PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A SORGHUM THRESHER FOR FUELING NEW CYCLES OF SUCCESS IN THE THRESHING OF SORGHUM CROPS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
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2016-04-09
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Department Of Science And Laboratory Technology, Nasarawa State University Keffi.
Abstract
In order to improve on the traditional method of threshing and cleaning of sorghum, a thresher was designed, constructed and its performance was evaluated in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, A.B.U Zaria. The result shows the threshing efficiency, cleaning efficiency, mechanical grain damage, throughput capacity and scatter loss of 99.8%, 98.7%, 5.09%, 110% and 11.4% respectively. The statistical analysis of variance on the result indicates that the independent variables; speed, moisture content and feed rate have a significant effect on the dependent variables; threshing efficiency, cleaning efficiency, throughput capacity and scatter loss at 0.05 probabilities level respectively.
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Sorghum, Thresher, Performance, Evaluation.
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