Agricultural Engineering Dept.

This course reviews the methods of heat conduction, distribution and energy, forms and types It also exposes the students to several heat equipment and modes of heat transfer.

This course is a course meant to introduce students in Agricultural & Environmental Engineering to farm power and machinery. Topics to be covered include: Farm power sources; selection and management of farm tractors and implement. Development of tractors, tractor force analysis, fuels and fuel combustion. Constructional features and operation of tractor engines; spark ignition systems, compression ignition systems, lubrication and lubricating systems, engine cooling and cooling systems. Design of spark ignition and compression ignition engines. Types of farm machinery. Principles of construction, operation and adjustment of farm implements for: primary tillage, secondary tillage, planting, fertilizer application, weed control (cultivation), spraying, harvesting and on-the-farm processing.