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The bunker grain mass coming from the combines to the purification points contains, in addition to grain, weed and harmful impurities, which include toxic sclerotia of ergot, causing disease in people and animals, and even death. Existing grain cleaning machines do not provide for a single technological process the complete release of ergot sclerotium due to the similarity of their properties and the properties of the culture being cleaned. Ergot sclerotia are less dense than grains of rye, wheat, oats and barley, which are mostly affected by ergot. Therefore, the complete isolation of ergot sclerotia from grain in one process can be carried out in aqueous solutions of inorganic salts. In order to mechanize the separation of sclerotium ergot from the grain by the wet method and to develop a device for cleaning the grain material that is not complicated in design with low energy intensity of the technological process in comparison with the existing grain cleaning machines, practical experiments were carried out on immersion of winter rye grain of the Falenskaya 4 variety into the water and in the aqueous salt solution sodium chloride (NaCl). It has been established that the effective height of the location of the loading bin relative to the surface of the aqueous solution of salt in the bath of the device for extracting harmful impurities from the grain material by the wet method is 40.0–60.0×10−3 m, at which undesirable capture of the air bubble by the grains does not occur. This determines the improvement of the quality of the technological process of cleaning the grain from harmful impurities of the developed machine for the separation of ergot.

In a grain pile there is material other than grain including poisonous ergot sclerotia. Grain and sclerotia of ergot by linear dimensions and speed of soaring have similar characteristics. Complete separation of grain from ergot by these properties in a single process is impossible. Cleaning seeds from ergot sclerotia with the specific mass less than the specific mass of grain is possible in a salt solution. To mechanize the separation of ergot sclerotia from rye seeds by the wet method, there is an urgent need in the development of an appropriate device. Under study was an immersion in water (ρzh = 1.0∙103 kg/m3 ) and aqueous solutions of sodium chloride (NaCl) with a specific mass ρzh = 1.09∙103 and 1.15∙103 kg/m3 of individual rye grains with their specific mass ρz = 1.2...1.5∙103 kg/m3 , length lz = 5.0...10.0 10-3 m, width в = 1.4...3.6∙10-3 m and thickness δ = 1.2...3.5∙10-3 m. Theoretical studies were carried out on the basis of mathematical modeling methods using the laws of hydrodynamics, which were confirmed by experimental studies with winter rye grains of the Falenskaya 4 variety with a specific mass ρz = 1.1...1.3 103 kg/m3 , length lz = 5.0...8.0∙10-3 m, width в = 1.4...3.6∙10-3 m and thickness δ = 1.2...3.5∙10-3 m. It has been established that the calculated values of the immersion velocity of cylindrical kernels and spheroidal kernels in comparison with the experimental values in water (ρzh = 1.0∙103 kg/m3 ) is not more than 2%, and in aqueous solutions of sodium chloride (NaCl) the specific mass ρzh = 1.09∙103 and 1.15∙103 kg/m3 – 7 and 10%, respectively. This approach to determining the speed of immersion of grain in liquid can be used in the development of the machine for cleaning grain according to specific mass using wet method to substantiate its structural and technological parameters.

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Introduction.When harvesting grain crops, various trash and harmful impurities come to the combine bunker together with grains. These harmful impurities include egot sclerotia, which are poisonous. Various modern grain cleaning machines do not provide for complete separation of ergot sclerotia from grains, because of the closeness of their linear dimensions (width, thickness and length) and speed of soaring. Cleaning seeds from ergot sclerotia having the density less than density of grain, is possible in an aqueous solution of salt. For the mechanization of the allocation of sclerotium ergot from rye seeds by a wet method, the urgent issue is the development of a device for cleaning grain material. Materials and Methods.The immersion of separately taken rye grains in water (ρzh = 1,0 ∙ 103 kg/m3) and aqueous solutions of sodium chloride (NaCl) with density ρzh = 1,09 ∙ 103 kg/m3 and 1,15 ∙ 103 kg/m3. The ellipsoid is taken as the geometric model of the grains. Theoretical studies were performed for the grain density ρz from 1,2 ∙ 103 kg/m3 to 1,5 ∙ 103 kg/m3, lengths lz from 5,0 ∙ 10–3 m to 10,0 ∙ 10–3 m, width b from 1,4 ∙ 10–3 m to 3,6 ∙ 10–3 m, and thickness δ from 1,2 ∙ 10–3 m to 3,5 ∙ 10–3 m based on the methods of mathematical modelling using the laws of hydrodynamics. For practical experiments, there was chosen the gains of the winter rye variety Falenskaya 4 having the gain density ρz from 1,1 ∙ 103 kg/m3 to 1,3 ∙ 103 kg/m3, length lz from 5,0 ∙ 10–3 m to 8,0 ∙ 10–3 m, width b from 1,4 ∙ 10–3 m to 3,6 ∙ 10–3 m, and thickness δ from 1,2 ∙ 10–3 m to 3,5 ∙ 10–3 m. Results. The speed ʋz and duration tп of grain immersion in liquids are main parameters taken into account when developing a machine for cleaning the grain material from ergot sclerotia with a wet method. The values of these quantities determine the structural and technological parameters of the machine under developing. To determine these parameters, it is necessary to take into account the geometric shapes of the grains, which have a large variety. An ellipsoid with a small 2cz = δ, an average 2bz = b and a large 2az = lz axes is proposed as the closest to the shape of the grain. From the basic law of the dynamics of the grain movement in liquids of various densities ρzh a formula was obtained for determining its velocity, the calculated values for which are consistent with the experimental data obtained. Discussion and Conclusion. It is established that the calculated values of the speed of grain immersion in liquids of different density are comparable with the experimental values of the same order. They are close and differ by no more than 10 %. This approach to determining the speed of grain immersion in a liquid can be used in developing a machine for cleaning a grain material with the wet method to substantiate its structural and technological parameters.

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Improving the livestock sector is a priority for the development of agricultural production in the Russian Federation. The development of animal husbandry to a certain extent depends on the use of clean drinking water. The use of contaminated drinking water for animals and birds leads to the accumulation of harmful and toxic substances in meat, milk and eggs. The use of such products by people significantly affects their health, leads to various diseases and shortens life expectancy. To filter water from various impurities, slotted filters are used in livestock complexes that do not provide high-quality water purification. A prototype of a filter for water purification with a central perforated pipe with a productivity of 5 m3/h with an increased service life of the filter bag has been developed. The developed filter provides water purification from high concentration of salts of iron, manganese, chlorine, hardness salts, hydrogen sulfide, pesticides, and also various organic compounds. The purified water is clean and transparent, has a pleasant taste, contains the optimal chemical composition of various impurities, does not contain pathogens and helminth eggs, and therefore meets the high sanitary and hygienic requirements for the safe drinking water for farm animals in the water treatment line of the livestock complex. It can also be used in chemical water treatment units of thermal power plants and other organizations.