Off-road electric vehicles and autonomous robots in agricultural sector: trends, challenges, and opportunities

A Ghobadpour, G Monsalve, A Cardenas… - Vehicles, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper describes the development trends and prospects of green-energy-based off-road
electric vehicles and robots in the agricultural sector. Today, the agriculture sector faces …

Trends and future perspective of electrification in agricultural tractor-implement applications

F Mocera, A Somà, S Martelli, V Martini - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The worldwide growing demand for food is pushing the agricultural field towards new
innovative solutions to increase the efficiency and productivity of cultivations. In this …

Carbon footprint of an orchard tractor through a life-cycle assessment approach

S Martelli, F Mocera, A Somà - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
The effects of climate change are reaching a point of no return. The necessity to reduce
greenhouse gasses (GHGs) is currently notorious on several levels: academic, industrial …

Comparative analysis of hybrid electric architectures for specialized agricultural tractors

F Mocera, V Martini, A Somà - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this work, a comparative numerical analysis between the performance of a conventional
specialized orchard tractor and those of three different hybrid electric tractor configurations is …

Numerical performance investigation of a hybrid eCVT specialized agricultural tractor

F Mocera, V Martini - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The need for highly efficient agricultural machineries is increasing the interest of the
research community and of industrial manufacturers towards the use of integrated electric …

Application and Efficiency of a Series-Hybrid Drive for Agricultural Use Based on a Modified Version of the World Harmonized Transient Cycle

UK Medževeprytė, R Makaras, V Lukoševičius… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Off-road vehicles and transportation are vital for agricultural economics, yet the transition to
green energies is challenging. To make this transition easier, a tool that enables the testing …

Design and Experimental Validation of a Scaled Test Bench for the Emulation of a Hybrid Fuel Cell Powertrain for Agricultural Tractors

V Martini, F Mocera, A Somà - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hybrid fuel cell powertrains are a promising strategy to reduce the environmental impact of
vehicles and non-road mobile machinery. To preserve the state-of-health of fuel cells, an …

A series electric hybrid wheel loader powertrain with independent electric load-sensing system

Z Lin, Z Lin, F Wang, B Xu - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Electric hybrid powertrain is a promising way for wheel loader electrification. However, the
widely used centralized load-sensing working hydraulic system has low efficiency with …

Comparison of various hybrid electric powertrains for non-road mobile machinery using real-time multibody simulation

G Goswami, A Tupitsina, S Jaiswal, C Nutakor… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electrification of non-road mobile machinery holds immense potential for reducing the high
emissions and fuel consumption of such industrial machinery. Detailed real-time physics …

A free piston engine generator powered hybrid wheel loader with independent electric drive

F Wang, Z Lin, J Li, C Zhang, J Xiao, B Xu - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Series hybrid powertrain is a practical way for wheel loader electrification.
Conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) technique is mature but the efficiency is …