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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 7, Issue:1, January, 2018

PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706
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Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash
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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2018.7(1): 454-458
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2018.701.053


Performance Evaluation of Vegetable Washer for Carrot Crop
Narender1*, S. Mukesh2, Vijaya Rani2, Anil Kumar2, Kanishk Verma3 and Nitin Karwasra3
1Department of FMPE, College of Agricultural Engineering, JNKVV Jabalpur, MP-482004, India
2Department of FMPE, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, CCS HAU, Hissar, HR-125004, India
3Department of FMPE, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, PAU,
Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

The vegetable crop especially root crop must be washed before the transportation from field to market. For a small scale farmer, it is a labour consuming process. A vegetable washing machine was evaluated for carrot crop. The performance parameters of machine such as mechanical washing efficiency, microbial efficiency and bruising percentage were determined. The speed of the rotor drum was 25 rpm. The performance results showed that the mechanical washing efficiency, microbial efficiency and bruising percentage were varied from 72.80 to 78%, 88 to 92% and 5.80 to 8.50%, respectively. The fuel consumption was found to be 1.8 to 2.2 l h-1.


Keywords: Mechanical washing efficiency, Microbial efficiency and bruising percentage, Carrot

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Narender, S. Mukesh, Vijaya Rani, Anil Kumar, Kanishk Verma and Nitin Karwasra. 2018. Performance Evaluation of Vegetable Washer for Carrot Crop.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 7(1): 454-458. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2018.701.053
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