Intelligent system for measuring soil compaction on croplands

Author

Furriel, Geovanne P. ; Calixto, Wesley P. ; Alves, Aylton J. ; Campos, Pedro H. M. ; Domingues, Elder G.

Author_Institution

Mech. & Comput. Eng. Sch., Fed. Univ. of Goias, Goiânia, Brazil

fYear

2015

fDate

10-13 June 2015

Firstpage

1357

Lastpage

1361

Abstract

The importance of precision agriculture techniques increasing, but data interpretation, instrument cost and qualified personnel for application limit its measurement on croplands. The development and validation of an intelligent apparatus that provides information about soil compaction using Cone Index, described here, replaces the traditional system and obtain reliable data with higher resolution. The data acquisition is also innovative, instead load cells it is used electrical measurements in order to get the power applied by the motor. The system automatically select the points to make measurements and the results are shown on an image, facilitating the data interpretation. The experimental results confirm the method for estimating the penetration force and the soil compaction.

Keywords

agriculture; data acquisition; soil; cone index; croplands; data acquisition; instrument cost; intelligent system; penetration force; precision agriculture; soil compaction; Compaction; Current measurement; Force; Indexes; Sensors; Soil; Soil measurements; agriculture; compaction; intelligent; measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), 2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7992-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEEIC.2015.7165367

Filename

7165367