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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 ... -
Manage-Management of Agricultural Company Through Monitoring of Total Cost of Maintenance Tractor
The development of enterprises should be viewed through the level built his own style of organization and management. Management has an obligation to build a system of internal control within the regular and continuous ... -
Mathematical Modeling for Drying of whole Leaf Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis Miller)
The present work aimed to study the effects of different drying methods in terms of drying behavior, drying rate and mathematical modelling of drying process for whole leaf Aloe vera. Open yard sun drying, hot air drying ... -
Mathematical Modeling of Physical Properties of Indian Mangoes Using Image Processing Method for Machine Vision Systems
Mathematical modeling study was carried out with the measured physical properties of two varieties of Indian mangoes as a function of projected area (Pip) calculated using image processing technique. Three models viz. ... -
Optimization of Process Parameters for the Production of Vegetable Chutney Powder for Its Maximum Nutrient Content
Vegetable chutney powder is a ready to cook product which is prepared using different ingredients. Vegetable chutney puree was dried using tray drier at different temperature and with different puree thickness. Response ... -
Performance Evaluation of CI Engine on Diesel-Ethanol-Biodiesel Fuel Blends
The studies were conducted to standardize the level of constituents to obtain stable diesel-ethanol-biodiesel microemulsions prepared using anhydrous ethanol (200° proof) and aqueous ethanol of 195°, 190°, 185°, 180° and ... -
Potentials of Rapeseed Crop Residues in Serbia
Rapeseed straw is potential source of renewable energy, but important source of soil organic matter as well. The amount of crop residues, available for energy use, per hectare, is not well known. Excessive offtake of crop ... -
Production of Bioethanol from Potatoes Wastes as an Alternative Fuel
Production of ethanol from biomass is one way to reduce both the consumption of crude oil and environmental pollution. The current research focused to produce the bioethanol from crop wastes. The study carried out in ... -
Rating of Harvester Threshers Case 8120 and New Holland CX 8080
The aim of this work is to review the activity and quality of work of two different combines – CASE 8120 and New Holland CX 8080. The analysis of these two machines is focused on the amount of grain loss, the quality of ... -
Reduction of Spray Losses to Soil in Soybean (Glycine Max L.) Through Optimization of Operational Parameters
Spraying of plant protection chemicals is widely practised for minimizing the losses occurred due to attack of insect pests, and occurrence of diseases. However, indiscriminate and improper use of pesticide has brought up ... -
Storage Stability Studies on Vitamin A Fortified Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) Oil
Fortification of foods is a well sighted path for solving nutritional problems in developing society. Common vegetable oil such as sunflower oil was utilized for fortification with Vitamin A. The objective of this study ...