Effects of moisture content and feed rate on milling characteristics of wild apricot pits (Prunus armeniaca L.)

Authors

  • A. E. Kate G.B. Pant University of agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (U.K), India
  • U. C. Lohani SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, U.S.A
  • N. C. Shahi G.B. Pant University of agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (U.K), India
  • J. P. Pandey
  • A. Sarkar
  • Khan Chand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25165/ijabe.v7i1.949

Keywords:

fwild apricot pit, milling characteristics, decortication efficiency, moisture content, husk percentage, broken percentage, output capacity

Abstract

Milling with decortication of wild apricot pits was done in wild apricot pit decorticator working on the principle of “impact and compression

Author Biographies

A. E. Kate, G.B. Pant University of agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (U.K), India

Department of Post Harvest Process and Food Engineering

U. C. Lohani, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, U.S.A

AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

N. C. Shahi, G.B. Pant University of agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (U.K), India

Department of Post Harvest Process and Food Engineering

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2014-02-25

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Kate, A. E., Lohani, U. C., Shahi, N. C., Pandey, J. P., Sarkar, A., & Chand, K. (2014). Effects of moisture content and feed rate on milling characteristics of wild apricot pits (Prunus armeniaca L.). International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 7(1), 103–110. https://doi.org/10.25165/ijabe.v7i1.949

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2014): IJABE

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Agro-product and Food Processing Systems

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