Vol 14, No 4 (2012)

CIGR Journal

Table of Contents

I-Land and Water Engineering

Influence of structure on the mechanical behavior of an agricultural clay soil
Robert Medjo Eko, Claude Lague
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EFFICACY OF VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIPS TO MINIMIZE SOLIDS AND NUTRIENTS FROM FEEDLOT RUNOFF
Shafiqur Rahman
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9-21

II-Farm Buildings and Construction

Tracer gas technique, air velocity measurement and natural ventilation method for estimating ventilation rates through naturally ventilated barns
Alaa Kiwan Kiwan, Werner Berg, Reiner Brunsch, Sezin Özcan, Hans-Joachim Müller, Manfred Gläser, Merike Fiedler, Christian Ammon, Daniel Berckmans
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22-36
Adsorption of p-cresol on Granular Activated Carbon
Lalitendu Das, Praveen Kolar, Jason Osborne, John Classen
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37-49

III-Equipment Engineering for Plant Production

Noise evaluation of MF285 tractor while pulling a trailer in an asphalt road
Farzad Jalilian tabar, Hekmat Rabbani, Alinejat Lorestani, Payam Javadikia, Rashid Gholami
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50-55

IV-Energy in Agriculture

Solar-wind ventilation to enhance the cabinet dryer performance for medicinal herbs and horticultural products
Mohamed Abdelaziz Eltawil, Said E. AbouZaher, Wagdy Z. El-Hadad
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56-74
Study on Forced Convection type Solar Tunnel Dryer for Industrial Applications
Mahendra Singh Dulawat
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75-79
Fabrication of Light Weight Farms Yoke With The Use of Composite Material
V. K. Singh, Jayant Singh, Arun K. Chaudhary
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80-85
Studying the Effects of Pressure, Mold Diameter, Moisture Content and Particle Size on Energy Consumption for Compression in Producing Dairy Cattle Manure Pellets
Kamel Ghadernejad, Abedin Zafari, Mohammad Hossein Kianmehr
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86-92
Energy Consumption and Modeling of output energy with Multilayer Feed-Forward Neural Network for Corn Silage in Iran
Morteza Taki, Asghar Mahmoudi, Hassan Ghasemi Mobtaker, Hossein Rahbari
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93-101

V-Management, Ergonomics and Systems Engineering

Anthropometric and Strength Data of Indian Agricultural Workers for Equipment Design: A Review
Ravindra Tatyasaheb Vyavahare, Shrikant Kallurkar
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102-114
In-Field Operations to Deliver Biomass to a Biorefinery
John S Cundiff, Robert D Grisso
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115-122
Study of farm machinery services provided by selected Cooperative Societies
Parminder Kamboj
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123-133

VI-Postharvest Technology and Process Engineering

Metrological Prerequisites for Determination of Silage Density Compacted in a Bunker silo using Gamma Rays
Sabine Geyer, Thomas Hoffmann
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134-143
Modeling of ultrasonic-convective drying of pistachios
Ahmad Kouchakzadeh, Peyman Ghobadi
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144-149
Mechanical damage to wheat and triticale seeds related to moisture content and impact energy
Feizollah Shahbazi, Ali Dolwlatshah, Saman Valizadeh
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150-155
Some cooking properties of germinated brown rice
Swati Bhauso Patil, Md. Khalid Khan
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156-162
Experimental evaluation of sorption isotherms of chili pepper: an Ethiopian variety, Mareko Fana (Capsicum annum L.)
Rebato Muhidin Seid, O. Hensel
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163-172
Elastic behavior of sunflower seed and its kernel
Rasool Khodabakhshian
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173-178
Development and evaluation of RTE (Ready To Eat) extruded snack using egg albumin powder and cheese powder
Priyanka Kocherla, Kuna Aparna, Devi. N. Lakshmi
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179-187
Design, construction and evaluation of shear vane device for biomass yield stress determination
Heman Amiri, Akbar Arabhosseini, Mohammad Hossein Kianmehr
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188-194
Experimental Study of the Operating Parameters Affecting Deep-bed Drying Kinetics of Rough Rice and Comparing with a Non-equilibrium Mathematical Model
Mehdi Torki Harchegani, Ahmad Moheb, Morteza Sadeghi, Mojtaba Tohidi, Zahra Naghavi
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195-202
Tensile Strength of Safflower Stalk as Affected by Moisture Content, Stalk Region and Loading Rate
Feizollah Shahbazi
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203-208
Storage behavior of tomato inside a zero energy cool chamber
M. P. Islam, Tetsuo Morimoto, Kenji Hatou
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209-217
Advantages of the Use of Fibres from Wet-Preserved Hemp for Composite Production
Gesine Wallot, Hans-Jörg Gusovius, Ralf Pecenka, Stefan Schierl, Roman Rinberg, Wolfgang Nendel
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218-223
Ohmic processing of liquid whole egg, white egg and yolk
Hosain Darvishi, Mohmmad Hadi Khoshtaghaza, Mohammad Zarein, Mohsen Azadbakht
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224-230
Some physical properties of acha as affected by moisture content
Adesola Adebanjo Satimehin, Theresa K. Philip
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231-237
HYDROTHERMAL REACTIONS ON SELECTED UTILIZATION QUALITIES OF PARBOILED MAIZE
Jones Adenupoye Akinbolade, Joseph C. Igbeka
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238-245
Mathematical modelling of drying characteristics of blanched field pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L) slices.
Taiwo Olufemi Olurin, Aminat Olabisi Adelekan, William Adebisi Olosunde
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246-254

VII-Information Systems

Design, development and field evaluation of a map-based variable rate granular fertilizer application control system
Ehtesham Forouzanmehr, Mohammad Loghavi
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255-261
Modeling of Draft Force Variation in a Winged Share Tillage Tool Using Fuzzy Table Look-Up Scheme
Asghar Mohammadi
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262-268