Effect of Process Parameters on Quality of Alfalfa Block
To address the imbalance in the supply of grass resources caused by seasonality and regional factors, it is crucial to efficiently store and transport alfalfa. Exploring suitable grass feed processing techniques contributes to the stable transportation of grass blocks and long-term storage of nutrit...
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| author | Haijun Du Ting Lei Yanhua Ma Yubin Li Xianyong Yang Xiaochen Du |
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| description | To address the imbalance in the supply of grass resources caused by seasonality and regional factors, it is crucial to efficiently store and transport alfalfa. Exploring suitable grass feed processing techniques contributes to the stable transportation of grass blocks and long-term storage of nutritional components. The Central Composite Design response surface design was used to design experiments, with moisture content and compressive force as the test factors. Based on the experimental results, it was found that lower moisture content and a certain compressive force were beneficial for the stability, high density, and protein storage of alfalfa blocks. The microscopic examination of alfalfa particles revealed that a certain moisture content (15%) facilitates the formation of solid bridges between particles, leading to more stable alfalfa blocks. The final optimized process parameters were moisture content of 14.3% and compressive force of 34.8 kN. Under these conditions, the density of the molded alfalfa block was 1001 kg/m3, with R-CP at 96.96%, R-EE at 67.23%, and R-CF at 114.13%. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b18d0ea15884c2bb7840196313c4d3a2024-04-22T18:41:03ZengNorth Carolina State UniversityBioResources1930-21262024-04-01192323432481336Effect of Process Parameters on Quality of Alfalfa BlockHaijun Du0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3428-8845Ting Lei1Yanhua Ma2Yubin Li3Xianyong Yang4Xiaochen Du5College of Electromechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, ChinaCollege of Electromechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, ChinaCollege of Electromechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, ChinaCollege of Electromechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, ChinaCollege of Electromechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, ChinaCollege of Electromechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, ChinaTo address the imbalance in the supply of grass resources caused by seasonality and regional factors, it is crucial to efficiently store and transport alfalfa. Exploring suitable grass feed processing techniques contributes to the stable transportation of grass blocks and long-term storage of nutritional components. The Central Composite Design response surface design was used to design experiments, with moisture content and compressive force as the test factors. Based on the experimental results, it was found that lower moisture content and a certain compressive force were beneficial for the stability, high density, and protein storage of alfalfa blocks. The microscopic examination of alfalfa particles revealed that a certain moisture content (15%) facilitates the formation of solid bridges between particles, leading to more stable alfalfa blocks. The final optimized process parameters were moisture content of 14.3% and compressive force of 34.8 kN. Under these conditions, the density of the molded alfalfa block was 1001 kg/m3, with R-CP at 96.96%, R-EE at 67.23%, and R-CF at 114.13%.https://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BRJ/article/view/23211moisture contentcompressive forcealfalfafeed pellets |
| spellingShingle | Haijun Du Ting Lei Yanhua Ma Yubin Li Xianyong Yang Xiaochen Du Effect of Process Parameters on Quality of Alfalfa Block BioResources moisture content compressive force alfalfa feed pellets |
| title | Effect of Process Parameters on Quality of Alfalfa Block |
| title_full | Effect of Process Parameters on Quality of Alfalfa Block |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Process Parameters on Quality of Alfalfa Block |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Process Parameters on Quality of Alfalfa Block |
| title_short | Effect of Process Parameters on Quality of Alfalfa Block |
| title_sort | effect of process parameters on quality of alfalfa block |
| topic | moisture content compressive force alfalfa feed pellets |
| url | https://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BRJ/article/view/23211 |
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