Moisture-dependent physical properties of Moringa oleifera seed relevant in bulk handling and mechanical processing

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-104

  Aviara, Ndubisi A ^a   Power, Pwanzadom P ^a   Abbas, Thlama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Crop processing; Frictional properties; Moisture content; Moringa oleifera; Oil seeds; Physical properties

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF REPOSE; BULK DENSITY; BULK HANDLING; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; KERNEL WEIGHT; KINETIC COEFFICIENT; MECHANICAL PROCESSING; MOISTURE RANGE; MORINGA; MORINGA OLEIFERA; REGRESSION MODEL; STRUCTURAL SURFACES;

FRICTION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OILSEEDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DICOTYLEDON; FRICTION; MOISTURE CONTENT; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MORINGA; MORINGA OLEIFERA;

EID: 84862141432     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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