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Abo-Habaga, M., Bahnassi, A., ElShabrawy, T., ElHaddad, A. (2017). Performance Evaluation of Pellets Forming Unit in Local Feed Pelleting Machine. Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 8(9), 431-435. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2017.38050
M. Abo-Habaga; A. Bahnassi; T. ElShabrawy; Abeer ElHaddad. "Performance Evaluation of Pellets Forming Unit in Local Feed Pelleting Machine". Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 8, 9, 2017, 431-435. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2017.38050
Abo-Habaga, M., Bahnassi, A., ElShabrawy, T., ElHaddad, A. (2017). 'Performance Evaluation of Pellets Forming Unit in Local Feed Pelleting Machine', Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 8(9), pp. 431-435. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2017.38050
Abo-Habaga, M., Bahnassi, A., ElShabrawy, T., ElHaddad, A. Performance Evaluation of Pellets Forming Unit in Local Feed Pelleting Machine. Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 2017; 8(9): 431-435. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2017.38050

Performance Evaluation of Pellets Forming Unit in Local Feed Pelleting Machine

Article 6, Volume 8, Issue 9, September 2017, Page 431-435  XML PDF (1.7 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jssae.2017.38050
Authors
M. Abo-Habaga1; A. Bahnassi2; T. ElShabrawy1; Abeer ElHaddad2
1Ag. Eng. Dept., Faculty of Ag., Mansoura University.
2Ag. Eng. Res., Inst., (AEnRI), El-Giza, Egypt.
Abstract
This study was carried out to manufacture and evaluate a small local feed pelleting machine. The experimental studies were confined to determine the effect of: die speed (85, 95, 115, 160 &190 r.p.m.), die holes’ diameter (3, 4 &5mm), moisture content of feed mixture (25, 28 & 31%), adhesive material (without any, molasses & gelatin) and different sources of power: (220V., AC, on grid system - Diesel generator – 1, 5 and 8 hours PV system). On some parameters of the study such as: productivity, pelleting efficiency, pellets durability, specific consumption energy and production cost. The experimental results showed that the highest value of pelleting machine productivity was 40.220 kg/h at die speed 190 rpm., 5mm die holes’ diameter and 28% moisture content of feed mixture with gelatin as adhesive material in feed formula.  At the same conditions, the pelleting efficiency was 98.082 %, pellets durability was 97.420%, specific consumption energy was 15.08 kW.h/ton and production cost was 39 LE/ton.
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