Flow rate based prediction of threshing process in combine harvesters

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 383-388

  Maertens, Koen ^a   De Baerdemaeker, Jose G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Combine harvester; Grain separation; Process monitoring; Threshing process

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MONITORING; SPEED CONTROL;

COMBINE HARVESTERS; FLOW RATE BASED PREDICTION; PRECISION FARMING; PROCESS MONITORING; THRESHING PROCESS;

HARVESTERS;

MILETINAE;

EID: 0242305902     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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