Design and Development of a Vertical Paddle Semi Automated Garri Frying Machine
Garri frying is the most critical unit operation in the processing of cassava into garri. The quality of the final product is much dependent on this processing stage which is a combination of simultaneous cooking and drying processes. This work presents the development of a garri fryer and the perf...
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Joint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP)
2019-08-01
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| author | C.P. Nwadinobi J.C. Edeh K.I. Mejeh |
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Garri frying is the most critical unit operation in the processing of cassava into garri. The quality of the final product is much dependent on this processing stage which is a combination of simultaneous cooking and drying processes. This work presents the development of a garri fryer and the performance evaluation of the machine at various operational parameters. The fryer throughput capacity, (TP)c and functional/drying efficiency, were used to evaluate the performance of the fryer. The cooking and drying performance of the developed machine accounted for throughput capacity of 20.66kg/hr and functional efficiency of 66%. In addition, a preferred final moisture content of 12.14%w.b. was achieved at 20rpm paddle speed and frying time of 23 minutes. The equipment have addressed the short coming observed in the village technique such as time-consumption, health hazard for the operator. In addition, it is user friendly as it requires no skilled labour and also uses different heat sources for convenience of the user.
Keywords: Cassava, Design, Garri fryer, operational parameters, performance evaluation
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac54360bdcc34800b3c7c33c5bd09e432024-04-22T19:46:21ZengJoint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP)Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management2659-15022659-14992019-08-01237Design and Development of a Vertical Paddle Semi Automated Garri Frying MachineC.P. NwadinobiJ.C. EdehK.I. Mejeh Garri frying is the most critical unit operation in the processing of cassava into garri. The quality of the final product is much dependent on this processing stage which is a combination of simultaneous cooking and drying processes. This work presents the development of a garri fryer and the performance evaluation of the machine at various operational parameters. The fryer throughput capacity, (TP)c and functional/drying efficiency, were used to evaluate the performance of the fryer. The cooking and drying performance of the developed machine accounted for throughput capacity of 20.66kg/hr and functional efficiency of 66%. In addition, a preferred final moisture content of 12.14%w.b. was achieved at 20rpm paddle speed and frying time of 23 minutes. The equipment have addressed the short coming observed in the village technique such as time-consumption, health hazard for the operator. In addition, it is user friendly as it requires no skilled labour and also uses different heat sources for convenience of the user. Keywords: Cassava, Design, Garri fryer, operational parameters, performance evaluation https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/188760CassavaDesignGarri fryeroperational parametersperformance evaluation |
| spellingShingle | C.P. Nwadinobi J.C. Edeh K.I. Mejeh Design and Development of a Vertical Paddle Semi Automated Garri Frying Machine Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management Cassava Design Garri fryer operational parameters performance evaluation |
| title | Design and Development of a Vertical Paddle Semi Automated Garri Frying Machine |
| title_full | Design and Development of a Vertical Paddle Semi Automated Garri Frying Machine |
| title_fullStr | Design and Development of a Vertical Paddle Semi Automated Garri Frying Machine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and Development of a Vertical Paddle Semi Automated Garri Frying Machine |
| title_short | Design and Development of a Vertical Paddle Semi Automated Garri Frying Machine |
| title_sort | design and development of a vertical paddle semi automated garri frying machine |
| topic | Cassava Design Garri fryer operational parameters performance evaluation |
| url | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/188760 |
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