During milling of cereal grains, bran which is separated from the starchy endosperm of the grain is a major by-product. In this study, milled sorghum residue was dried in a cabinet dryer under different conditions (temperature and air velocity). The obtained drying data were fitt...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2021/v21i917487
Introduction: Foam mat drying involves the change of agricultural material from a high moisture content level to a stable foam which is achieved by moisture reduction mechanism. Aim: In this study, foam-mat drying process of watermelon was optimized using response surface methodo...
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Research Article10.9734/jenrr/2019/v3i130087
Introduction: The hydration of grains is a process that consists of soaking them in water in order to increase their moisture content and this is a crucial step in industrialized processing and provides several beneficial effects on their physicochemical and nutritional qualities...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2019/v8i329991
This research is concerned with the energy performance analysis of convective drying of sorghum gruel residue. The process was carried out on a hot air dryer conducted at four drying air temperatures of 40, 50, 60, and 70 °C respectively, three different air velocities 0.8, 1.0 a...
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Research Article10.9734/jenrr/2021/v9i230227
The continuous use of fossil fuel and the effects on humans and animals demands for sustainable renewable energy alternatives. Wind energy offers a promising solution as it is available everywhere, inexhaustible, and can be accessed anytime for the continuous generation of electr...
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Research Article10.9734/jenrr/2025/v17i7428
The research investigated the influence of wind speed, driving speed and altitude on the electrical power generated by vehicle mounted wind turbine. A vehicle-mounted wind turbine (VMWT) was developed and tested at varying altitudes, wind and vehicle speeds across the Northern an...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2025/v27i51511
An extruding machine for the production of floating fish feed was designed and fabricated. Performance evaluation of the fabricated floating fish feed extruding machine was done. The design of the hopper; shaft, barrel, screw and die of the machine were done using standard equati...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i12762
A kneader for a groundnut oil expeller, based on the screw press principle, was designed, constructed, and evaluated through performance testing. The design of the machine was done using standard engineering equations and the components of the machine include feeding inlet, knead...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2025/v27i61550
The objective of this paper is to present a review on hybrid solar dryer and its modification for further research. Energy is not evenly distributed in the world, developed countries have more than enough while developing countries are facing it inadequacy. Rural areas where agr...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2023/v24i1793