Modification and Performance Evaluation of a Biomass Pelleting Machine-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Modification and Performance Evaluation of a Biomass Pelleting Machine

Published:2024-07-16 Issue:3 Volume:6 Page:2214-2228
ISSN:2624-7402
Container-title:AgriEngineering
language:en
Short-container-title:AgriEngineering

Author:

Jekayinfa Simeon Olatayo¹^ORCID,Ola Folorunso Adegboyega¹,Akande Fatai Bukola¹,Adesokan Mutairu Abiola²,Abdulsalam Ibrahim Akinola¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Agricultural Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso 210214, Nigeria

2. Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan 200285, Nigeria

Abstract

The use of biomass as a source of energy has been identified to be energy intensive, involving high handling costs. However, pelletization reduces the bulk density of biomass, thereby reducing the handling costs and enhancing ease of use. This study modified and evaluated an existing hand-operated fish feed pelleting machine. The parts of the machine that were redesigned were the hopper and the power transmission unit. Corncob was used to evaluate the modified machine using the die hole diameter (5, 6 and 7 mm) and the binder quantity (0, 2.5 and 5 wt%) as factors. The average results obtained for machine efficiency, throughput, pellet length and bulk density were 58.83%, 4.24 kg/h, 15.51 mm and 0.160 g/cm3, respectively. The die hole diameter had a significant effect on the pellet length only. The binder quantity had a significant effect on machine efficiency, throughput and pellet length. Machine efficiency and throughput decreased as the quantity of binder increased, and the pellet length increased with the increasing quantity of binder.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2624-7402/6/3/130/pdf

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