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Comparative Evaluation of Spraying Technology in Cotton Belt of Punjab (India)
With advancement of spray technology and sprayers used on farmer’s field will vary significantly from each sprayer in terms of droplet size which ultimately determines its efficacy. Therefore, it is required to standardize ... -
Comparative Performance of Wind and Electric Pumps for Irrigation
Wind energy technology may turn out to be the best alternative compared to the use of hydro electric power for pumping water for irrigation in certain parts of Ghana during the dry season. This paper focuses on evaluating ... -
Comparison of Mathematical Models and Thin-Layer Drying Kinetics of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus Spp) under Fluidized Bed Dryer with the Accelerated Air Temperature and Velocity
Effect of drying air temperature and velocity on thin-layer drying characteristics of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus spp.) was investigated using a fluidized bed dryer. Mushrooms were dried at three air temperatures 45, 55 and ... -
Cost Assessment of the Combined Rainwater Harvesting with Solar Irrigation
Water availability is becoming acute in all over the world. Increased water demands have generated interest in different systems. Rainwater harvesting is one of the promising way to meet water demand for agricultural ... -
Design and Development of Self Propelled Walk Behind Finger Type Cotton Stripper
In India, cotton is still picked manually by ladies pickers. Shortage of labor availability for cotton picking on farms results delayed picking of cotton crop and loss in term of cotton production. Commercially available ... -
Development and Evaluation of a Continuous Type Tamarind Deseeder
A continuous type tamarind deseeder with a capacity of 75 kg•h-1 has been fabricated and evaluated at the Department of Agricultural Process Engineering, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India. The machine ... -
Development and Standardization of Nitrogen (Liquid Urea) Application Metering Mechanism for Point Injection Nitrogen Applicator
The existing method of broadcasting urea on straw mulched direct seeded wheat crop is susceptible to nitrogen losses. Nitrogen (liquid urea) applicator could be used to forestall the hazards of nitrogen loss and a metering ... -
Development of Pedal Operated Syzygium Cumini Tree Shaker with Catching Unit
The objective of this research work was to develop a pedal operated tree shaker for jamun (Syzygium cumini) fruit harvesting. The prototype machine was constructed and tested on jamun fruit. The tree shaker was powered by ... -
Development of PLS Model for Rapid Estimation of Protein Content of Rice Using Fourier Transform - Near Infrared Spectroscopy
This study attempted the feasibility to use near infrared spectroscopy as a nondestructive analysis method to qualitative and quantitative assessment of rice quality of Central Warehousing Corporation, India. A PLS model ... -
Development of Soil Profile Temperature Prediction Models for Bare and Solarized Field Conditions
Soil solarization is a simple and effective technique for controlling problems like weeds and soil borne pathogens by means of increasing moist soil temperature through trapping heat by using the thin transparent polyethylene ... -
Effect of Feed Rate, Concave Clearance and Peripheral Speed on the Performance Evaluation of Pre Thresher for Onion Umbels (Allium cepa var. aggregatum L.)
Freshly harvested, sun dried onion umbels consists of florets attached to the hard umbel heads. Conventional threshing method involves tractor treading, rubbing umbels using rubber slippers on hard surface and beating with ... -
Effect of Temperature and Pressureo on Moisture Diffusion Characteristics of Paddy (Cv. MTU 1075)
Parboiling is an important and energy intensive unit operation in rice processing. Proper management of parboiling can reduce the energy requirement during parboiling and the associated cost. Soaking and steaming are the ... -
Energy Productivity of Photovoltaic Cells in Nitra
This contribution is oriented to measurement and evaluation of the obtained energy from photovoltaic cells efficiency in practice conditions. Photovoltaic cells were monitored during one year in Nitra, Slovakia. Cells ... -
Energy Savings Modeling of Osmotic Dehydration Process of Pork Meat in Molasses
The goal of the presented research is defining energy savings mathematical models of the osmotic dehydration process of pork meat in sugar beet molasses and analysing the effects of applied technological parameters in the ... -
Engineering Properties of Rice
Engineering properties of rice is essential for designing of storage bin. The physical properties of rice (ADT-43) namely, size, shape, thousand grains mass, aspect ratio, surface area, volume, bulk density, true density ... -
Estimation of Best Combination of Low Cost Lining Materials to Reduce Seepage Losses from Reservoir
Makhamalabad farm, one of the farm of K. K. Wagh College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Nashik, was facing a problem of seepage loss from reservoirs having high infiltration rate of 317 mm•day-1 and thus the ... -
Field Evaluation of Tractor Mounted Soil Sensor for Measurement of Electrical Conductivity and Soil Insertion / Compaction Force
Soil properties like electrical conductivity and soil compaction due to its correlation with other soil properties like soil texture, water content, cat ion exchange capac¬ity (CEC), drainage conditions, organic-matter ... -
GHG Emissions of Corn Stover Supply Chain
Within this investigation, different scenarios for supply chains of corn stover intended for biogas production were evaluated in terms of emissions of the greenhouse gasses and their impact to global warming. A primary ... -
Informational and Conceptual Design of a Peanut Tractor Driven Harvester for Mexican Agriculture
In Mexico, the peanut crop production has declined due to low productivity and profitability of the crop. Since 1983 when the record was 170.433 ton production was obtained with a yield of 2,04 t∙ha-1. Since today is ... -
Investigation of Through Porosity of Oxide Ceramic Coatings Formed by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation
The article presents the results of investigation of through porosity of oxide ceramic coatings obtained by plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) on the aluminum parts surfaces, restored by soldering. The optimal modes and ...