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Energy Audit Application for Rice-Wheat Cropping System


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1 Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
2 Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Zila Parishad Krishi Mahavidhalaya Banda, Bundelkhand University Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
 

This computer application deals with energy auditing for rice-wheat cropping system. Computing different input parameters for the crop production system in terms of energy requirement (MJ/ha) can be done by using this computer application. The developed application was found to be a simple, easy and user-friendly with appropriate output units. It works efficiently and gives the desired output in terms of energy consumption (MJ/ha). The advantage of this application is to decide the inputs on the basis of energy consumption before performing actual cultivation practice using the last season data. Moreover, using this package energy budget difference and comparison of subsequent production seasons can be achieved. The computer application was developed using Visual Basic, which allows the user to calculate total energy use efficiency, specific energy and different energy ratios in a particular cropping system.

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Computer Application, Energy Analysis, Energy Requirement, Rice-Wheat, Visual Basic.
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Authors

Rajesh U. Modi
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Mudasir Ali
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Raghuvirsinh P. Parmar
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Sharad Kumar Namdev
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Zila Parishad Krishi Mahavidhalaya Banda, Bundelkhand University Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


This computer application deals with energy auditing for rice-wheat cropping system. Computing different input parameters for the crop production system in terms of energy requirement (MJ/ha) can be done by using this computer application. The developed application was found to be a simple, easy and user-friendly with appropriate output units. It works efficiently and gives the desired output in terms of energy consumption (MJ/ha). The advantage of this application is to decide the inputs on the basis of energy consumption before performing actual cultivation practice using the last season data. Moreover, using this package energy budget difference and comparison of subsequent production seasons can be achieved. The computer application was developed using Visual Basic, which allows the user to calculate total energy use efficiency, specific energy and different energy ratios in a particular cropping system.

Keywords


Computer Application, Energy Analysis, Energy Requirement, Rice-Wheat, Visual Basic.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.13005/ojcst11.04.06