Design, development and testing of hand-operated decorticator for Jatropha fruit

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 762-768

  Pradhan, R C ^a   Naik, S N ^a   Bhatnagar, N ^a   Vijay, V K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Decortications; Efficiency; Jatropha fruit; Moisture content

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; MACHINE COMPONENTS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; ROTATING MACHINERY; SIEVES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

CONCAVE CLEARANCES; DECORTICATIONS; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; DIFFERENT MOISTURE CONTENTS; HAND OPERATED MACHINES; JATROPHA; MACHINE EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS;

FRUITS;

DICOTYLEDON; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FRUIT; MOISTURE CONTENT;

JATROPHA;

EID: 71849098234     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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