Optimization of single locking cotton feeder for maximizing ginning output and minimizing specific energy of double roller gin

Abstract

The aim of the study was to improve the efficiency of the double roller cotton gin in terms of ginning output and energy consumption. Therefore a spike cylinder–type gin feeder with the concept of single locking of cotton bolls was developed and optimized. The speed of the spike cylinder of the single locking feeder and cotton moisture were optimized using response surface methodology for long and medium staple cotton. Ginning output of the double roller gin was maximized and the specific energy requirement for ginning was minimized during optimization. Quadratic models were fitted for prediction of ginning output and specific energy. Optimum cotton moisture of 7.38 and 7.15% and optimum spike cylinder speed of 307 and 297 rpm with desirability of 0.9185 and 0.8923 were arrived at using multiple regression analysis for long and medium staple cotton, respectively. Use of the single locking cotton feeder for long and medium staple cotton resulted in a 22 and 25% increase in ginning output, respectively, and a 12 and 13.5% reduction in specific energy requirement, respectively, compared to the conventional system, the auto-feeder. The single locking feeder showed significant improvement in the color grade of cotton. Other high volume instrument and advanced fiber information system fiber quality parameters remained unaffected.

Keywords

ginning double roller gin cotton single locking feeder optimization

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