Reza Mohsenzadeh
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Keywords: Tobacco, curing, barn, Intelligent control system,
Abstract :
Tobacco curing is an important process for the tobacco production system. To get high quality and reduce the production costs, automatic control facilities are used to the curing process and many types of automatic controllers are currently available. As the labor cost increasing, it is essential to reduce the labor and the workload required in the curing process, reduce the fuel consumption and increase the benefits of the tobacco production. This study was carried out for using of intelligent control system processing steps and in comparison with traditional method (manually) on quality characteristics, production and labor costs and save of time in Tirtash Research and Education Center at 2014 for the first time. Leaves were cured in 4 picks up and 3 treatments. The system has three cycles, manually, automatically and semi-automatically. The common tobacco curing process divided to four stages. Hardware lock device has been processed to enhance safety, save information in memory courses, reaction to update alarms defined, Send SMS to the failure of the fan and burner. Results showed that Using of intelligent control system in processing steps of flue-cured tobacco, reduced number of labor, save of time (60-160 hours) and increased quality of tobacco (20-30%). This system can be used for control of temperature and humidity in other agricultural products
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