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http://ir.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/13698| Title: | DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A MORINGA(OLIEFERA) SEED DECORTICATING MACHINE |
| Authors: | Balami, A. A Abubakar, M Aliyu, M Dauda, Solomon Musa |
| Keywords: | Moronga Dicorticating machine |
| Issue Date: | 2001 |
| Publisher: | Proceedings of the Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers (a division of the Nigerian Society of Engineers) Vol. 36, pp 210-223. |
| Abstract: | This study is about the development and performance evaluation of a machine for decorticating Moringa oliefera seeds. Performance rests were carried out using three levels of moisture contents (7.35, 10.35 and 13.35 %) and ar three levels of speeds (230 rpm, 330 rpm and 430 rpm), each one replicated three times. The optimum decorticaring and cleaning efficiencies of 95.07 and 92.20 % respectively were obtained ar 330 rpm and 7.35 % speed and moisture content respectively. The blower losses were 2.29 % and the undecorticated seeds was 16 %. The average kernel recovery efficiency was found to be 97.7 % The analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that the moisture content and speed have significant effect on both the decorticating and cleaning efficiencies of the machine at (P < 0.05), there was no interaction between the factors. The developed machine will reduce the drudgery involved in manual decortication and will save about 70 % operating time. |
| URI: | http://repository.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/13698 |
| Appears in Collections: | Agric. and Bioresources Engineering |
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