Electrification of agricultural machinery: A review

E Scolaro, M Beligoj, MP Estevez, L Alberti… - Ieee …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Today, agriculture industry has a significant impact in global greenhouse gas emissions. A
large amount of pollutants come from diesel internal combustion engines, widely used in …

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 …

Fuzzy adaptive energy management strategy for a hybrid agricultural tractor equipped with HMCVT

Z Zhu, L Zeng, L Chen, R Zou, Y Cai - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
In order to solve the problem of high fuel consumption and poor emission performance in
high horsepower tractors, a parallel hybrid tractor system was designed using a dual power …

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 …

Energy saving performance of agricultural tractor equipped with mechanic-electronic-hydraulic powertrain system

Z Zhu, Y Yang, D Wang, Y Cai, L Lai - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tractors are usually applied in field operations, road transport, and other operations. Modern
agriculture has higher design requirements for tractor powertrains due to the complicated …

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 …

Optimal design of energy sources for a photovoltaic/fuel cell extended-range agricultural mobile robot

A Ghobadpour, A Cardenas, G Monsalve… - Robotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Powertrain electrification in the agricultural vehicles is still in the initial stages. This article
analyzes the energy behavior of a Photovoltaic/Fuel Cell Agricultural Mobile Robot …

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 …

Hybridization of a Backhoe Loader: Electric Drive System Design

DAL Brandao, MF Ramos, TM Parreiras, TAC Maia… - Machines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Heavy machinery is critical to agriculture, construction, mining, and other sectors of a
country's economy. However, such vehicles consume a high amount of fuel, increasing …

Co-simulation platform for simulating heavy mobile machinery with hydraulic actuators and various hybrid electric powertrains

G Goswami, S Jaiswal, C Nutakor, J Sopanen - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Computer simulations are important tools for evaluating hybrid electric powertrain concepts.
In heavy mobile machinery, the powertrain undergoes traction and often hydraulic loads …