The processing of agricultural raw material into quality products did not only prolongs the useful life of these
products but also increases the net profit farmers make from such products. The paper presents detailed
comprehensive design, construction, and evaluation of a low cost multi-crop sheller that can be easily transported
and electrically powered. The performance evaluation was carried out using maize and sorghum at moisture content
of 12% and 13% respectively. The shaft shelling speed of the sheller was 750_rpm.Results showed that the shelling
efficiency, the shelling rate, the fraction of damaged grains, fraction of unshelled grains for maize and sorghum are
93.7%, 32.53kg/hr, 10.3%,3% and 88.13% 29.30kg/hr,9.6% and 4.6% respectively. The machine effectively shelled
the grains(sorghum and maize).The use of electricity, rather than fossil fuel to power the machine will ensured
reduction in products contamination that may result from fuel powered sheller.
Keywords: Sheller, design and construction, shelling efficiency, shelling rate, grains.
PAPER TITLE :DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A MULTY-CROP (MAIZE AND SORGHUM) SHELLING MACHINE
APPLIED TROPICAL AGRICULTURE | VOLUME 24 NUMBER 1 2019
Paper Details
- Author(s) : Adeoye, B. K* & Alao, A. I
- Abstract:
