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Title: | Development and evaluation of a battery operated ginger (Zingiber officinale) washer for small and marginal farmers |
Authors: | Arun Kumar Pramod Aradwad PRANITA JAISWAL SANTOSHA RATHOD |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | Indian Agricultural Research Institute ICAR::Indian Institute of Rice Research |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2022-07-12 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | Bruise index Ginger Microbial effciency Washing Washing effciency |
Publisher: | researchgate |
Citation: | TV Kumar, Pramod P Aradwad, Pranita Jaiswal, Santosha Rathod, PK Sahoo, Indra Mani. Development and evaluation of a battery operated ginger (Zingiber officinale) washer for small and marginal farmers. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 92 (9): 1071–1075, (2022). https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v92i8.109840 |
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Abstract/Description: | Ginger (Zingiber ofcinale Rosc.) is a commercial crop grown for its aromatic rhizomes which is used both as a spice and medicine. Being a root crop and owing to its physical structure, ginger rhizomes contain heavy soil load which makes washing as an important and prime post-harvest operation. Manual washing of ginger is a laborious and time consuming process. An experiment was conducted at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi during 2020 with an objective to develop a continuous rotary drum type battery operated ginger washer and to evaluate its performance.The machine consists of the frame, feeding and discharge chutes, rotary drum with internal ights, pressure pump and nozzle assembly, battery and a drive unit. The developed washer was evaluated at different feed rate and residence time to appraise the washing efciency, microbial washing efciency, bruise index and colour of washed ginger. Increase in feed rate signicantly reduced the washing and microbial efciencies but increased mechanical damage. Washing and microbial efciencies increased with increase in residence time.Signicant difference in the colour was found between washed and unwashed ginger.The best set of conditions under which the washer could be operated was 150 kg/h and 25 sec, at which the machine was found to have mechanical washing efciency of 92.48%, microbial washing efciency of 93.18% and 4.54% bruise index. Besides eliminating drudgery of washing operation, the developed washer was found to save time, water and operating cost as compared to manual washing. |
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ISSN: | Not Available |
Type(s) of content: | Article |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences |
Journal Type: | NAAS journal |
NAAS Rating: | 6.37 |
Impact Factor: | 0.371 |
Volume No.: | Not Available |
Page Number: | Not Available |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Transfer of Techology and Training |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | 10.56093/ijas.v92i9.109840 |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/76228 |
Appears in Collections: | CS-IIRR-Publication |
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