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Cost-effective cassava processing: case study of small-scale flash-fryer reengineering

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Title Cost-effective cassava processing: case study of small-scale flash-fryer reengineering
 
Creator Tran, Thierry
Abass, Adebayo
Taborda Andrade, Luis Alejandro
Chapuis, Arnaud
Precoppe, Marcelo
Adinsi, Laurent
Bouniol, Alexandre
Ojide, Makuachukwu
Adegbite, Suraju Adeyemi
Lukombo, Simon Singi
Sartas, Murat
Teeken, Béla
Kuate, Apollin Fotso
Ndjouenkeu, Robert
Moreno, Martín
Belalcázar, John Eiver
Becerra López-Lavalle, Luis Augusto
Dufou, Dominique
 
Subject small-scale farming
food systems
innovation systems
research
crop production
case studies
pequeñas explotaciones
sistemas alimentarios
sistemas de innovación
investigación
 
Description The development and scaling out of fash-dryer innovations for more effcient, small-scale production of high-quality cassava four (HQCF) and starch is described. The diagnoses of cassava-processing SMEs (small and medium enterprises) revealed their energy expenditures for drying were considerably higher than those of large-scale industrial companies, which was mostly due to suboptimal design of fash-drying systems. As a result, small-scale production of cassava starch and HQCF often incurs high production costs, incompatible with market prices of fnal products. Taking stock of this situation, RTB scientists have developed several innovations to optimize energy effciency and costs, including a longer drying pipe, reengineered heat exchanger, larger blower for higher air velocity, and a higher product/air ratio. This was based on numerical modelling to determine the key
design features of energy-effcient fash dryers, followed by construction and demonstration of a pilot-scale prototype. As a result, improved small-scale fash dryers are now being scaled out to the private sector in various countries, using the Scaling Readiness framework and achieving 10–15% gains in productivity and incomes. A method for diagnosis of process effciency is also described, to identify technical bottlenecks and to document and measure the outcomes and impacts during the implementation of scaling-out projects.
 
Date 2022
2022-04-13T13:43:33Z
2022-04-13T13:43:33Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Tran, T.; Abass, A.; Taborda Andrade, L.A.; Chapuis, A.; Precoppe, M.; Adinsi, L.; Bouniol, A.; Ojide, M.; Adegbite, S.A.; Lukombo, S.S.; Sartas, M.; Teeken, B.; Kuate, A.F.; Ndjouenkeu, R.; Moreno, M.; Belalcázar, J.; Becerra López-Lavalle, L.A.; Dufou, D. (2022) Cost-effective cassava processing: Case study of small-scale flash-fryer reengineering. In: Thiele, G. (et al. (eds.)) Root, tuber and banana food system innovations. Cham (Switzerland): Springer. p. 105-144. ISBN: 978-3-030-92021-0
9783030920210
9783030920227
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119323
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92022-7_4
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 105-143
application/pdf
 
Publisher Springer International Publishing