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| Emesu, Pius; Lentshaletse, Tlholego; Derrick, Robin Vuuren; Gabolekane, Mercy. |
| Morula nuts were characterized for several physical and mechanical properties relevant to food process engineering. Mean moisture content of the nuts which had been naturally dried under the sun was 7.65% (w.b.). Mean nut length, width and thickness were, respectively, 25.64, 21.99 and 18.03 mm, while the derived geometric mean and equivalent diameters were 21.62 and 21.72 mm, respectively. Mean surface and projected areas were 1 475.74 and 445.02 mm2, respectively, while mean nut volume was 5 371.90 mm3. Mean apparent density of the nuts was 811.30 kg/m3 while bulk density and bulk porosity were determined as 476.43 kg/m3 and 41.28%, respectively. Morula nuts are generally spherical, with mean sphericity of 84.40%, and aspect and flakiness ratios of 0.86,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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| Ano: 2023 |
URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/8383 |
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| Emesu, Pius; Mabuza, Phumuza. |
| The morama bean (Tylosema esculentum) is an underutilised legume native to the Kalahari region of Southern Africa. Some engineering properties relevant to the mechanisation of its processing have been characterised, namely; size, shape, surface area, projected area, volume, density, porosity, 1000-grain mass, static angle of repose, static coefficient of friction and texture. At moisture content of 7.4% (w.b.), the average length, width and thickness of the beans were 19.25, 17.21 and 13.39 mm, respectively. Geometric mean, equivalent diameter and arithmetic mean diameters were 16.4, 16.51 and 16.61 mm, respectively. Morama beans are spherical in shape, having average sphericity of 85.45%, aspect ratio of 0.90 and flakiness ratio of 0.78. Surface... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural engineering; Post-harvest technology; Agricultural processing morama dimensional properties gravimetric properties flow properties texture. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/2843 |
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