Agriculture Engineering Preparation

About Course

This Refresher Course helps aspiring candidates to recapitulate and improve their fundamental knowledge on various subjects pertaining to Agriculture Engineering.

It covers the relevant topics under the academic curriculum for Graduate and Diploma level Engineering, where video lectures from world class institutions e.g. IITs, IISc etc. have been facilitated for dissemination of knowledge.

Course Content

Farm Machinery

Importance of Farm Machines in the Contest of Enhance Production

30:01
Ploughing and first opening of the soil, the design and component details

40:21
Tractor, implement and soil force consideration for tillage implement design

31:14
Tractor, implement and soil force consideration for tillage implement design

15:53
Mechanics of rotavator or rotary tillers

30:05
Design of a tractor PTO operated rotavator

32:35
Tractor implement hitching systems

32:57
Mechanics of tractor implement hitch system and traction prediction models

35:21
Lecture on traction in laboratory

27:48
Combination tillage implements for efficient land preparation

32:33
LASER guided land laveller

32:55
Introduction of seeding operation

28:16
Types of seed metering devices and their operation

35:48
Types of fertilizer metering, furrow opening and soil covering devices

31:58
Equipment for seeding and planting

43:13
Equipment for precision planting

31:16
Equipment for Paddy Transplanting

30:45
Microcontroller based uniform seed rate application system

29:15
GPS based automatic Variable rate fertilizer applicator

17:46
Embedded GPS integrated Variable Rate Fertilizer Applicator

32:57
Design of a seeding equipment: PART -1

22:50
Design of a seeding equipment: PART -2

29:08
Design of a seeding equipment: PART -3

26:53
Design a tractor drawn seed drill for a 40 hp tractor –I

28:31
Design a tractor drawn seed drill for a 40 hp tractor-II

28:38
Testing of tractor operated seeding equipment

30:04
Estimation of wheel slip in farm machines

25:18
Estimation of draft in farm machines-I

25:39
Estimation of draft in farm machines -II

29:33
Vegetable Transplanting

32:26
Estimation of Tractor Axle and PTO Torque in Farm Machines

30:35
Farm machines for interculture operation

31:45
Performance of weeding blades of a push-pull weeder

31:12
Advanced level machinery for inter and intra row weeding

29:45
Tractor mounted microcontroller based improved variable rate herbicide applicator

33:06
Design of manually operated weeding equipment

32:53
Plant protection equipment/ machinery

30:43
Selection and design of plant protection equipment/ machinery

34:47
Manually operated knapsack-cum-boom sprayer

26:30
Performance evaluation of sprayer

29:32
Testing and certification of spraying equipment

33:22
Problems based on the design and selection of spraying equipment- I

29:44
Problems based on the design and selection of spraying equipment- II

30:00
Advanced level spraying equipment: Ultrasonic sensor based sprayer

26:37
Advanced level spraying equipment

30:11
Harvesting equipment

34:40
Machines for harvesting cereal crops, root and fruit crops

30:17
Combine Harvester

29:44
Advanced technology approach for cotton harvesting

36:13
Threshing operation and equipment

28:16
Design of threshing equipment

29:41
Performance evaluation and testing of thresher

31:45
Conservation Agriculture

24:40
Materials for construction of farm machinery

28:34
Machinery for Land Drainage, Land Reclamation and Estate Maintenance Part – I

30:51
Machinery for Land Drainage, Land Reclamation and Estate Maintenance Part – II

29:34
Machinery for Land Drainage, Land Reclamation and Estate Maintenance Part – III

27:01
Machinery Selection and Management-Part 1

31:03
Machinery Selection and Management -Part 2

26:40
Epilogue

31:01

Farm Power

Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

Introduction

32:01
Soilerosion causes and type

31:20
Factors affecting soil erosion and effects of soil erosion

31:50
Soil erosion- Mechanics

31:56
Water erosion control measures

33:27
Soil loss estimation

33:04
Erosivity &Erodibility

33:10
Modification in Universal soil loss equcation Part I

32:46
Modification in Universal soil loss equcation Part II

32:56
Soil loss measurement

33:08
Bunds – Introduction

33:00
Contour Bunds

34:25
Problems on Contour Bunds

33:38
Graded Bunds

32:10
Problems on Graded Bunds

33:51
Terrace – Introduction

32:33
Bench Terraces

33:11
Problems on Bench Terraces

32:58
Broad-base Terraces

32:57
Problems on Broad-base Terraces

31:48
Grassed Waterways

31:05
Problems on Grassed Waterways

33:41
Parabolic Grassed Waterways

31:45
Gate Problems on Various topics Covered

32:02
Introduction-Gully Control Measures

34:29
Gully Control Measures (Permanent Structures)

32:34
Design Considerations- Permanent Gully Control Structures

33:03
Basics of Open Channel Hydraulics-1

32:18
Basics of Open Channel Hydraulics-2

34:38
Hydraulic Design of Drop Spillway

26:49
Hydraulic and Structural Design of Gully; Control Structures of Drop Spillway

24:14
Hydraulic Design of Components

31:50
Structural Design of Drop Spillway – I

35:09
Structural Design of Drop Spillway-2

34:35
Structural Design of Drop Spillway-3

40:01
Structural Design of Drop Spillway-4

39:57
GATE Question

31:00
Drop Inlet Spillway

18:37
Drop Inlet Spillway (Contd.)

15:06
Drop Inlet Spillway (Contd.)

11:55
Drop Inlet Spillway (Contd.)

17:47
Drop Inlet Spillway (Contd.)

23:29
Ogee Spillway

27:09
Chute Spillway

15:42
Chute Spillway Design I

18:45
Chute Spillway Design II

16:08
Energy Dissipation

21:57
Wind Erosion and Control Basics

34:25
Design of Wind Breaks

34:10
Design of Shelterbelts

35:55
Formation of Sand Dunes

34:59
Stabilization of Sand Dunes

33:02
Land Capability Classes

29:28
Improving Land Capability

20:42
Sediment and Its Transportation

24:11
Sediment Sampling

20:34

Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Introduction

40:09
Soil Properties – I

38:00
Soil Properties – II

40:15
Soil Water

49:44
Tutorial – I (Question – Answer)

26:35
Field Water Balance

43:24
Evapotranspiration

38:49
Crop Water Requierment

32:11
Irrigation Scheduling

36:46
Tutorial

29:19
Irrigation water conveyance system

33:22
Irrigation Water Conveyance

43:56
Channel design structures

38:34
Measurement of Irrigation Water: Open channel and pipes

31:58
Tutorial

21:25
Water Application Methods

37:38
Introduction – Surface Irrigation Hydraulic

42:24
Surface Irrigation

40:26
Furrow, border and basin irrigation hydraulics and design

43:03
Tutorial

25:14
Sprinkler Irrigation Design

43:27
Sprinkler Irrigation: Hydraulic Design

36:46
Drip Irrigation system

37:46
Drip Irrigation Design

35:21
Tutorial

21:59
Irrigation Wells

41:34
Aquifer Properties

31:35
Well Hydraulics-1

36:35
Well Hydraulics-2

32:28
Tutorial

19:02
Introduction – Irrigation Pumps

42:36
Centrifugal Pump: Basics

29:01
Centrifugal Pumps: Power Requirement

28:34
Pump Characteristic Curves

41:17
Tutorial

14:21
Management of salt affected soils: Saline and alkali soils-1

40:37
Management of salt affected soils: Saline and alkali soils-1

38:38
Agricultural Drainage: Related Concepts

40:00
Agricultural Drainage: Introduction

41:48
Tutorial

15:34
Drainage System Components

37:23
Drainage System – Drain Pipe

37:16
Drainage System – Structure

26:08
Drainage System Design

37:19
Tutorial

10:43
Subsurface drainage design-1

33:22
Subsurface drainage design -2

31:09
Subsurface drainage design -3

32:46
Sub-Surface Drainage Design -4

37:13
Tutorial

25:08
Surface drainage system design-1

32:33
Surface drainage system design-2

26:37
Non-conventional drainage

27:24
Economics of drainage project

35:29
Tutorial

16:04
Case study of drainage system

30:05
Endrain Model

31:24
Irrigation Efficiency

37:50
Irrigation Economics

41:42
Irrigation model

23:31

Agricultural Processing Engineering

Importance Of Rheology In Food

30:57
Food Rheology

37:08
Food Rheology (Contd.)

34:55
Food Rheology (Contd.)

18:14
Food Rheology (Contd.)

37:54
Measurements Of Rheological Properties

35:36
Measurements Of Rheological Properties (Contd.)

40:34
Measurements of Rheological Properties (Contd.)

16:56
Rheological Properties Of Viscoelastic Food (Contd.)

32:18
Rheological Properties Of Viscoelastic Food (Contd.)

33:17
Thermal Processing And Microbial Death Kinetics

31:54
Thermal processing and microbial death kinetics (Contd.)

28:03
Thermal processing and microbial death kinetics (Contd.)

35:14
Thermal processing and microbial death kinetics (Contd.)

35:51
Thermal processing and microbial death kinetics (Contd.)

29:19
Evaporation and concentration

31:56
Evaporation and concentration (Contd.)

25:14
Evaporation and concentration (Contd.)

34:27
Evaporation and concentration (Contd.)

38:04
Evaporation and concentration (Contd.)

42:57
Heat Exchangers

32:48
Heat Exchangers (Contd.)

26:30
Heat Exchangers (Contd.)

31:49
Heat Exchangers (Contd.)

31:49
Heat Exchangers (Contd.)

20:41
Drying Technology

38:06
Drying Technology (Contd.)

31:24
Drying Technology (Contd.)

43:33
Drying Technology (Contd.)

39:11
Drying Technology (Contd.)

37:44
Freezing and Freeze Drying

22:02
Freezing and Freeze Drying (Contd.)

33:06
Freezing and Freeze Drying (Contd.)

25:37
Freezing and Freeze Drying (Contd.)

24:55
Freezing and Freeze Drying (Contd.)

30:07
Size Reduction

33:25
Size Reduction (Contd.)

34:40
Size Reduction (Contd.)

23:54
Size Reduction (Contd.)

31:34
Size Reduction (Contd.)

35:09
Mechanical Separation Techniques

27:05
Mechanical Separation Techniques(Contd.)

30:38
Mechanical Separation Techniques (Contd.)

27:41
Mechanical Separation Techniques (Contd.)

44:12
Mechanical Separation Techniques (Contd.)

40:49
Mixing and agitation

33:26
Mixing and agitation(Contd.)

25:08
Mixing and agitation(Contd.)

23:55
Mixing and agitation(Contd.)

38:45
Mixing and agitation(Contd.)

30:17
Leaching and Extraction

39:05
Leaching and Extraction (Contd.)

35:39
Leaching and Extraction (Contd.)

36:33
Leaching and Extraction (Contd.)

37:34
Leaching and Extraction (Contd.)

37:15
Non Thermal Processing

42:31
Non Thermal Processing(Contd.)

21:08
Non Thermal Processing(Contd.)

23:47
Non Thermal Processing(Contd.)

21:46
Non Thermal Processing(Contd.)

40:29

Dairy and Food Engineering

Preamble of the Subject

30:35
What is Food and Nutrients

35:40
Nutritional Value of the Nutrients

31:02
Best Way of Storage of Food Materials

29:45
Preservation Techniques

31:26
Temperature Quotient and Its Impact

41:23
Food Additives

29:50
Quality of Food

32:17
Quality of Food (Contd.)

29:06
Emerging Technology

29:04
Emerging Technology (Contd.)

29:56
Food Laws – Why?

29:22
Food Laws of India

29:59
Standards in India

30:47
Hygiene and Other Controls in India

31:39
Physico-Chemical Properties of Milk

31:38
Milk – What is it

31:50
Milk – How it looks?

32:08
Milk – Constituents

30:41
Constituents of Milk

33:39
Milk Fat

34:13
Milk Fat (Contd.)

31:29
Milk Fat (Contd.)

28:53
Milk Fat (Contd.)

30:34
Protein

28:22
Protein (Contd.)

30:05
Amino Acids

28:01
Amino Acids (Contd.)

33:14
Milk Protein

29:39
Casein Micelle

31:28
Whey Protein

31:35
Whey Protein (Contd.)

27:06
Lactoferrin

29:19
Carbohydrates in Milk

29:40
Small Constituents of Milk

30:39
Enzymes in Milk

30:03
Chemical and Microbial Spoilage of Milk and Milk Products

29:51
Natural or Other Type of Spoilage

29:08
Extrinsic Factors for Microbial Growth

30:20
Packaging

30:43
Milk Pasteurization

30:32
Thermal Death Time

27:55
Pasteurization Effectiveness

30:28
Milk Pasteurization and Homogenization

30:29
Milk Pasteurization and Homogenization (Contd.)

32:05
Milk Homogenization

30:39
Milk Centrifugation

31:44
Types of Available Milk

30:44
Types of Available Milk in the Market

30:26
New Technologies in Dairy Industries

32:53
Cheese

29:21
Chedder Cheese

30:02
Ice Cream

30:18
Process of Ice Cream Preparation

32:08
Ice Cream Lolies

38:51
Over Run and Calculation for Preparing Ice Cream Mix

32:39
Transportation of Ice Cream vis a vis Frozen Foods

32:30
Packaging of Food Materials

31:11
Modified Atmosphere Packaging

30:56
Flow Chart for Manufacturing Some Dairy and Food Products

31:13

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Agriculture Engineering Preparation

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Course Content

Farm Machinery

Importance of Farm Machines in the Contest of Enhance Production

Ploughing and first opening of the soil, the design and component details

Tractor, implement and soil force consideration for tillage implement design

Tractor, implement and soil force consideration for tillage implement design

Mechanics of rotavator or rotary tillers

Design of a tractor PTO operated rotavator

Tractor implement hitching systems

Mechanics of tractor implement hitch system and traction prediction models

Lecture on traction in laboratory

Combination tillage implements for efficient land preparation

LASER guided land laveller

Introduction of seeding operation

Types of seed metering devices and their operation

Types of fertilizer metering, furrow opening and soil covering devices

Equipment for seeding and planting

Equipment for precision planting

Equipment for Paddy Transplanting

Microcontroller based uniform seed rate application system

GPS based automatic Variable rate fertilizer applicator

Embedded GPS integrated Variable Rate Fertilizer Applicator

Design of a seeding equipment: PART -1

Design of a seeding equipment: PART -2

Design of a seeding equipment: PART -3

Design a tractor drawn seed drill for a 40 hp tractor –I

Design a tractor drawn seed drill for a 40 hp tractor-II

Testing of tractor operated seeding equipment

Estimation of wheel slip in farm machines

Estimation of draft in farm machines-I

Estimation of draft in farm machines -II

Vegetable Transplanting

Estimation of Tractor Axle and PTO Torque in Farm Machines

Farm machines for interculture operation

Performance of weeding blades of a push-pull weeder

Advanced level machinery for inter and intra row weeding

Tractor mounted microcontroller based improved variable rate herbicide applicator

Design of manually operated weeding equipment

Plant protection equipment/ machinery

Selection and design of plant protection equipment/ machinery

Manually operated knapsack-cum-boom sprayer

Performance evaluation of sprayer

Testing and certification of spraying equipment

Problems based on the design and selection of spraying equipment- I

Problems based on the design and selection of spraying equipment- II

Advanced level spraying equipment: Ultrasonic sensor based sprayer

Advanced level spraying equipment

Harvesting equipment

Machines for harvesting cereal crops, root and fruit crops

Combine Harvester

Advanced technology approach for cotton harvesting

Threshing operation and equipment

Design of threshing equipment

Performance evaluation and testing of thresher

Conservation Agriculture

Materials for construction of farm machinery

Machinery for Land Drainage, Land Reclamation and Estate Maintenance Part – I

Machinery for Land Drainage, Land Reclamation and Estate Maintenance Part – II

Machinery for Land Drainage, Land Reclamation and Estate Maintenance Part – III

Machinery Selection and Management-Part 1

Machinery Selection and Management -Part 2

Epilogue

Farm Power

Introduction to Sources of Power in the Farm

Working Principle of IC Engine

Basic components of Internal Combustion Engine

Classification of Internal Combustion Engine

Terminology of Internal Combustion Engine

Power vs Torque

Tractor systems, operation and maintenance

Fundamentals of IC Engines

Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

Introduction

Soilerosion causes and type

Factors affecting soil erosion and effects of soil erosion

Soil erosion- Mechanics

Water erosion control measures