Vol. 2015.: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
Water Resources Conservation Plan for Rangapur Watershed in Middle Krishna Basin in Raichur District of Karnataka Using Remote Sensing and GIS
The study area Rangapur watershed covers an area of about 2079 ha, is one of the drought prone areas in the middle Krishna Basin in Raichur district of Karnataka. An attempt is made to suggest location priority plan for ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...