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Title: COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF A LOCALLY DEVELOPED VOTEX RICE FAN THRESHER
Authors: Dauda, Solomon Musa
Dzivama, A. U
Keywords: VOTEX
THRESHER
Issue Date: 2008
Publisher: ARID ZONE JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT
Abstract: The efforts to discover and make optimal and effective use of locally developed rice thresher as substitute imported rice threshers form the focus of this paper. A locally developed rice thresher was compared with an imported Votex rice fan from Holland. The study was based on threshing efficiency, cleaning efficiency, total grain losses, grain recovery range, capacity utilization and threshing intensity. Three popular rice varieties, Fan 51, Faro 29 and Faro 21 were used to evaluate the performances of the threshers. The results showed that. the local thresher had 98.01%, 99.32%, 4.78%, 95.22%, 54.67% and 0.029 kWkg-l, as: threshing efficiency. cleaning efficiency, total grain loss, grain recovery range, and capacity utilization and threshing intensity. respectively. Whereas the imported votex rice fan thresher had 98%, 95.77%, 8.72%, 91.28%, 76.97% andO.0037 kWkg-l as threshing efficiency, cleaning efficiency, total grain loss, grain recovery range, capacity, utilization and threshing intensity respectively. Thus the local thresher compared favorably with the imported thresher and can be used as substituted thereby conserving Nigeria's foreign exchange.
URI: http://repository.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/6325
ISSN: 1596-2490
Appears in Collections:Agric. and Bioresources Engineering

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