Volume 59, Issue 330, June 2023

Development of improved batch process abrasive cassava peeling machine

Nwadinobi Chibundo P^♦, Ihejirika Kelechukwu, Onwuka Uchechukwu A, Nwakwuribe Victor C

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State, Nigeria

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

The need to mitigate the low output, drudgery, high labour costs and losses associated with manual peeling called for the design of the machine to improve the agricultural yield of the crop. An improved abrasive cassava peeling machine was developed and tested. The performance evaluation of the cassava peeling machine was evaluated based on given sample size and cassava tuber peeling time in the peeling chamber. The performance parameters determined include the machine peeling efficiency, peeling capacity/throughput and flesh loss. The machine gave an average peeling efficiency of 90.97% and throughput of 382 tubers/hr of cassava. It was observed that low speed favours efficient operation of the machine. From the results obtained, this project is efficient and effective.

Keywords: Batch Process, Abrasion, Cassava Peeling Machine, Peeling Capacity, Development

Discovery, 2023, 59, e70d1254

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Published: June 2023