Arbitration Criteria for Garden Leftovers Pressing and Packaging

Ismail, Z. E.; Ismail, N. K.; Hamza, Z. S.; Ghazy, M. I.

doi:10.21608/jssae.2021.211036

Arbitration Criteria for Garden Leftovers Pressing and Packaging

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Agirc. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Agric. Mansoura Univ.

² Agricultural Bioengineering Systems Research Department, Agric. Eng. Res. Inst. (AEnRI), ARC., Egypt

³ Agric. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Agric., Mansoura Univ., Egypt

10.21608/jssae.2021.211036

Abstract

The attempt to press and packing garden leftover parts into tiny-bales is one of the proposed efforts to reduce the volume of leftover and ameliorate its handling. For these reason a new prototype was constructed, and tested, at Lab of Ismail (2008) that establish on agric. engineering department of Mansoura University. The compacting prototype is involves; an auger-barrel with compressing-auger. While the packaging unit including a forming cylinder with controlling gate. The variable parameters contains average auger rotational speed “ARS” of 34; 44; 54 and 64 rpm, and garden leftover moisture contents “RMC” in range of 14; 16 and 64%. The evolutions of investigated prototype are conducted to measure and; bulk density ”kg m^-3” at four different times after packing, actual flow out rate ” m³ h^-1”, machine productivity "kg h^-1", operating power consumed "W" and operating specific energy “kW h kg^-1”. The results showed that the highest tiny-bale density was obtained at a moisture level of 64% and an auger rotation speed of 64 rpm, while the highest productivity of the prototype recorded at a rotation speed of 64 rpm and lowest moisture content of the garden leftover of 14%.

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