Vol. 14 No. 1 (2012): CIGR Journal

Published: 2012-04-05

II-Farm Buildings and Construction

An expert system for planning and designing dairy farms in hot climates

Mohamed Samer, Mohamed Hatem, Hartmut Grimm, Reiner Doluschitz, Thomas Jungbluth

1-15
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III-Equipment Engineering for Plant Production

Design and test of a pneumatic precision metering device for wheat

Satti Hassan Yasir, QingXi Liao, Jiajia Yu, Dali He

16-25
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Soil cone index in relation to soil texture, moisture content, and bulk density for no-tillage and conventional tillage

Arun Kumar, Ying Chen, Mohammad Al-Amin Sadek, Shafiqur Rahman

26-37
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IV-Energy in Agriculture

Results of batch anaerobic digestion test – effect of enzyme addition

Teresa Suárez Quiñones, Matthias Plöchl, Jörn Budde, Monika Heiermann

38-50
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Energy inputs and carbon dioxide emissions from turf maintenance equipment on a golf course in California

Raymond Maestas, Athanasios Alexandrou, John T. Bushoven, Dave Goorahoo, Diganta Adhikari

51-56
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Simulation and control of fan speed in a solar dryer for optimization of energy efficiency

Nikrooz - Bagheri, Alireza Keyhani, Sayed Saeed Mohtasebi, Payam Javadikia, Rouzbeh Abbaszadeh

57-62
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V-Management, Ergonomics and Systems Engineering

Machinery management as an environmental tool - material embodiment in agriculture

Thiago Libório Romanelli, Marcos Milan

63-73
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Managing biomass feedstocks: selection of satellite storage locations for different harvesting systems

Douglas K Brownell, Jude Liu

74-81
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Physiological workload of farm women while evaluating sickles for paddy harvesting

Shiv Pratap Singh

82-88
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Demographic characteristics, agricultural and technological profile of acha farmers in Nigeria

Theresa Kangyang Philip, Isaac N. Itodo

89-93
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VI-Postharvest Technology and Process Engineering

Energy consumption and mathematical modeling of microwave drying of potato slices

Hosain Darvishi

94-102
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Effects of Pretreatments on Drying Rate of Chili Pepper

Rebato Muhidin Seid

103-107
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Moisture dependent physical properties of cardamom(Elettaria Cardamomum M.) seed

Tamirat Redae Gebreselassie

108-115
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Hydration characteristics of wheat grain

Vengaiah Pc, R.K. Raigar, P.P. Srivastav, G.C. Majumdar

116-119
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Design and construction of an automatic coefficient of friction measuring device

Ali Nejat Lorestani

120-124
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Drying kinetics of osmotically pretreated carrot shreds to be used for preparation of sweet meat

Bahadur Singh Hathan, Tanu Malhotra

125-135
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Determination of physical and mechanical properties of Zucchini (summer squash)

Rashid Gholami, Ali Nejat Lorestani, Farzad Jaliliantabar

136-140
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Enhancing natural convection solar drying of high moisture vegetables with heat storage

Joseph Edwin Berinyuy, Julius Kewir Tangka, Guy Michel Weka Fotso

141-148
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Effect of short-term storage on quality of wheat stored in large polyethylene bags

Christine Idler, Thomas Hoffmann, Andrea Wagner, Udo Weber

149-156
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Development and performance tests of a melon (egusi) seed shelling machine

Sarafadeen Shittu Kolawole, V.I.O. Ndrika

157-164
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