Pneumatic separation of Mami cultivar almond (Prunus amygdalus) kernel from cracked shell
Journal Title: Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 0
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of pneumatic separation method in separation of almond kernels from its cracked shells. The influence of air velocity, mixture feed rates, distance between mixture inlet and kernels outlet, angle of mixture supply into tunnel and repeat times of operation on separation efficiency was also studied in this study. Results of study revealed that the separation efficiency decreased with increasing feed rate, angle of mixture supply into tunnel and distance between mixture inlet and kernels outlet. The highest ?% was reported on 9.5 m/s velocity while the lowest amount was reported on the 6.5 m/s. Increasing in repetition times have significant effect on the separation efficiency and it was reported higher with higher repetition time. Mixture of kernels outlet analysis revealed that separation of shells with 20-30mm length give poor results and about 50% of the shells remained on kernels outlet.
Authors and Affiliations
Mohammad Javad Aarabi, Rahim Ebrahimi
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- DOI 10.18006/2017.5(4).573.577
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