Development of Wood Apple Pulp Scooping Mechanism

Authors

  • Dr. S. P. Divekar Associate Professor, Agricultural Engineering Section, College of Agriculture, Dr. PDKV, Akila, INDIA
  • S. A. Shegekar Student of M. Tech, Department of Process and Food Engineering, Dr. PDKV, Akola, INDIA
  • Dr. V. P. Khambalkar Assistant Professor, Agricultural Engineering Section, College of Agriculture, Dr. PDKV, Akola, INDIA
  • Chaitali D. Nikole Student of Ph. D., Department of Process and Food Engineering, Dr. PDKV, Akola, INDIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31033/ijemr.10.5.26

Keywords:

Physical Properties, Pulp Recovery Percentage, Rate of Pulp, Scooping

Abstract

The physical properties of wood apple were measured to develop wood apple scooping mechanism. The developed of wood apple scooping mechanism consists of following components (i) scooping tool, (ii) fruit holder, sliding mechanism, (iv) pulp discharge chute and (v) driving mechanism. The scooping mechanism was evaluated for scooping of wood apple fruits with two scooping tools viz., 4 blades tool and 6 blade tool and at 3 rotational speeds viz., 350 rpm, 400 rpm, 450 rpm. The mechanism was observed to perform best with 4 blades scooping tool at the operating speed of 400 rpm. The best performance for pulp recovery percentage and rate of scooping were found to be 83.84 % and 37.80 Kg/h, respectively.

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Published

2020-10-31

How to Cite

Dr. S. P. Divekar, S. A. Shegekar, Dr. V. P. Khambalkar, & Chaitali D. Nikole. (2020). Development of Wood Apple Pulp Scooping Mechanism. International Journal of Engineering and Management Research, 10(5), 178–182. https://doi.org/10.31033/ijemr.10.5.26

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 5 (2020): October Issue

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Copyright (c) 2020 Dr. S. P. Divekar, S. A. Shegekar, Dr. V. P. Khambalkar, Chaitali D. Nikole

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