Post – Harvest Technology Laboratory detailed syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (Agri) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Agri students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Agriculture Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Agri 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of post – harvest technology laboratory is as follows.
Course Objectives:
After the end of this lab, students will be able to determine various engineering properties of grains, test and evaluate different post harvesting machineries.
List of Experiments:
- Determination of moisture content of grains by oven method and moisture meter.
- Determination of porosity of grains.
- Determination of coefficient of friction and angle of repose of grains.
- Testing of paddy thresher & paddy winnower.
- Testing of groundnut decorticator & maize sheller
- Evaluation of thin layer drier
- Evaluation of L.S.U. drier.
- Determining the efficiency of bucket elevator and screw conveyor
- Evaluation of shelling efficiency of rubber roll sheller
- Determining the oil content of oil seeds.
- Visit to modern rice mill
- Visit to pulse milling industry
Text Books:
- Chakraverty, A. Post harvest technology for Cereals, Pulses and Oilseeds. Oxford & IBH Publication Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, Third Edition, 2000.
- Sahay, K.M., and Singh, K.K. Unit operations of Agricultural Processing, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1994.
Reference Books:
- Pande, P.H. Principles of Agriculture Processing. Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana, 1994.
- Henderson, S.M. and R.L. Perry. Agricultural Process Engineering. John Wiley and Sons, New York. 1955.
- Mohsenin, N.N. Physical Properties of Plant and Animal Materials Gordon and Breach Publishers, Ludhiana, 1970.
Course Outcomes:
- Determine the different engineering properties of biological materials and their importance
- Determine the efficiency of various post-harvest equipment
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Agriculture Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit Agri 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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