Agricultural Systems Management 4140 Home Page
Course Description:
Three semester hours of credit, two lectures and one 2 hour lab each week. The lecture meets each Tuesday and Thursday during the
spring semester. The labs also meet on Tuesday.
This course focuses on the safe handling and application of pesticides used in agriculture.
Course Overview:
The goal of the course is to learn how to plan/design electrical circuits, understand how electric
motors start and run, and to control the operation of electric motors via motor controllers.
Textbook:
Fundamentals of Electricity for Agriculture. ASAE. 3nd Edition.
Robert J. Gustafson and Mark T. Morgan. (2004).
Lecture notes can be viewed by selecting the appropriate lecture below:
ASM 4140 Lecture 1 - Introduction
ASM 4140 Lecture 2 - Ohms Law
ASM 4140 Lecture 3 - Inductance / Power Factor
ASM 4140 Lecture 4 - Power Factor / Transformers
ASM 4140 Lecture 5 - Three Phase Power
ASM 4140 Lecture 6 - Phase Converters / NEC
ASM 4140 Lecture 7 - NEC - Service Entrance Sizing
ASM 4140 Lecture 8 - NEC - Main Service for Business
ASM 4140 Lecture 9 - NEC - Diagramming Circuits
ASM 4140 Lecture 10 - NEC - Color Coding
ASM 4140 Lecture 11 - NEC - Sizing Device Boxes
ASM 4140 Lecture 12 - Wiring Livestock Buildings
ASM 4140 Lecture 13 - Electric Motor Nameplate
ASM 4140 Lecture 14 - Types of Electric Motors
ASM 4140 Lecture 15 - Electric Motor Parts and Characteristics
ASM 4140 Lecture 16 - Diagraming Circuits
ASM 4140 Lecture 17 - Connecting Motors to Devices / Power
Generation
ASM 4140 Lecture 18 - Power Calculations
ASM 4140 Lecture 19 - Motor Starters / Controllers
ASM 4140 Lecture 20 - Magnetic Motor Controlers
ASM 4140 Lecture 21 - Motor Overload Protection
ASM 4140 Lecture 22 - Emergency / Standby Power
ASM 4140 Lecture 23 - Sizing the Generator
ASM 4140 Lecture 24 - System Grounding
ASM 4140 Lecture 25 - AL vs CU wire - Wiring Crop Storage
Facilities
ASM 4140 Lecture 26 - Wiring Farm Structures
ASM 4140 Lecture 27 - Water pumps / Stray Voltage
Examination One Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 1 - F 2001 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 1 - F 2002 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 1 - F 2002
ASM 4140 Exam 1 - F 2003 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 1 - F 2004 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 1 - F 2005 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 1 - F 2006 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 1 - F 2007 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 1 - F 2008 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 1 - F 2009 Review
ASM 4140 Exam 1 - F 2010 Review
Questions
Examination Two Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 2 - F 2001 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 2 - F 2002 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 2 - F 2003 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 2 - F 2004 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 2 - F 2005 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 2 - F 2006 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 2 - F 2007 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 2 - F 2008 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 2 - F 2009 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 2 - F 2010 Review Questions
Examination Three Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 3 - F 2001 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 3 - F 2002 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 3 - F 2003 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Exam 3 - F 2007 Review Questions
Final Examination Review Questions
ASM 4140 Final - F 2001 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Final - F 2002 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Final - F 2003 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Final - F 2004 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Final - F 2005 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Final - F 2006 Review Questions
ASM 4140 Final - F 2007 Review Questions
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information. I can also be reached at 573-882-2126 or by mail at:
207 Agricultural Engineering Building
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
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