Evaluation of a centrifugal impaction-type decorticator for shelling tung fruits

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 126-131

  Sharma, V ^a   Pradhan, R C ^b   Naik, S N ^a   Bhatnagar, N ^a   Singh, Subedar ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Decortication efficiency; Decorticator; Machine efficiency; Moisture; Tung fruit

Indexed keywords

BLADE SPEED; DECORTICATOR; DIFFERENT SPEED; MACHINE EFFICIENCY; OIL EXTRACTION; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE TESTS; ROTATING BLADES; SEED YIELD;

BENCHMARKING; CENTRIFUGATION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OILS AND FATS; ROTATING MACHINERY; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

FRUITS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRUIT; MACHINERY; MOISTURE CONTENT; SEED; VEGETABLE OIL;

EID: 84864411564     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.06.046     Document Type: Article

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