Morad, M., El-Maghawry, H. (2015). MANUFACTURE AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A HORIZONTAL SINGLE-PASS ANIMAL FEED PELLETS COOLER. test, 32(3), 1185-1202. doi: 10.21608/mjae.2015.98271
M. M. Morad; Hend A. M. El-Maghawry. "MANUFACTURE AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A HORIZONTAL SINGLE-PASS ANIMAL FEED PELLETS COOLER". test, 32, 3, 2015, 1185-1202. doi: 10.21608/mjae.2015.98271
Morad, M., El-Maghawry, H. (2015). 'MANUFACTURE AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A HORIZONTAL SINGLE-PASS ANIMAL FEED PELLETS COOLER', test, 32(3), pp. 1185-1202. doi: 10.21608/mjae.2015.98271
Morad, M., El-Maghawry, H. MANUFACTURE AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A HORIZONTAL SINGLE-PASS ANIMAL FEED PELLETS COOLER. test, 2015; 32(3): 1185-1202. doi: 10.21608/mjae.2015.98271

MANUFACTURE AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A HORIZONTAL SINGLE-PASS ANIMAL FEED PELLETS COOLER

Misr Journal of Agricultural Engineering
Article 14, Volume 32, Issue 3, July 2015, Pages 1185-1202    PDF (669.64 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/mjae.2015.98271
Authors
M. M. Morad1; Hend A. M. El-Maghawry2
1Prof. and Head of Ag. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag., Zagazig Univ., Egypt.
2Lecturer of Ag. Eng., Ag. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag., Zagazig Univ., Egypt.
Abstract
The present research was carried out to manufacture and evaluate the performance of a horizontal single-pass animal feed pellets cooler to improve product quality. The cooler performance was studied as a function of change in pellets feed rate, conveyor chain speed and airflow rate. Performance evaluation of the horizontal cooler was carried out in terms of final pellets moisture content, cooling efficiency, pellets durability, energy requirements and cooling cost.
The experimental results revealed that final pellets moisture content, cooling efficiency, pellets durability, energy requirements and cooling cost are in the optimum region under the following conditions:
-          Pellets feed rate of 2.2 Mg/h,
-          Conveyor chain speed of 2 cm/s,
-          Airflow rate of 12 m3/s.
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