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Studies on Mechanical Washing of Ginger Rhizomes

DSpice at Indian Institute of Spices Research

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Creator JAYASHREE, E
VISVANATHAN, R
 
Date 2011-05-22T20:51:13Z
2011-05-22T20:51:13Z
2010
 
Identifier Journal of Agricultural Engineering 47(4): 37-40 (Oct-Dec 2010)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/680
 
Description Experiments on washing of ginger rhizomes in a rotary mechanical vegetable washer were conducted at three peripheral washing drum speeds of 2.83,3.45 and 4.08 m.s·1 for three varying washing durations of 5, 10 and 15
min. The performance of ginger washer was evaluated based on bruise index, mechanical washing efficiency, microbial washing efficiency and colour of washed ginger. For microbial washing efficiency to be above 80%,
washing speed of 3.45 m.s·1 for 5 min duration corresponding to microbial washing efficiency of 92% was considered
as optimum. At the optimum washing condition, the bruise index and mechanical washing efficiency were 7.5%
and 97.8%, respectively. The colour values 'L', 'a' and 'b' of ginger washed at optimized conditions were 46.34,
7.44 and 18.71, respectively. The capacity of the mechanical washer was found to be 60 kg.h·1 of fresh ginger.
 
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Language en
 
Subject Ginger
Ginger Rhizomes
Mechanical Washing
 
Title Studies on Mechanical Washing of Ginger Rhizomes
 
Type Article