National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Some physical and mechanical properties of the groundnut pods and kernels were measured. The main motive of this study to provide a summary of the engineering properties of the TAG-24 variety of the groundnut pods and kernels. The average values of the geometric diameter, surface area, sphericity, angle of repose, and coefficient of friction were found to be 16.93 mm, 906.01 mm2, 48.95%, 24.20â°, and 0.41, respectively at moisture content of 6.82% (db) for the groundnut pods. Furthermore, the average values of the geometric diameter, surface area, sphericity, angle of repose, and coefficient of friction were found as 8.65 mm, 237.03 mm2, 71.94%, 20.43â° and 0.43, respectively at moisture content of 5.02% (db) for the groundnut kernels. The energy required to crush the groundnut pods was determined as 1.88 kJ/kg for particular TAG-24 groundnut variety. The mean rupture force for the shelling of groundnut pods was measured by keeping the pods on the test bench longitudinally, laterally and vertically; the rupture force was found to be 62.37 N, 250.21 N and 32.74 N respectively.
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