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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 |
Green chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is a nutritional rich pulse crop, but its post-harvest handling, particularly pod stripping and kernel shelling, is still carried out manually, making the process laborious, time-consuming, and un-economical. To address this challenge, a green chickpea pod stripping cum shelling machine was developed at MPUAT, Udaipur, and evaluated at SVCAET&RS, Raipur. The machine is powered by a 1 hp single-phase motor and comprises a stripping unit, shelling unit, blower, and pulley system. Performance evaluation was conducted at five different moisture contents of chickpea. Moisture content of the crop significantly influenced machine performance. At a moisture content of 51.46 per cent, the machine achieved a stripping efficiency of 91.20 per cent, a shelling efficiency of 70.78 per cent, a shelling capacity of 23.96 kg/h. The lowest un-de-pod percentage of 29.23, and the minimum labour requirement of 0.040 man-h/kg. The least kernel damage of 3.16 per cent was observed at a moisture content of 61.35 per cent. Economic analysis showed an operational cost of 199.85 Rs/h or 8.3 Rs/kg assuming the total working hours of 200 per year.
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