Efficient Strip Belt Shelling and Air Suction Cleaning Units for Sunflower Seeds

Suphan Yangyuen; Juckamas Laohavanich; Cherpong Chaiwchanwattana; Songchai Wiriyaumpaiwong

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1044-1045.778

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Efficient Strip Belt Shelling and Air Suction Cleaning Units for Sunflower Seeds

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This study was aimed to design and develop the strip belt shelling and cleaning units for sunflower seeds. The different principles of operation by streak belt consist of number of strips and its configurations: full swath section, 4 – 5 zigzag and 4 eccentric drums. Five different linear velocities of drum 9.75, 10.00, 10.25, 10.50 and 10.75 m/s were evaluated. Pacific sunflower with 9.62% w.b. moisture content was prepared to test the performance of shelling unit. In the cleaning unit, the testing was done at various 1.82 – 3.08 m/s air suction speeds and 30 – 40 degrees plate inclination angles. The shelling result showed the appropriated condition was 4 eccentric drum with the 10.50 m/s linear velocity. The shelling was achieved 80.43% efficiency and 84.36% commercial seeds (whole and small damage kernels) at 15.17 kg/h capacity. The proper condition for cleaning was 2.45 m/s air suction speed and 30 degrees plate inclination angle. Cleaning achievements were 98.64% efficiency and 0.07% kernel loss in suction air.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1044-1045)

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778-783

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October 2014

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Suphan Yangyuen*, Juckamas Laohavanich, Cherpong Chaiwchanwattana, Songchai Wiriyaumpaiwong

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Cleaning Efficiencies, Configuration, Shelling Efficiencies, Strip Belt, Sunflower

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