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Alexandros S. Anifantis
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy

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Published: 08 July 2020 in Energies
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Sugar beet is an extensive crop of great agronomic value with significant productive and economic returns and Ukraine’s sugar beet accounts for about 5.1% of the overall world production. Sugar beets and the by-products resulting from its manufacturing transformation are a significant renewable energy resource. A new high-quality performance prototype of a sugar beet top harvester, front mounted on a tractor, was built by the authors in Ukraine. The aim of this study is to evaluate the main performance parameters related to the operation of this new machine. Field tests were carried out linking the prototype to a wheel tractor, whilst suitable sensors measured the significant kinematic and dynamic parameters, allowing experimental data collection to assess the machine’s performance parameters. The entire technological process of harvesting and transporting the beet tops to the beet top storage unit required power ranging from 6.42 to 17.65 kW. At the topmost tested forward speed, the required tractor traction force was less than 1.9 kN with the power required by the shaft that drives the screw conveyor ranging from 3.1 to 4.6 kW. This value was the lowest for a speed of the tractor–beet top harvesting machine aggregate ranging from 0.9 to 1.2 m · s − 1 .

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Volodymyr Bulgakov; Simone Pascuzzi; Semjons Ivanovs; Francesco Santoro; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Ievhen Ihnatiev. Performance Assessment of Front-Mounted Beet Topper Machine for Biomass Harvesting. Energies 2020, 13, 3524 .

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Volodymyr Bulgakov, Simone Pascuzzi, Semjons Ivanovs, Francesco Santoro, Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis, Ievhen Ihnatiev. Performance Assessment of Front-Mounted Beet Topper Machine for Biomass Harvesting. Energies. 2020; 13 (14):3524.

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Volodymyr Bulgakov; Simone Pascuzzi; Semjons Ivanovs; Francesco Santoro; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Ievhen Ihnatiev. 2020. "Performance Assessment of Front-Mounted Beet Topper Machine for Biomass Harvesting." Energies 13, no. 14: 3524.

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Published: 06 June 2020 in Sustainability
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The European Directive concerning pesticide sustainable use establishes regulations to reduce the environmental drift throughout treatments to agricultural crops, particularly in nearby sensitive areas, such as water bodies, natural reserves and urban areas. The drift represents the fraction of mixture delivered by the sprayer that is not caught by the crop, and is the clearest cause of environmental pollution. Anti-drift nozzles are usually employed, and buffer zones are also maintained along the edges of the sprayed field to reduce drift production. The aim of this work was the theoretical study of the motion of the spray droplets delivered by a nozzle, dipped in downwards and/or lateral forced air flows. A mathematical model has been developed, consisting of a system of 2nd order differential equations, to simulate the motion of water droplets of different diameters within simultaneous different directions of air flow. The graphs, obtained by means of the numerical solution of the model, allow us to analyze the level of the droplets’ drift, according to their diameter and to the speed of the lateral and the downward air flows, respectively. A lateral airflow at a speed of 5 m · s − 1 produced a drift in its direction until 1.70 m for droplets from 100 to 500 μm in diameter. For larger drops, the impact of the downward airflow is not very significant. The results obtained by the numerical solution of the mathematical model have been compared with the results of experimental tests carried out to evaluate the drift of spray produced by different nozzles.

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Simone Pascuzzi; Volodymyr Bulgakov; Francesco Santoro; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Semjons Ivanovs; Ivan Holovach. A Study on the Drift of Spray Droplets Dipped in Airflows with Different Directions. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4644 .

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Simone Pascuzzi, Volodymyr Bulgakov, Francesco Santoro, Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis, Semjons Ivanovs, Ivan Holovach. A Study on the Drift of Spray Droplets Dipped in Airflows with Different Directions. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (11):4644.

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Simone Pascuzzi; Volodymyr Bulgakov; Francesco Santoro; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Semjons Ivanovs; Ivan Holovach. 2020. "A Study on the Drift of Spray Droplets Dipped in Airflows with Different Directions." Sustainability 12, no. 11: 4644.

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Published: 25 May 2020 in Energies
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Nowadays, heating using wood, briquettes, or pellets is a curious replacement to fossil fuels such as coal, oil, or gas. Unfortunately, the combustion of biofuels, especially in low-power boilers with unstable operating conditions, releases a lot of gas pollutants (e.g., carbon monoxide (CO), nitric oxide (NO), and various organic compounds) that are usually generated due to the incomplete product combustion. The combustion of biofuel in grate boilers with top-down ignition is a new approach, popular in society (mainly used for coal fuels), which improves the combustion process and reduces the amount of pollutants emitted. This study evaluated the impact of ignition techniques on the emission level of gas pollutants during the combustion of wood logs, briquettes, and pellets of pine in grate-based charging boilers. The combination of top ignition mode with pinewood logs allowed us to achieve a reduction of 6% in CO and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission into the atmosphere. However, the combination of top-down ignition mode with pellets and briquettes produced, in fully operational conditions, 1- to 18-fold higher levels of CO and SO2 respectively, than bottom-up ignition, after an initial period of low level CO and SO2 emissions. During the tests (mainly with ignition from top), substantial emissions of NO were observed of up to 400 mg·m−3 at 10% O2. Therefore, further research is required to decrease emission related to the content of nitrogen in biomass. In this respect, research of impact on the combustion temperature of such emissions is needed.

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Artur Kraszkiewicz; Artur Przywara; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis. Impact of Ignition Technique on Pollutants Emission during the Combustion of Selected Solid Biofuels. Energies 2020, 13, 2664 .

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Artur Kraszkiewicz, Artur Przywara, Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis. Impact of Ignition Technique on Pollutants Emission during the Combustion of Selected Solid Biofuels. Energies. 2020; 13 (10):2664.

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Artur Kraszkiewicz; Artur Przywara; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis. 2020. "Impact of Ignition Technique on Pollutants Emission during the Combustion of Selected Solid Biofuels." Energies 13, no. 10: 2664.

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Published: 18 May 2020 in Applied Sciences
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The mechanical behaviour of an agricultural tyre is a matter of extreme interest as it is related to the comfort of operators, to the adherence of agricultural machines, and to the compaction of agricultural soil. Moreover, the deformability of the tyres plays a fundamental role in vehicle stability in terms of side rollover. The behaviour of a loaded tyre during its deformation is complex, due to the combined contributions of the carcass components, the tread rubber and the air contained within it. Therefore, this study proposes an experimental–numerical approach for the mechanical characterization of agricultural tyres based on real-scale experiments and matches these results with a finite-element (FE) model. The tyre flattening in the elastic field has been described using two coefficients (Young’s modulus “E”, Poisson’s ratio “ν”), whose values have been identified with an iterative FEM procedure. The proposed approach was applied to two different tyres (420/85 R24 and 460/85 R34), each one inflated at two different pressures (1.0 bar and 1.6 bar). Young’s modulus was appreciated to be highly variable with the inflation pressure “p” of the tyres. Furthermore, the response surface methodology was applied to find two mathematical regression models, useful for studying the variations of the tyre footprint dimensions according to the type of tyre. This simple approach can be applied in other simulations without suffering any loss of accuracy in the description of the phenomenon.

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Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Maurizio Cutini; Marco Bietresato. An Experimental–Numerical Approach for Modelling the Mechanical Behaviour of a Pneumatic Tyre for Agricultural Machines. Applied Sciences 2020, 10, 3481 .

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Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis, Maurizio Cutini, Marco Bietresato. An Experimental–Numerical Approach for Modelling the Mechanical Behaviour of a Pneumatic Tyre for Agricultural Machines. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10 (10):3481.

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Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Maurizio Cutini; Marco Bietresato. 2020. "An Experimental–Numerical Approach for Modelling the Mechanical Behaviour of a Pneumatic Tyre for Agricultural Machines." Applied Sciences 10, no. 10: 3481.

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Published: 11 April 2020 in Agriculture
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This study firstly examined certain methods of vineyard management typically adopted in Apulia for both table grapes and wine grapes. In the later phenological stages, guyot or spurred cordon vineyards have extremely abundant vegetation, which drastically limits the space available between the rows for the passage of a tractor, even for a narrow-track vehicle. On the other hand, vegetation in tendone vineyards is situated at approximately 1.90 m above the soil surface, so that total tractor height must be compatible with this cultivation method. Foliage canopies in these types of vineyard cultivation system were evaluated at the times of their maximum growth in order to identify the maximum possible size of a prototype tractor that would be able to pass between vineyard rows without interfering in any way with the vegetation and fruits. Using the results of field measurements, it was established that the prototype tractor must have a maximum height of 1600 mm, with a minimum front axle track of less than 1100 mm and a back axle track of less than 1000 mm. A tractor built to these specifications is now being tested in order to compare its performance with that of other tractors commonly used in Apulia in various agricultural contexts.

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Simone Pascuzzi; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Francesco Santoro. The Concept of a Compact Profile Agricultural Tractor Suitable for Use on Specialised Tree Crops. Agriculture 2020, 10, 123 .

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Simone Pascuzzi, Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis, Francesco Santoro. The Concept of a Compact Profile Agricultural Tractor Suitable for Use on Specialised Tree Crops. Agriculture. 2020; 10 (4):123.

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Simone Pascuzzi; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Francesco Santoro. 2020. "The Concept of a Compact Profile Agricultural Tractor Suitable for Use on Specialised Tree Crops." Agriculture 10, no. 4: 123.

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Published: 29 October 2019 in Agriculture
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A comparison of three different methods to evaluate the tree row volume (TRV) of a super-high-density olive orchard is presented in this article. The purpose was to validate the suitability of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry and 3D modeling techniques with respect to manual and traditional methods of TRV detection. The use of UAV photogrammetry can reduce the amount of estimated biomass and, therefore, reduce the volume of pesticides to be used in the field by means of more accurate prescription maps. The presented comparison of methodologies was performed on an adult super-high-density olive orchard, planted with a density of 1660 trees per hectare. The first method (TRV1) was based on close-range photogrammetry from UAVs, the second (TRV2) was based on manual in situ measurements, and the third (TRV3) was based on a formula from the literature. The comparisons of TRV2-TRV1 and TRV3-TRV1 showed an average value of the difference equal to +13% (max: +65%; min: −11%) and +24% (max: +58%; min: +5%), respectively. The results show that the TRV1 method has high accuracy in predicting TRV with minor working time expenditure, and the only limitation is that professionally skilled personnel is required.

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Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Salvatore Camposeo; Gaetano Alessandro Vivaldi; Francesco Santoro; Simone Pascuzzi. Comparison of UAV Photogrammetry and 3D Modeling Techniques with Other Currently Used Methods for Estimation of the Tree Row Volume of a Super-High-Density Olive Orchard. Agriculture 2019, 9, 233 .

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Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis, Salvatore Camposeo, Gaetano Alessandro Vivaldi, Francesco Santoro, Simone Pascuzzi. Comparison of UAV Photogrammetry and 3D Modeling Techniques with Other Currently Used Methods for Estimation of the Tree Row Volume of a Super-High-Density Olive Orchard. Agriculture. 2019; 9 (11):233.

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Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Salvatore Camposeo; Gaetano Alessandro Vivaldi; Francesco Santoro; Simone Pascuzzi. 2019. "Comparison of UAV Photogrammetry and 3D Modeling Techniques with Other Currently Used Methods for Estimation of the Tree Row Volume of a Super-High-Density Olive Orchard." Agriculture 9, no. 11: 233.

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Published: 29 August 2019 in Sustainability
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between minor rural buildings and the most relevant communication routes of the regional area made up of six municipalities which, until 2016, formed the Local Action Group Sud Est Barese (LAG SEB): Acquaviva delle Fonti, Casamassima, Conversano, Mola di Bari, and Noicattaro e Rutigliano (Apulia, Italy). Information on the territorial distribution and typological classification of buildings was obtained by the official cartography of Military Geographic Institute (IGM, 1:25,000) and the Regional Technical Map (CTR, 1:5000) using the Geographic Information System (GIS) software ArcMap ArcGis 10.1. IGM cartography was chosen due to the greater amount of information pertaining to typological classification as well as to toponymy identification. CTR cartography, used as a second cartographic source, has been useful for acquiring more up-to-date territorial information compared to the IGM, in particular concerning the infrastructures of the territory. Moreover, the use of the CTR has allowed us to verify whether buildings listed on IGM cartography still exist. The cartographic calculations have allowed us to investigate possible relationships between the typology and distribution of rural buildings and the network of public roads and urban centers. The study of the connection between building types, roads and urban centers has allowed us to better understand the spatial distribution criteria, thus acquiring useful information to outline intervention policies, the implementation of which would be used to attempt to recover and improve building structures.

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Marco Parlavecchia; Simone Pascuzzi; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Francesco Santoro; Giuseppe Ruggiero. Use of GIS to Evaluate Minor Rural Buildings Distribution Compared to the Communication Routes in a Part of the Apulian Territory (Southern Italy). Sustainability 2019, 11, 4700 .

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Marco Parlavecchia, Simone Pascuzzi, Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis, Francesco Santoro, Giuseppe Ruggiero. Use of GIS to Evaluate Minor Rural Buildings Distribution Compared to the Communication Routes in a Part of the Apulian Territory (Southern Italy). Sustainability. 2019; 11 (17):4700.

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Marco Parlavecchia; Simone Pascuzzi; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Francesco Santoro; Giuseppe Ruggiero. 2019. "Use of GIS to Evaluate Minor Rural Buildings Distribution Compared to the Communication Routes in a Part of the Apulian Territory (Southern Italy)." Sustainability 11, no. 17: 4700.

Journal article
Published: 19 July 2019 in Energies
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The beet leaves and tops, which currently are excluded from the production process of sugar, could be an interesting opportunity for the production of renewable energy. Usually, the defoliators are joined with root collar remover machines, which are installed in front of the tractor. In working conditions on soils having natural roughness these front-mounted beet topper machines carried by tractors are affected by angular oscillations in a longitudinal-vertical plane that strongly affect the cutting uniformity. A theoretical study of these oscillations was carried out in this paper using Lagrange II kind equations, with the aim to assess the design and kinematic parameters of a front-mounted beet topper, corresponding to more stable and suitable movements in the longitudinal-vertical plane. A numerical simulation was then performed adopting the developed mathematical model. In order to improve the efficiency of this harvesting machine, a significant role is assumed by the soil preparation. In this work the stiffness and damping parameters of the feeler wheels pneumatic tires have been considered constant but further studies are in progress to assess their effective importance and influence for reducing the vibration of the front-mounted beet topper machine with the final aim to achieve a better machine design.

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Volodymyr Bulgakov; Simone Pascuzzi; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Francesco Santoro. Oscillations Analysis of Front-Mounted Beet Topper Machine for Biomass Harvesting. Energies 2019, 12, 2774 .

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Volodymyr Bulgakov, Simone Pascuzzi, Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis, Francesco Santoro. Oscillations Analysis of Front-Mounted Beet Topper Machine for Biomass Harvesting. Energies. 2019; 12 (14):2774.

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Volodymyr Bulgakov; Simone Pascuzzi; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Francesco Santoro. 2019. "Oscillations Analysis of Front-Mounted Beet Topper Machine for Biomass Harvesting." Energies 12, no. 14: 2774.

Conference paper
Published: 22 May 2019 in Engineering for Rural Development
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Vladislav Zavadskiy; Alexandros Anifantis; Francesco Santoro. Solving of renewable energy sources usable potential evaluation in remote rural area on example of Basilicata region (Southern Italy) - case study. Engineering for Rural Development 2019, 1 .

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Vladislav Zavadskiy, Alexandros Anifantis, Francesco Santoro. Solving of renewable energy sources usable potential evaluation in remote rural area on example of Basilicata region (Southern Italy) - case study. Engineering for Rural Development. 2019; ():1.

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Vladislav Zavadskiy; Alexandros Anifantis; Francesco Santoro. 2019. "Solving of renewable energy sources usable potential evaluation in remote rural area on example of Basilicata region (Southern Italy) - case study." Engineering for Rural Development , no. : 1.

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Published: 22 May 2019 in Engineering for Rural Development
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Alexandros Anifantis; Edmund Lorencowicz; Artur Przywara; Simone Pascuzzi; Giuseppe Ruggiero; Francesco Santoro. Common greenhouse conditioning plants compared with versatile geothermal system in ames, Iowa. Engineering for Rural Development 2019, 1 .

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Alexandros Anifantis, Edmund Lorencowicz, Artur Przywara, Simone Pascuzzi, Giuseppe Ruggiero, Francesco Santoro. Common greenhouse conditioning plants compared with versatile geothermal system in ames, Iowa. Engineering for Rural Development. 2019; ():1.

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Alexandros Anifantis; Edmund Lorencowicz; Artur Przywara; Simone Pascuzzi; Giuseppe Ruggiero; Francesco Santoro. 2019. "Common greenhouse conditioning plants compared with versatile geothermal system in ames, Iowa." Engineering for Rural Development , no. : 1.

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Published: 22 May 2019 in Engineering for Rural Development
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Simone Pascuzzi; Alexandros Anifantis; Francesco Santoro; Vincenzo Cimino. Correlation analysis between vegetation index (NDVI) and canopy coverage (TOC) based on remote sensing by using UAV. Engineering for Rural Development 2019, 1 .

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Simone Pascuzzi, Alexandros Anifantis, Francesco Santoro, Vincenzo Cimino. Correlation analysis between vegetation index (NDVI) and canopy coverage (TOC) based on remote sensing by using UAV. Engineering for Rural Development. 2019; ():1.

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Simone Pascuzzi; Alexandros Anifantis; Francesco Santoro; Vincenzo Cimino. 2019. "Correlation analysis between vegetation index (NDVI) and canopy coverage (TOC) based on remote sensing by using UAV." Engineering for Rural Development , no. : 1.

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Published: 22 May 2019 in Engineering for Rural Development
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Volodymyr Bulgakov; Semjons Ivanovs; Francesco Santoro; Alexandros Anifantis. Experimental investigation of the energy-power characteristics of the cleaner of the root crop heads from the haulm. Engineering for Rural Development 2019, 1 .

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Volodymyr Bulgakov, Semjons Ivanovs, Francesco Santoro, Alexandros Anifantis. Experimental investigation of the energy-power characteristics of the cleaner of the root crop heads from the haulm. Engineering for Rural Development. 2019; ():1.

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Volodymyr Bulgakov; Semjons Ivanovs; Francesco Santoro; Alexandros Anifantis. 2019. "Experimental investigation of the energy-power characteristics of the cleaner of the root crop heads from the haulm." Engineering for Rural Development , no. : 1.

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Published: 26 April 2019 in Agriculture
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The employment of bales is of considerable interest in the agricultural sector due to the mechanization of the production chain, the ease of their manipulation and transport, the low requirements for, and flexibility of, their storage and the low manpower requirements. Forage bales are mainly employed in zootechny, which albeit with important changes, is today still an essential economic sector for our society. The optimization of results in the zootechnical field depends largely on the feeding of the animals; in this regard, fodder-crops play a fundamental role in the European agricultural and economic sector. The soil inside the fodder is often the vehicle for a large number of CFUs (colony forming units) of bacteria of the Clostridium genus, with consequent repercussions for the welfare of the cows as well as for the quality of the milk products. The purpose of this work was to assess the performance of the large square baler HD 1270, made by the Italian manufacturer “Cicoria Square Bales”, whose main characteristic is the high cleanliness level of the dried fodder. The experimental tests carried out seem to confirm the efficacy of the technical solutions adopted for this machine. However, in order to better understand the reliability of the machine in lowering the amount of impurities and soil present in the built square bales, further tests in different working conditions should be carried out in order to statistically evaluate the influence and the mutual interaction of the operating parameters.

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Arrigo Salvatore Guerrieri; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Francesco Santoro; Simone Pascuzzi. Study of a Large Square Baler with Innovative Technological Systems that Optimize the Baling Effectiveness. Agriculture 2019, 9, 86 .

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Arrigo Salvatore Guerrieri, Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis, Francesco Santoro, Simone Pascuzzi. Study of a Large Square Baler with Innovative Technological Systems that Optimize the Baling Effectiveness. Agriculture. 2019; 9 (5):86.

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Arrigo Salvatore Guerrieri; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Francesco Santoro; Simone Pascuzzi. 2019. "Study of a Large Square Baler with Innovative Technological Systems that Optimize the Baling Effectiveness." Agriculture 9, no. 5: 86.

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Published: 10 April 2019 in Sustainability
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Biogas production occurs during methane fermentation from organic substrates and the mass remaining after fermentation, containing organic matter and valuable minerals having regard to plant nutrition, forms the digestate, which could be useful for fertilizing purposes and very beneficial in the case of the fertilization of rapeseeds. This paper focuses on the use of two forms of fertilization of rapeseeds—digestate and mineral fertilizers—in order to reduce the compressive strength of rapeseeds. The object presents results of compressive strength tests of three rape varieties (Bios, Feliks, Markus). The uniaxial compression tests between two parallel planes were made using a Zwick/Roell Z005 testing machine. Comparative analyses for the analyzed variables were carried out applying parametric and non-parametric statistical tests. On the basis of the conducted research, it was found that the distribution of the increase in the force crushing Bios and Feliks rapeseed varieties in both forms of cultivation was proportional to the increase in their mass. However, with a relatively comparable mass of Bios cv. seeds, in the case of the digestate use, a stronger correlation was found between the seed pressing force and its mass than for the multi-component fertilizer, understanding the need to apply more force to crush the seeds for this form of cultivation. In the conducted tests, the average size of rapeseed diameters of all varieties and forms of cultivation ranged from 1.81–1.95 mm, which indicates their good suitability for industrial purposes.

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Artur Przywara; Magdalena Kachel; Milan Koszel; Norbert Leszczyński; Artur Kraszkiewicz; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis. The Influence of Digestate on the Static Strength of Spring Rapeseeds (Brassica napus var. arvensis). Sustainability 2019, 11, 2133 .

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Artur Przywara, Magdalena Kachel, Milan Koszel, Norbert Leszczyński, Artur Kraszkiewicz, Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis. The Influence of Digestate on the Static Strength of Spring Rapeseeds (Brassica napus var. arvensis). Sustainability. 2019; 11 (7):2133.

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Artur Przywara; Magdalena Kachel; Milan Koszel; Norbert Leszczyński; Artur Kraszkiewicz; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis. 2019. "The Influence of Digestate on the Static Strength of Spring Rapeseeds (Brassica napus var. arvensis)." Sustainability 11, no. 7: 2133.

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Published: 02 April 2019 in Agriculture
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The evolution of climate and of electrical devices are raising users’ awareness about the protection of structures and plants against common overvoltage phenomena and those ones of atmospheric origin. Therefore, a continuous evolution of thunderstorm phenomena, increasingly concentrated and intense, is occurring. Conversely, electric devices are increasingly being equipped with electronics indispensable for their right functioning and are very sensitive to electromagnetic phenomena of an induced and conducted nature. In Italy, the law concerning work health and safety compels employers to assess the risk raised by lightning and to ensure that buildings, systems, structures, and equipment are protected from the effects of lightning in agreement with national and international technical standards. In the agricultural livestock sector, the new guidelines of agricultural policy in Italy requires farms to re-examine their structures, in particular the compatibility with animal protection requirements. In the event of a fault, the electric circuit must be interrupted in times not higher than expected and, in particular in the agricultural and zootechnical structures, it is necessary to maintain the contact voltages to negligible values by carrying out additional equipotential connections among the masses and with foreign masses that can be touched. Furthermore, particular attention is required in limiting the step voltage to which animals are particularly sensitive to, by connecting the electro-welded metal grids, which are commonly located under the concrete floor of animal shelters, to the earth collector. Taking in mind the aforesaid, the aim of this work was to analyze the technical standard concerning the protection from lightning with reference to the agricultural livestock sector and the study of the salient components to set up a suitable lightning protection system for a medium-sized stable.

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Francesco Santoro; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Giuseppe Ruggiero; Vladislav Zavadskiy; Simone Pascuzzi. Lightning Protection Systems Suitable for Stables: A Case Study. Agriculture 2019, 9, 72 .

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Francesco Santoro, Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis, Giuseppe Ruggiero, Vladislav Zavadskiy, Simone Pascuzzi. Lightning Protection Systems Suitable for Stables: A Case Study. Agriculture. 2019; 9 (4):72.

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Francesco Santoro; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Giuseppe Ruggiero; Vladislav Zavadskiy; Simone Pascuzzi. 2019. "Lightning Protection Systems Suitable for Stables: A Case Study." Agriculture 9, no. 4: 72.

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Published: 10 October 2018 in Sustainability
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The harvest techniques and the employed machines are important factors in reducing soil loss due to root crop harvesting. Furthermore, the deviation of the working organs of the self-propelled sugar root harvesting machines from the axis of the row also leads to significant losses and damage to sugar beetroots. Therefore, the self-propelled machine units must move in a horizontal plane with a high degree of accuracy. The purpose of this study is to increase the efficiency of the self-propelled harvester by analyzing its plane-parallel motion and evaluating its constructive and kinematic parameters. In order to determine the influence of these parameters on the plane-parallel motion of the self-propelled root harvesting machine, its mathematical model has been calculated. Furthermore, experimental tests were executed in order to evaluate the degree of damage to sugar beetroot crops during their digging, depending on the magnitude of the deviations of the center of the digging tool. The results of this trials highlighted that if the crop row deviates from the conventional axis line by 10 mm, the root crop damage exceeds is 21.7% and at deviations by 70 mm, the damage exceeds 67%. The theoretical study of the trajectory of the center of the outside digging tool and the experimental evaluation of its work (in terms of the quality of harvesting with deviations in its trajectory of motion) formally confirm the coincidence of all the studies—both theoretical and experimental. The use of the model of the plane-parallel movement of the self-propelled root harvesting machine then improves the quality parameters of the technological process.

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Volodymyr Bulgakov; Simone Pascuzzi; Francesco Santoro; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis. Mathematical Model of the Plane-Parallel Movement of the Self-Propelled Root-Harvesting Machine. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3614 .

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Volodymyr Bulgakov, Simone Pascuzzi, Francesco Santoro, Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis. Mathematical Model of the Plane-Parallel Movement of the Self-Propelled Root-Harvesting Machine. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (10):3614.

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Volodymyr Bulgakov; Simone Pascuzzi; Francesco Santoro; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis. 2018. "Mathematical Model of the Plane-Parallel Movement of the Self-Propelled Root-Harvesting Machine." Sustainability 10, no. 10: 3614.

Conference paper
Published: 23 May 2018 in 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development
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Milan Koszel; Artur Przywara; Francesco Santoro; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis. Evaluation of use of biogas plant digestate as fertilizer in alfalfa and winter wheat. 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development 2018, 1 .

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Milan Koszel, Artur Przywara, Francesco Santoro, Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis. Evaluation of use of biogas plant digestate as fertilizer in alfalfa and winter wheat. 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development. 2018; ():1.

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Milan Koszel; Artur Przywara; Francesco Santoro; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis. 2018. "Evaluation of use of biogas plant digestate as fertilizer in alfalfa and winter wheat." 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development , no. : 1.

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Published: 23 May 2018 in 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development
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Francesco Santoro; Edmund Lorencowicz; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Simone Pascuzzi. Stability analysis of platforms for picking fruit according to forthcoming standard EN 16952: a case study. 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development 2018, 1 .

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Francesco Santoro, Edmund Lorencowicz, Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis, Simone Pascuzzi. Stability analysis of platforms for picking fruit according to forthcoming standard EN 16952: a case study. 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development. 2018; ():1.

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Francesco Santoro; Edmund Lorencowicz; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Simone Pascuzzi. 2018. "Stability analysis of platforms for picking fruit according to forthcoming standard EN 16952: a case study." 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development , no. : 1.

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Zbigniew Kobus; Rafal Nadulski; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Francesco Santoro. Effect of press construction on yield of pressing and selected quality characteristics of apple juice. 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development 2018, 1 .

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Zbigniew Kobus, Rafal Nadulski, Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis, Francesco Santoro. Effect of press construction on yield of pressing and selected quality characteristics of apple juice. 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development. 2018; ():1.

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Zbigniew Kobus; Rafal Nadulski; Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Francesco Santoro. 2018. "Effect of press construction on yield of pressing and selected quality characteristics of apple juice." 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development , no. : 1.

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Published: 23 May 2018 in 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development
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Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Artur Przywara; Simone Pascuzzi; Francesco Santoro. Performance of photovoltaic and ground source heat pump system for daytime cooling of mushroom greenhouse during summer: preliminary analysis. 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development 2018, 1 .

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Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis, Artur Przywara, Simone Pascuzzi, Francesco Santoro. Performance of photovoltaic and ground source heat pump system for daytime cooling of mushroom greenhouse during summer: preliminary analysis. 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development. 2018; ():1.

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Alexandros Sotirios Anifantis; Artur Przywara; Simone Pascuzzi; Francesco Santoro. 2018. "Performance of photovoltaic and ground source heat pump system for daytime cooling of mushroom greenhouse during summer: preliminary analysis." 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development , no. : 1.