Post Harvest Engineering Laboratory detail syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (Agri), 2017 regulation is taken from Anna University official website and presented for students of Anna University. The details of the course are: course code (AI8512), Category (PC), Contact Periods/week (4), Teaching hours/week (0), Practical Hours/week (0). The total course credits are 4.
For all other agri 5th sem syllabus for be 2017 regulation anna univ you can visit Agri 5th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 regulation Anna Univ Subjects. The detail syllabus for post harvest engineering laboratory is as follows.”
Course Objective:
- 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 and paddy winnower.
- Testing of groundnut decorticator and 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 and 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.
References:
- 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.
List of Equipments:
- Hot air oven, Grain moisturemeter – 1 no. each
- Porosity apparatus – 1 no.
- Coefficient of friction apparatus – 1 no.
- Angle of repose – round type and L type – 1 no.each.
- Paddy thresher – 1 no.
- Thin layer dryer – 1 no.
- LSU dryer – 1 no.
- Bucket elevator and screw conveyor – 1 no. each
- Rubber roll sheller – 1 no.
- Oil expeller – 1 no.
Groundnut decorticator and maize sheller – 1 no. each
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Agri, 2017 regulation do visit Agri 5th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.
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