MECHANIZATION

Determine the size of the diesel engine to be used for a 4 inches X 4 inches centrifugal pump.
Pump discharge is 200gpm. Total head is 24 ft. Pump efficiency is 55%. V-belt efficiency is
95%. And air-cooled diesel engine delivery rating is 70%.

What is the rate of flow of crude oil in a 2-in pipe if the velocity of the fluid is measured at 0.02
m/s? The specific weight of crude oil is 1500 kg/m3?

If a multi-bladed windpump has a tip-speed ratio of 1:1, what windspeed is needed to have its
rotor tip move at 3 m/s?

If the speed ratio of seedplate over groundwheel of the two-row corn planter is 5, determine the
expected plant population/ha. Row spacing is 75 cm. Groundwheel diameter is 60 cm. Average
no. of seeds per hill is 2. Number of cells of seedplate is 20. Average emergence of seeds is 85%.

Determine the length of a flat-belt pulley drive having the following data; diameter of first
pulley,480mm; diameter of a second pully,560mm; and a center distance of a pulley
shaft,12meters.

A field measuring 45 m X 90 m is to be prepared using a 1-m upland power tiller at a speed of 3

kph. Assume a 10% overlap between passing and 9 seconds turnaround time at the end of each
pass. Determine actual field capacity when tilling is done along the longer field direction

A 4-ha field was plowed using a three-bottom 12-inch tractor-mounted moldboard plow. It took
11 hrs to complete the operation at a tractor speed of 5 kph. Find the field capacity.

Using the specifications of the transmission system of the metering device (horizontal seed plate)
of the two-row corn planter, determine the expected hill spacing. Row spacing = 75 cm,
groundwheel diameter = 60 cm, no. of cells of seedplate = 20, T1 = 6t, T2 = 18t, T3 = 10t and
T4=25t
An engine was tested on a brake dynamometer at a speed of 2000 rpm. The brake arm of the
machine is 1.2 meters and it registers a load of 5 kg. What is the shaft power of the engine?

What is the piston displacement for a 76 mm × 78 mm engine:

Determine the size of air-cooled diesel engine to be used for a 1.5-ha lowland rice. The field is to
be irrigated daily for 8 hrs. Source of water is a 3-inch diameter drilled well with the following
data: Static water level = 9 ft, Specific yield of well = 15 gpm/ft, discharge head = 6 ft, and
friction and velocity head loss = 2 ft. Pump efficiency = 45%. Transmission efficiency = 95%
and power unit continuous delivery rating = 70%

If the speed ratio of the groundwheel over seedplate of a two-row corn planter is 5.0, determine
the plant population per hectare. Row spacing is 75 cm. Groundwheel diameter is 60 cm. Ave.
no. of seeds per hill is 2. No. of cells of seedplate is 25. Ave. emergence of seeds is 85%.
EPP = 10k x seeds/hill x %Emergence / area/hill

Compute the power that can be generated by a hydro-turbine with water input of 40 lps with a
head of 20 m. The turbine efficiency is 70%.

A 1.2-m wide floating tiller is used for rotary tilling/puddling a 1008 m2wetland paddy field. The
average speed of travel is 3 kph and turning at the headlands takes 10 seconds. What is the field
efficiency if the field is worked along its length?
A 4-wheel tractor with 3x14 inches moldboard plow is to operate on clay-loam soil (SD
=0.56kg/cm2) at a depth of 25.4cm. The maximum draft and percent increase in draft due to
speed are given below. Determine the highest gear setting that can sustain the draft requirement
for the operation.

Determine the number of 13-cm animal drawn plows needed to complete plowing a 3-ha field in
one day (8 hrs/day). Field efficiency is 78% and speed of travel is 3 kph.

A 4-m combine traveling at 5 kph can empty its 1.5-ton grain tank in 2 minutes. When unloading
on-the-go, it has an 86% field efficiency. Field yield is 3.5 tons/ha. What would be the field
efficiency if the combine stopped to load?

A field with an area of 4,050 ha is to be prepared using a 1m upland power tiller at a speed of
3kph. Assume a 10% overlap between passing’s and 9 seconds turn around time at the end of
each pass. Determine effective field capacity when tilling is done along the longer field direction.

A field with an area of 1,080 ha is to be prepared using a 1m upland power tiller at a speed of
3kph. Assume a 10% overlap between passing’s and 9 seconds turn around time at the end of
each pass. Determine actual field capacity when tilling is done along the longer field direction.

For a 4 inches by 4 inches centrifugal pump with discharge of 250 gpm, determine the size of the
diesel engine. Efficiency of the pump is 65%, of the belt transmission is 95%, and of the air-
cooled system is 80%. Total head is 30 ft.

A tractor pulls a 1.0 meter wide heavy duty offset disk harrow at an operating speed of 6 kph.
What is the theoretical field capacity of the machine?
A field area having 4050 m2 is to be prepared using a 1-m upland power tiller at a speed of 3
kph. Assume a 10% overlap between passings and 9 seconds turnaround time at the end of each
pass. Determine the field capacity in going the longer field direction:

What is the Total volume of a cylinder having a stroke and bore diameter of 20 cm and 6 cm
respectively if the clearance volume is 21 cubic centimeter?

SITUATIONAL
1. A tractor travelled a certain distance, given the diameter of the wheel is 0.6 m, find the:
a. Speed of the tractor
b. Field capacity of the tractor in ha/hr
c. Tractor needed to cover 500 ha in 10 days
2. About thresher.
a. Finding the threshing efficiency
b. Input needed to bring the thresher to its corrected
capacity.

SITUATIONAL
a. Total head= 15m (10 m below plus 5 m yung height ata ng ipapump nya)
b. 0.77 kw power output ata yan
c. 0.8something yung input
d. 95.45% efficiency

SITUATIONAL
An engineer notices that something was wrong on the tractor so he conducted a troubleshoot.
The following was recorded after the test: the air filter is already dirty, the carburetor is not
installed properly, _____________ and _____________.
RENEWABLE ENERGY: SITUATIONAL
RENEWABLE ENERGY: Computation about windpump. Given 5 hectares, air density, power,
speed
velocity, power coefficient factor, pitch diameter, capacity and other values.
51. RENEWABLE ENERGY: Diameter of windmill propeller.
52. RENEWABLE ENERGY: Volume of water pumped by windmill per year.
53. RENEWABLE ENERGY: Number of hectare supplied by the windpump per day.
54. RENEWABLE ENERGY: Number of units required to provide adequate water for 5 ha farm.
(55-58) RICE POST-HARVEST MECHANIZATION: Situational
55. RICE MILL: Pre-cleaner Definition - auxiliary device used to remove foreign
matter/impurities from the paddy before milling
56. RICE MILL: Rubber Roller Definition - component of rice mill made of rubber bonded to an
inner metal drum core use for hulling
57. RICE MILL: Paddy Separator Definition - auxiliary device used to separate paddy from
brown rice
58. RICE MILL: Whitener Definition - component of a rice mill that removes the bran layer in
the brown rice

RENEWABLE ENERGY: SITUATIONAL

I. Biomass V. Hydro
II. Biofuel L VI. Ocean Thermal
III. Geothermal VII. Wind
IV. Solar
85. RENEWABLE ENERGY: Which belongs under BiGSHOW Acronym Meaning
a. I,III,IV,V,VI,VII b. I,II,III,IV,VI,VII c. II,III,IV,V,VI,VII d. I,II,III,IV,V,VI,VII
86. RENEWABLE ENERGY: Characterized with 30% Efficiency only
a. V b. VII c. III d. I and II
87. RENEWABLE ENERGY: Characterized in producing GHG
a. V b. VII c. III d. I and II
88 RENEWABLE ENERGY: Located in Ilocos Norte and Iloilo
a. V ,b. VII c. III d. I and II