| Author | Obaldo, Leonard Ganir |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. AE-83-16 |
| Subject(s) | Rice, Parboiled
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | An auger conveyor dryer tired by a rice husk was modified
for drying parboiled paddy . Forty drying tests were employed to determine the individual and combined effects of experimental variables in relation to drying rate and milling quality of parboiled paddy. The rice husk furnace was e valuated based on
rice husk teed rate and furnace draft .
The simple and modified exponential models adequately
represented the experimental data. However, the simple
exponential. model fitted best as evidenced by its stronger
sensitivity in showing the effects of agitation speed a nd t rough
temperature . Both drying rate and milling quality were
significantly influenced by auger speed , trough temperature and
hold time while paddy fee d rate did not show any meaningful
effect.
Differences in the milling recovery of conducti on-dried ,
air-dried and s hade-dried paddy were not significant. Their
corresponding head rice yields, however, were observed
otherwise . Conduction-dried paddy indicated a relatively lower head rice yield compared to heated air-dried and shade tried paddy . However, further statistics confirmed that their head rice yields were comparatively equal at optimum operation of the conduction dryer. The percent breakage in the impact tester showed a direct correlation with percent head rice obtained from
standard laboratory testing mill. |
| Year | 1983 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
| Department | Department of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Former title: Department of Food Agriculture, and BioResources (DFAB)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Jindal, Vinod Kumar |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kim, Kong-Hwan ; Exell, Robert H.B. ; Mol, J.J.
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | Carl DuisDerg-Gesellschaft (CDG)
Federal Republic of Germany |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1983 |