DOST & BAR, DA
• Engineering Research and Development for Technology – SEI, DOST
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Available Scholarship
• Engineering Research and Development for Technology
• MSc and PhD in Agricultural Engineering
• Stipend (P15k/mo & P23k/mo for MSc & PhD, respectively)
• Research (P200k & P400k for MSc & PhD, respectively)
• Tuition, book & transportation allowances
RDE System
CEAT
IAE
AcademicDivisions
AMDP
DBM/UP System
Farmer/LGU Manufacturers GovernmentAgencies
SCUs
DAie BPRE, NFA,& AFMech
UPLBie CA & CEM
CEATie ChE, IE, EE& AMTEC
UPLBie Corn NetworkAlternative Energy
CEATie staff support
Student thesissupport
Entrepreneurs
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AMDP’s Research Thrusts
• Corn
• High Value Crops
• Energy
• Hybrid Single Engine Manufacturing
Corn Industry
• Very much weather dependent
• Two cropping seasons
• Small farm areas, thousands of farmers involved
• Grains are bulky and perishable
• Grains are subject to pilferage
• Manual handling in bulk
• Horizontal bag warehouses
• Many intermediate middlemen between farmers and consumers
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Power Tiller
• with/without steering clutch
• without gear change
• use of automotive differentials for ease of manufacture and durability
• 10 hp gasoline engine
Manure and organic manure applicator
Power tiller drawnSingle row
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Seeder
• Multicrop Pneumatic Seeder with Fertilizer Applicator
• Tested for IPB 911, soybean, peanut & white bean
• For AMTEC testing and collaborative work with manufacturer
Ergonomics
• Anthropometric Survey of Farmers in CALABARZON
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Ethanol Production
• Saccharification and Fermentation of Mixed Corn and Corn Wastes for Ethanol Production
• Evaluated the effect of pretreatment (hot water, 0.5 % H2SO4) of corn waste mixtures on ethanol production;
• Determined the effect of cellulase concentration (10 %, 20 %) on saccharification of corn waste mixtures;
• Determined the effect of amylase concentration on saccharification of corn starch;
High Value Crops
• Vegetable production machinery
• Mango hot water treatment
• Vegetable tramline
• Controlled environment structure
• Coconut/Watermelon sound characteristics
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Appropriate mechanization technologies for local vegetable production
UPLB Mini Hand Tractor
Vegetable production
Roller Cultivator/Weeder
Wheel Cultivator/Weeder
Radish Seeder
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Technology dissemination
• Liliw has 300 ha vegetable area
• Testing and training site of IPB and CRTD
• DA/Provincial government target beneficiary
• Presence of farmers’ organization
• Low mechanization levelSuitability testing
Vegetable washer
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Mango hot water treatment
500 kg mango capacity with biomass heater
Computer modelling of heat transfer
Temperature vs time model
Flatbed dryer air distribution
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• A site was selected based on interviews with Liliw, Laguna local government officials
• Base site to be located at existing trading post
• Estimated slope of 29o, distance of 227 m, elevation of 110 m from base site
Gravity-driven tramlinefor hauling highlandtomatoes
Maturity Level of Coconut
Maturity
Level
Lower
frequency
limit
Upper
frequency
limit
Malauhog 270 Hz 320 Hz
Malakanin 460 Hz 520 Hz
Malakatad 955 Hz 1030 Hz
Time domain
Frequency domain
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Pump Characterization
• Shallow tube well and low lift pump
• Performance characteristics of pumps and primemovers for STW
• Collaboration with AMTEC
Fruit
dehusker
Husk
Seed
Shell
Kernel
sheller
Jatropha
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Harvester/fruit picker
• Harvesting shear with delivery tube and basket
• Manual capacity: 50 kg fruit/hr
Dehusker
• Modified high-moisture corn sheller • Shelling unit: drum and concave • Husk-kernel separator: sifter and blower• Husking efficiency as high as 99 percent• Capacity: 2-3 tons fruits/hr
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Flatbed Drying System for Jatropha
Main components:
Drying bin made of GI sheetBlowerBiomass furnace w/ Jatrophashell as feed supplemented
by other biomass materials
Capacity: 4 t/hDrying air temperature: 60°CDrying time: 6-8 h
Sheller
Whole kernel Broken Unshelled
MC, % SHEELING EFF. %
CAPACITY, KG/HR
WHOLE KERNEL,
%
BROKEN KERNEL,%
11 85 784 42 42
15 88 1837 39 49
26 68 990 32 36
• Shelling unit : drum and concave
• Cleaner/separator: Oscillating rack and blower
• Power: 1 hp electric motor
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Seed Conditioner
• Continuous flow
• Rotary drum
• Biomass furnace
Oil Expeller
• Adapted from the coconut oil expeller design
• 100 kg seed/hr• 85 -90 % extraction eff • 4 kW motor
• Performance affected by: MC Temperature of seed Size reduction Shaft RPM Percent hull removed
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Manufacture of Local Single Engine• Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers and
Dealers Association
• Metals Industry Research & Development Center
• Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development
• Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation Center
• National Agriculture and Fisheries Council
• Foreign Single Engine Manufacturer
Techno-Demo
• Extension of Hand Tractor and Corn Sheller
• Dissemination to DA Laguna ie Calamba & Pila, DA Calauag, Alaminos City, Pangasinan, Cebu Bohol
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Collaborative Project• Increasing Corn
Productivity in FSTP Areas in Cebu
• Organic farming with Shell Foundation in Pililia, Rizal
• Jatropha Primary Processing with PNOC
• Flatbed Dryer Rehabilitation with DA Laguna
Technology Dissemination
• Display area
• Exhibition/Fair
• Techno-Demo
• Seminar resource speakers
• Machinery Design and Blueprints
• Collaboration with manufacturers
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Information Dissemination
• Philippine Journal of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
• Philippine Agricultural Mechanization Bulletin
• Mechanization Update
• CEAT Newsletter
Technology Transfer Strategy
• Private – Public Interaction
• System Integration
• Multidisciplinary
• Networking