Influence of physical properties of Jatropha curcas L. seeds on shelling performance using a modified disc mill

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 1053-1062

  Romuli, Sebastian ^a   Karaj, Shkelqim ^a   Müller, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Non removable shells; Physic nut; Seed geometry; Specific energy; Terminal velocity; Winnowing

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROPS;

NON-REMOVABLE SHELLS; PHYSIC NUT; SPECIFIC ENERGY; TERMINAL VELOCITY; WINNOWING;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

DIAMETER; DICOTYLEDON; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GEOMETRY; MILL; NUT; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEED; SEED SIZE; SHELL;

JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 84944936931     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.10.014     Document Type: Article

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