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CFD Simulation of Cooling of Coriander Seed under Different Moisture Content
CFD simulation of cooling during cryo-grinding of coriander seeds was performing to determine its residence time in conveyer. Coriander seed at different moisture content were simulated and the equations were solved over ... -
A Chaotic Profit Growth Model in the Agricultural Machines Production
The basic aim of this paper is to provide a relatively simple profit growth model in the agricultural machines production that is capable of generating stable equilibria, cycles, or chaos. A key hypothesis of this work ... -
Comparative Evaluation of Production Variants of Animal Feed Plant
A pelletized feed production unit to cater the need of nutritionally balanced, optimally processed, cost and time effective availability of feed for livestock /aqua farming may be adapted as a potential business enterprise. ... -
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 Field and Economic Evaluation of Baler for Baling Paddy Straw
A study was conducted to evaluate performance of paddy straw baler on loose paddy straw (system A), after stubble shaver operation (system B) and after stubble shaver along with rake operation (system C). The number of ... -
Comparative Field Evaluation of Different Mechanized Planting Techniques in Napier-Bajra
The 17th Livestock Census (2003) has placed the total livestock population at 485 million and that of poultry birds at 489 million. Total population is expected to grow 1.23% in the coming years. At present, the country ... -
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 ... -
Computer Program for Cost Estimation of Agricultural Machines
A user-friendly computer program is developed in Visual Basic environment to determine the all types of machinery costs on hour and hectare basis. The program is also capable to compute breakeven area and time of use of ... -
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 Pulverizing Attachment to Cultivator
In tillage, active and passive tillage tools used in India faces problem like, poor soil-tire interface, clod formation, compaction due to heavy traffic and timeliness in operation. Hence, it was planned to fabricate a ... -
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 ... -
Design of Flood and Drain Vertical Hydroponic System
The study was conducted by installing the Flood and Drain Vertical Hydroponic System for cultivating Chinese leafy vegetable Pak-choi (var. Choko) of family Brassicaceae. The system was designed in the department of ... -
Development and Comparative Study of Cast Iron Rasp Bar and Nylon Rasp Bar Threshing Cylinders for Paddy Threshing
Two types of threshing cylinders, namely cast iron rasp bar threshing cylinder and nylon rasp bar threshing cylinder, were developed and fitted with portable paddy thresher. Each threshing cylinder was tested for its ... -
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 Evaluation of a Tractor Operated pH Monitoring System
South-western and central part of Punjab is dominated by calcareous soil includes desert soil, sandy loam to clayey and also have grey and red desert soil, calsisol soil, regosol soil and alluvial soil making alkalinity ... -
Development and Evaluation of Metering Mechanism for Sowing of Onion Seed (Allium Cepa L.)
Onion (Allium cepa L) is one of the major vegetable crops grown throughout the country. It is widely grown in different parts of the country mainly by small and marginal farmers. Generally, the onion seeds are sown in ... -
Development and Performance Evaluation of Mobile Irrigator for Dry Land Agriculture
This research work was conducted at Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Kumulur located in Tamil Nadu, India. The mobile irrigator was developed for effective utilization of the available water in ... -
Development and Performance Evaluation of Plantain Peeler Cum Slicer
Peeling and slicing of green mature plantains of Nendran variety is labour intensive and costly. Based on the physical and mechanical properties of green mature plantain the peeler cum slicer was developed. The peeling ... -
Development and Selection of Spoons for Metering Device of Onion Bulblets Planter
Engineering properties of onion bulblets of variety Agrifound Dark Red were determined for development of metering device of onion bulblets planter. The raw sample of onion bulblets was graded in three groups as small, ...