The performance of a Jatropha fruit shelling machine and the future improvement
The removal of shell from Jatropha seed can improve oil yield and quality during the oil extraction process in biodiesel production. A Jatropha shelling machine was evaluated to analyse its efficiency to separate between the seed and the shell. The machine consists of a compression system with rolle...
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2014
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| author | Lim, Bo Yuan Shamsudin, Rosnah Baharudin, B. T. Hang Tuah Yunus, Robiah |
| author_facet | Lim, Bo Yuan Shamsudin, Rosnah Baharudin, B. T. Hang Tuah Yunus, Robiah |
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| description | The removal of shell from Jatropha seed can improve oil yield and quality during the oil extraction process in biodiesel production. A Jatropha shelling machine was evaluated to analyse its efficiency to separate between the seed and the shell. The machine consists of a compression system with rollers as the fruit cracking unit, a vibratory sifter with mesh as the separation unit and two collectors. Based on the findings, the separation efficiency was reported at 91.25%. The study also showed that the sifter failed to separate shell component from seed completely due to the irregular size and shape of broken shell. Therefore, an idea to use the blower as separation unit is proposed to supersede the sifter design. The performance of blower system to recover shell-free seed will be investigated throughout the future research. |
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| spelling | upm-357642016-02-12T02:39:25Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35764/ The performance of a Jatropha fruit shelling machine and the future improvement Lim, Bo Yuan Shamsudin, Rosnah Baharudin, B. T. Hang Tuah Yunus, Robiah The removal of shell from Jatropha seed can improve oil yield and quality during the oil extraction process in biodiesel production. A Jatropha shelling machine was evaluated to analyse its efficiency to separate between the seed and the shell. The machine consists of a compression system with rollers as the fruit cracking unit, a vibratory sifter with mesh as the separation unit and two collectors. Based on the findings, the separation efficiency was reported at 91.25%. The study also showed that the sifter failed to separate shell component from seed completely due to the irregular size and shape of broken shell. Therefore, an idea to use the blower as separation unit is proposed to supersede the sifter design. The performance of blower system to recover shell-free seed will be investigated throughout the future research. Horizon Research Publishing 2014 Article PeerReviewed Lim, Bo Yuan and Shamsudin, Rosnah and Baharudin, B. T. Hang Tuah and Yunus, Robiah (2014) The performance of a Jatropha fruit shelling machine and the future improvement. Universal Journal of Applied Science, 2 (7). pp. 233-237. ISSN 2331-9674; ESSN: 2331-9690 http://www.hrpub.org/journals/article_info.php?aid=2099 |
| spellingShingle | Lim, Bo Yuan Shamsudin, Rosnah Baharudin, B. T. Hang Tuah Yunus, Robiah The performance of a Jatropha fruit shelling machine and the future improvement |
| title | The performance of a Jatropha fruit shelling machine and the future improvement |
| title_full | The performance of a Jatropha fruit shelling machine and the future improvement |
| title_fullStr | The performance of a Jatropha fruit shelling machine and the future improvement |
| title_full_unstemmed | The performance of a Jatropha fruit shelling machine and the future improvement |
| title_short | The performance of a Jatropha fruit shelling machine and the future improvement |
| title_sort | performance of a jatropha fruit shelling machine and the future improvement |
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