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| AVIARA, NDUBISI A.; Onaji, Mary E.; Lawal, Abubakar A.. |
| Physical properties of Detarium microcarpum seed were investigated as a function of moisture content with a view to exploring the possibility of developing its bulk handling and processing equipment. In the moisture range of 8.2%–28.5% (d.b.), the major, intermediate and the minor axes increased from 2.95–3.21 cm, 1.85–2.61 cm, and 0.40–1.21 cm respectively. The arithmetic mean, geometric mean and equivalent sphere effective diameters determined at the same moisture level were significantly different from each other with the arithmetic mean diameter being of the highest value. The seed can be described as an irregularly shaped spherical disc. In the above moisture range, the surface area, one thousand seed weight, particle density and porosity increased... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering; Post harvest and Bioprocess Engineering detarium microcarpum angle of repose particle and bulk densities static and kinetic coefficients of friction. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/3313 |
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| Nwakuba, Nnaemeka Reginald; Asoegwu, S.N.; Nwaigwe, K.N.. |
| This work presented a review of energy requirement for drying sliced agricultural crops in order to produce high quality and shelf-stable products. Work on the estimation of energy requirement for drying different sliced crops such as potato, carrot, garlic, onions, mango, banana, apple, tomato etc. and factors affecting their energy requirement were reported. From the review, programming models for drying sliced fruits, as well as different empirical equations adopted by some researchers for estimating the energy requirements of different sliced crops at specific drying parameters were reported. Obtained results showed that crop functional characteristics, initial and desired moisture contents, slice thickness, air temperatures, specific heat capacity,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering; Processing and Postharvest systems crop drying sliced product energy requirement dryers heat. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/3605 |
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