Application of digital technologies for ensuring agricultural productivity

R Abiri, N Rizan, SK Balasundram, AB Shahbazi… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Over the decades, agri-food security has become one of the most critical concerns in the
world. Sustainable agri-food production technologies have been reliable in mitigating …

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 …

Numerical investigation of a fuel cell-powered agricultural tractor

V Martini, F Mocera, A Somà - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, growing awareness about environmental issues is pushing humankind to
explore innovative technologies to reduce the anthropogenic sources of pollutants. Among …

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 …

Design and performance of a distributed electric drive system for a series hybrid electric combine harvester

Z Zhu, X Chai, L Xu, L Quan, C Yuan, S Tian - Biosystems Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to solve the problems of high energy consumption, high pollution and difficult
adjustment of operational parameters caused by the coupling of operating components of …

Sustainability Evaluation of Hybrid Agriculture-Tractor Powertrains

S Pascuzzi, K Łyp-Wrońska, K Gdowska, F Paciolla - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Agricultural tractors are highly fuel-consuming and soil/air polluting machines; thus, the
introduction of new sustainable technologies, such as hybridization, can be very impactful …

Carbon Footprint Enhancement of an Agricultural Telehandler through the Application of a Fuel Cell Powertrain

V Martini, F Mocera, A Somà - World Electric Vehicle Journal, 2024 - mdpi.com
The growing awareness about climate change and environmental pollution is pushing the
industrial and academic world to investigate more sustainable solutions to reduce the impact …

Optimal energy management strategy for dual-power coupling tractor based on the adaptive control technology

H Dou, H Wei, Q Ai, Y Zhang - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Hybrid tractors (HT) are regarded as the efficient agricultural machine due to their energy
conservation performance and faster torque response to deal with load fluctuations …