Preliminary Research on Intelligent Baking Room Dehydration and Drying Technology for Rice Sterile Seeds

Abstract

The quality of rice seed is very important for rice production. In the process of rice seed production, seed drying is an important link in the whole process of seed quality control, and the problems in mechanical drying are important factors affecting the quality of rice seed. It is easy to encounter rain weather when the sterile seeds are dried by natural air, which seriously affects the seed vigor. High-quality rice seed is an important guarantee to achieve high yield of rice, and seed germination rate is one of the factors directly affecting rice yield. The drying process has the greatest effect on the quality and germination rate of sterile rice seeds. Selecting reasonable drying technology is an important means to ensure the germination rate of sterile rice seeds. In this paper, the dewatering and drying technology of rice sterile line seeds in intelligent baking room was studied. An adaptive integral sliding mode control algorithm based on Smith prediction was proposed for intelligent baking room temperature. The lag in the system was compensated by Smith prediction; the uncertainty of the system model and the complex interference under variable operating conditions were overcome by the robustness of sliding mode control. And the chattering of the sliding mode was eliminated by the adaptive integral sliding mode surface. The seeds of three rice varieties were dried, the drying dehydration rate, seed germination rate, and seed vigor were measured, and the changes of seed moisture and temperature during drying were observed. The results showed that there was little difference in the seed vigor after drying and air dried, which proved that the dryer could be used to dry different kinds of male sterile seeds. Compared with air dried seeds, the germination rate and germination potential of all mechanically dried seeds have little difference, and the overall difference of germination index and vitality index is also small. This study solved the problem that the seeds of male sterile lines could not be dehydrated and dried in time of rainy weather, which is of great significance to improve seed quality and economic benefits.