DEVELOPMENT OF A CASSAVA PELLETING MACHINE

CC Ugoamadi

doi:10.4314/njt.313.547

DEVELOPMENT OF A CASSAVA PELLETING MACHINE

Authors

CC Ugoamadi Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michael Okapra University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.313.547

Keywords:

cassava, pelleting capacity, screw conveyor, feedstock, pelleting machine

Abstract

A cassava pelleter comprising of a feed hopper, screw conveyor, barrel, 4hp electric motor, ex-trusion plate and a pelleting knive was designed and developed using standard and locally sourced
materials. The performance test analysis indicates that its pelleting capacity is 80.46 kg/h with an eciency of 80.31% at an optimum operational speed of 250 rpm. The pelleting capacity in-creased with the mass of pre-conditioned cassava while the eciency of the pelleter decreased with increase in mass of pre-conditioned cassava in some cases. The estimated cost of the machine was N32,350.00.

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Vol. 31 No. 3 (2012)

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