Pelleting characteristics of fractionated alfalfa grinds: Hardness models

Powder Handling and Processing

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 294-299

  Adapa, P K ^a,b   Singh, A K ^a   Schoenau, G J ^a,b   Tabil, L G ^a,b  

^a University of Saskatchewan ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Compression; Fractionation; Hardness; Pellet; Regression equation

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; FRACTIONATION; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); HARDNESS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALFALFA LEAVES; CYLINDRICAL PLUNGERS; INSTRON TESTING MACHINES;

PELLETIZING;

EID: 33845517031     PISSN: 09347348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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