Vol. 16 No. 3 (2014): CIGR Journal

Published: 2014-10-06

I-Land and Water Engineering

Evaluation of a constructed wetland for removal of some physicochemical and microbiological contaminants from wastewater in a residential tertiary institution in Nigeria

Felix A. Oginni, Solomon A. Isiorho

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Effects of land use change on the soil physical and chemical properties and fertility of soil in Sajadrood catchment

Azadeh Rostam Kiakojori, Mohammad Mehdi Taghavi Gorgi

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Water management improvements for agriculture by applying efficient crop schedules in the highland forest of Vilcabamba, Peru

Enrique Meseth, Jason C.S. Yu

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II-Farm Buildings and Construction

Size distribution of airborne particles in animal houses

H.T.L. Lai, A.J.A. Aarnink, M. Cambra-López, T.T.T. Huynh, H.K. Parmentier, P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp

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Thermal energy use in three Swedish greenhouses – the outdoor temperature-dependent variation and the influence of wind speed under no-sunlight conditions

Katarzyna Maslak, Sven Nimmermark

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III-Equipment Engineering for Plant Production

Physical properties of soybean cultivated in NEH region of India

Hijam Jiten Singh, Dipankar De, P. K. Sahoo

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Studies on Effect of Electrostatic Spraying in Orchards

Pramod kumar Mishra, Manjeet Singh, Ankit Sharma, Karun Sharma, Bhupinder Singh

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Response time of a direct injection type-variable-rate sprayer

Mohammad Younesi Alamouti, Morteza Sedaghat Hosseini

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Design and fabrication of a tractor powered leaves collector machine equipped with suction-blower system

Mohsen Azadbakht, Ali Kiapey, Ali Jafari

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Present status, potential and future needs for mechanization of agricultural operations in Jammu and Kashmir state of India

Jagvir Dixit, Sushil Sharma, Mudasir Ali

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Storage performance of naturally ventilated structure for onion bulbs

Wolelaw Endalew Ambe, Abaye Getahun, Ayalew Demissew, Tesfa Ambaye

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Design of an innovative olive picking machine

Luigi Solazzi, Roberto Scalmana, Riccardo Adamini, Rodolfo Faglia, Alberto Borboni

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Design of the full hydraulic driving high frame field operation vehicle

Wang Wanzhang, Qin Weihua, Wang Jianbo, Zhu Chenhui, Yu Jianjun, Chong Dongfeng

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IV-Energy in Agriculture

Solutions for fast development of precision agriculture in Iran

Nikrooz - Bagheri, Marzieh Bordbar

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Elucidations of energy, duration and cost of domestic cooking of African yam bean seed

Rahman Akinoso, Ademola Kabiru Aremu, T. A. Adeniyi

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Determination of relationship between wheat farm size and energy indexes in west Azerbaijan province, Iran

Morteza Sedaghat Hosseini, Ahmad Mohammadi, Mohsen Arezou, Amir Masoud Koorang Beheshti

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Effects of full-scale substrate pretreatment with a cross-flow grinder on biogas production

Matthias Mönch-Tegeder, Andreas Lemmer, Thomas Jungbluth, Hans Oechsner

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V-Management, Ergonomics and Systems Engineering

Prevention aspects for avoiding run-over incidents with self-propelled agricultural machinery

Hannes Mayrhofer, Elisabeth Quendler, Josef Boxberger

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Accident at work with fertilizer distributors in Austrian agriculture

Robert Kogler, Elisabeth Quendler, Josef Boxberger

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VI-Postharvest Technology and Process Engineering

Effect of moisture content on physio-mechanical properties of coriander seeds (Coriandrum sativum)

Vijay Singh Sharanagat, T. K. Goswami

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Enzymatic clarification of carrot juice by using response surface methodology

Md. Shafiq Alam, Geetika Ahuja, Kalika Gupta

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Determination of some engineering properties of morama bean (Tylosema esculentum)

Pius Emesu, Phumuza Mabuza

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Comparative study on phase changing material for refrigeration effect for milk chilling

Amandeep Sharma, Silvy Gupta, Kulwinder Kaur

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Investigating of drying kinetics and mathematical modeling of turnip

Pouria Gharehbeglou, Bijan Askari, Aziz Homayouni Rad, Seyed Sajjad Hoseini, Hamid Tavakoili Pour, Amir Hosein Elhami Rad

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Effect of heat insulation on the energy consumption of recirculating mixed-flow batch grain dryer

Heikki Tapani Jokiniemi, Jukka Matias Ahokas

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Air drying kinetics and quality characteristics of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) influenced by osmotic dehydration

Kulwinder Kaur, Satish Kumar, Mohammad Shafiq Alam

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Assessment of fruits during shelf-life storage using biospeckle laser

Mohammad Zaheer Ansari, Anil Kumar Nirala

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Estimating moisture absorption kinetics of beans during soaking using mathematical models

Seyed Mojtaba Shafaei, Amin Allah Masoumi

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Effect of microwave power on foam-mat drying of tomato pulp

Ovais Shafiq Qadri, Abhaya Kumar Srivastava

238-244
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VII-Information Systems

ECALTOOL: fuzzy logic based computer program to calibrate the Hargreaves equation for accurate estimation of evapotranspiration

Jignesh Patel, Himanshu Patel, Chetan Bhatt

245-250
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