On the other hand, there are two types of modern palm kernel cracker mechanisms; the hammer impact and the centrifugal impact types [10]. Hammer impact type breaks or cracks the nut on impact when ...
In this paper, palm nut cracking machine was designed, fabricated and the performance evaluation done using locally sourced materials. The cracking machine was developed to have the hopper, the cracking chamber which incorporates the shaft and cracking hammers, the outlet, electric motor, belt and pulleys. The performance of the machine was …
The need to support the small and medium scale industries involved in palm kernels, led to the design, fabrication and evaluation of a horizontal shaft palm kernel cracking machine. All the materials were sourced locally in Nigeria which makes it affordable for small and medium scale farmers involved with palm kernel. The basic …
L. Balogun, and A. E. David. 2023. Development and performance evaluation of palm kernel cracker. Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal, 25(1): 77-87. 1 …
The model equations were developed using empirical data obtained from performance evaluation carried out on a motorized palm kernel cracking and separating machine. The factors investigated were shaft speed, feed rate and moisture content of palm nuts, while cracking efficiency, machine performance efficiency and cleaning efficiency constituted ...
The Palm kernel nuts are mechanically cracked with the aid of centrifugal rotating three arms hammer that beats the Palm kernel from the seed. The machine optimum performance gave a throughput capacity of 401.4 kg/hr, cracking efficiency of 95.6%, split losses of 9.3% and uncracked losses of 6.2%.
The machine was evaluated at three different moisture content of palm nuts and four levels of machine speed at an average feed rate of 450kg/hr. Test result showed that the …
In this study performance evaluation of centrifugal impact approach and vertical palm kernel nut cracker machine was carried out. The results of the study show that the vertical centrifugal palm … Expand
The goal of this research work was to design, construct and test the performance of a palm kernel nut cracking machine for local …
Oyebanji et al. [6] performed the evaluation of two different palm kernel nut cracker designed. It was stated that the vertical centrifugal palm kernel cracker is more efficient than the centrifugal impact approach palm kernel cracker considering their respective efficiencies of 71.3% and 50.38%.
Antia O. O., Olosunde W. and Offiong A. (2014) Determination of Optimum Moisture Content of Operational Factors in Performance of Palm Nut Palm Nut Cracking for Efficient Production of Cracker-Separator",International Journal of Scientific Whole Kernel; Nigerian Journal Of Technological Research in Mechanical and Materials Engineering ...
A dura palm variety was selected and a total sample of eighteen thousand (18000) palm nuts were obtained and divided into two groups (feed rates), A and B, of eight thousand and ten thousand palm ...
Development and Performance Evaluation In this research, a Palm kernel nut cracking of a motorized palm kernel nut cracking, Proceeding of machine was developed and constructed; the materials the annual conference of the Nigerian Institute of used are locally available. The fabricated machine is a Agricultural Engineering ;26 (4): 326-330.
Different palm kernel beaters; Swing beater (SB) and the conventional type known as rigid beater (RB) of an existing palm kernel cracker were investigated using the moisture content (7, 17, 26% (db)), five different speeds (970, 1200, 1450,1750, 2430rpm) and three different average nut sizes (14.5, 22.15, 29.43mm) of palm kernel nut.
In this study performance evaluation of centrifugal impact approach and vertical palm kernel nut cracker machine was carried out. The results of the study show …
The palm kernel seed is rich in palm kernel oil which can be extracted for different applications, while the cake are mostly used for animal feed production. The process of extracting the kernel seed involves the cracking of the shell to expose the seed. Palm kernel cracking is one of the unit operations of palm oil processing.
Tinytech Palm Nut Cracker is highly demanded for all the Palm oil producing units. The palm nuts that come from the plantations and mills, are directly to be fed into our palm nut cracker. There is a High Speed Rotating Disc located at the center of the machine. This disc is made from hardened steel. When the palm nuts are given as the input to ...
Design considerations The following factors were considered while designing the palm-kernel cracker and separator: Crop factors, such as size, shape, surface texture and moisture content, were considered in the design of the machine for the purpose of cracking the palm-kernel. ... (2012). Performance evaluation of two palm kernel nut cracker ...
This paper presents a design and development of an improved palm kernel shelling and sorting machine. The varying physical and mechanical properties of the identified species of palm kernel nuts during fracture, as a means of determining the critical load required to cause fracture on the palm kernel nuts, without damage on the nut meat within were …
Number of kernels in the hopper= total volume x Average Volume of kernel. (11.223 x10-3) x 1/6.45 x 10-6=1739.53 kernels. Total mass of kernel passing from hopper for cracking is estimated by multiplying the number of kernels in cracking section with the mass of kernel nut per unit time i.e 0.01396 Kg/s.
The Palm kernel nuts are mechanically cracked with the aid of centrifugal rotating three arms hammer that beats the Palm kernel from the seed. The machine optimum …
The unit operations in processing of palm oil and palm kernel Results of Cracking Performance Test at Moisture Content of 11.00% (db) for Dura Results of Cracking Performance Test at Moisture ...
The machine was tested with palm kernel. The strongest of the class of nuts it was designed to crack with a cracking efficiency of 87%. ... Performance evaluation of the machine was conducted; its ...
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March, 2023 Development and performance evaluation of palm kernel cracker Vol. 25, 78 separation of the kernels. The kernels are handpicked from the mixture and at the same time the unbroken ...
The data of performance evaluation in relation to response variables were statistically analysed by using SAS software and Design expert software ... Performance evaluation of two palm kernel nut cracker machines. Proc. ICCEM, 211–223. J.C. Rana, D. Singh, S.K. Yadav, M.K. Verma, K. Kumar, K. Predheep, Genetic diversity collected …
Common traditional techniques of breaking palm kernel nuts in rural areas where it is produced involved a lots of drudgery and hazard. The goal of this research work was to design, construct and test the performance of a …
Oyebanji et al. [6] performed the evaluation of two different palm kernel nut cracker designed. It was stated that the vertical centrifugal palm kernel cracker is more efficient than the centrifugal impact approach palm kernel cracker considering their respective efficiencies of 71.3% and 50.38%.
It has been a wonderful and enjoyable learning experience despite the online learning environment which posed appreciable challenges over the course of the project. 6. REFERENCES [1] Oyebanji, J. A., Oyedepo, S. O., & Adekeye, T. (2012). Performance evaluation of two palm kernel nut cracker machines.
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A PALM KERNE NUT CRACKING MACHINE S. B. UDO*1, S. B. ADEJUYIGBE2, S. O. ISMAILA2 AND A. F. ADISA3 1Industrial Maintenance Engineering Department, Yaba College of Technology,
Abstract. This paper presents an overview of effects of operational parameters on performance of palm nut cracker-separator. It explained how impact energy, moisture content, temperature and rotor ...