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Design of Breadfruit Shelling Machine
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Nwigbo, S. C. Achebe, Ch Chinwuko, E. C. Tagbo, Da |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | Breadfruit (Treculia Africana) or simply breadnut is very important both as food and as a potential source of oil. The economic importance of this tropical seed on domestic and commercial basis has necessitated the design of a mechanized shelling method. This would reduce the tedium of the traditional manual shelling methods which though are quite efficient, are rather time-consuming. In the engineering design of this machine, the action zone consisted essentially of two rollers; one adjustable and the other rotating. A separating unit that cleans the seed while pneumatically separating it from the shell was incorporated. The design of this separating unit was such that practically 80% cleaning was achieved at an averageair flow rate of 740m3/hr. Overall, the efficiency of the machine was about 78%. African Research Review Vol. 2 (4) 2008: pp. 1-16 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.4314/afrrev.v2i4.41079 |
| Volume Number | 2 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://afrrevjo.net/journals/AFRREV_2018-06-16_11-06-44.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.4314/afrrev.v2i4.41079 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
