Aims: The high demand for palm oil as food and industrial raw material is on the increase and the traditional method cannot sustain the demand for the crop. Therefore, there is need for design and fabrication of a locally and affordable palm oil processing machine, hence, this pr...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2023/v24i1797
Aims: A snake gourd seeds sheller which comprises of hopper, decorticating chamber, and the cleaning chamber was designed, fabricated and evaluated in this study. Methodology: A 3-level factorial response surface methodology (RSM) of design expert version 6.0.8 of 2002 was used t...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i1217432
Introduction: Cowpea decorticating is a crucial post-harvest process that involves removing the seed coats from the kernels to produce ready-to-use cowpea products such as flour, grits, and protein concentrates and food products such as Akara and Moinmoin in south western Nigeria...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2023/v25i5912