The Effect of Moisture Content on the Performance of Melkassa Multicrop Thresher in Some Cereal Crops

Dessye Belay; Melkamu Fetene

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The Effect of Moisture Content on the Performance of Melkassa Multicrop Thresher in Some Cereal Crops

Dessye Belay, Melkamu Fetene

Published in Bioprocess Engineering (Volume 5, Issue 1)

Received: 29 December 2020 Accepted: 11 January 2021 Published: 9 March 2021

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Abstract

Cereal grains are growing in greater quantities worldwide than the other crops and supply more food energy to the humankind however, harvesting and threshing operation of such crops are affected by moisture content. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of moisture content on the threshing performance. Evaluation was carried out by measuring the initial moisture content and then by adding water to the crops, the desired moisture content was achieved. The dimension of the grains was determined. Completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications was used to determine the effect of threshing efficiency, threshing capacity, fuel consumption, breakage of grain, germination rate, percentage of unthreshed grain and blower loss at 14%, 18%, and 22% moisture content for barley, wheat, and teff selected varieties. Statistical analysis was made by (SAS-8) software. The results indicated that, as the crop moisture content increase, the dimension of grain, sphericity of seed, angle of repose, thousand grain mass, fuel consumption, and coefficient of friction were also increased. Whereas, threshing capacity, and efficiency, cleaning efficiency, density, germination rate, and grain breakages were deceased. This study concluded that for low fuel consumption, low unthreshed grain and better threshing, the moisture content of the crops should be between 14% to 18%.

Published in	Bioprocess Engineering (Volume 5, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.be.20210501.11
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Fuel Consumption, Grain Damage, Moisture Content, Performance of Thresher

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Dessye Belay

Ethiopin Institute of Agricultural Research, Fogera National Rice Research and Training Center, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Melkamu Fetene

Department of Agricultural Engineering, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia

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