Vol. 16 No. 4 (2014): CIGR Journal

Published: 2014-12-31

I-Land and Water Engineering

Solar pump irrigation system for green agriculture

M A Hossain, M S Hassan, S Ahmmed, M S Islam

1-15
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Drying Temperature - Duration Impacts on Moisture, Carbon, and Nitrogen Losses from Broiler Litter

Sanjay B. Shah

16-23
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Evaluation of synthetic and natural water absorbing soil amendments for potato production in a semi-arid region

Shengtao Xu, Lei Zhang, Neil B McLaughlin, Junzhen Mi, Qin Chen, Jinghui Liu

24-34
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Application of visible and near-infrared spectrophotometry for detecting salinity effects on wheat leaves (Triticumasativum L.)

Mohammad Hossein Mokhtari, Hamid Reza Sodae, Mohammad Ali Hakimzadeh, Fahimeh Tarighat

35-42
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III-Equipment Engineering for Plant Production

Predicting Failure Rate in Different Maintenance Conditions for MF 399 Tractor, a case study in southwest of Iran

Fatemeh Afsharnia

43-50
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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A SMALL SCALE PALM FRUIT BIOMASS FIRED BOILER

yusuf adeshina salako

51-56
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Simulation of draft force of winged share tillage tool using artificial neural network model

Abbas Akbarnia, Asghar Mohammadi, Reza Alimardani, Foad Farhani

57-65
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APPLE IDENTIFICATION IN FIELD ENVIRONMENT WITH OVER THE ROW MACHINE VISION SYSTEM

Abhisesh Silwal, Aleana Gongal, Manoj Karkee

66-75
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On Farm Evaluation and Demonstration of Animal Drawn Moldboard and Gavin Plows in the Gumara-Maksegnit Watershed

worku biweta bogale

76-88
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Analysis of straw bruising and sieving system on performance of modified wheat straw combine for better straw quality

Ashish Satish Dhimate, Jaskarn Singh Mahal, Manjeet Singh, Anoop Dixit, Gursahib Singh Manes, Rohinish Khurana

89-96
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Analysis of exerted stresses of final drive in MF 285 tractor by Theoretical and Finite Element Method (FEM)

Mohsen Azadbakht, Hassan Jafari

97-104
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Performance evaluation of a variable rate sprayer by artificial neural network models

Nikrooz - Bagheri

105-111
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An electromechanical implement lift system with position control for low horse power tractor

Hifjur Raheman

112-121
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Simulation of negative pressure behavior using different shapes and positions of pressure inlet and seed hole diameters using ANSYS-CFX to optimize the structure of a pneumatic metering device designed for wheat

Yasir Hassan Satti, Qingxi Liao

122-134
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IV-Energy in Agriculture

Effect of drying conditions on energy utilization during cocoyam drying

Tinuade Afolabi, Toyosi Tunde-Akintunde, Bosede F Olanipekun

135-145
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Potential of Densification of Mango Waste and Effect of Binders on Produced Briquettes

Abia Katimbo, Nicholas Kiggundu, Simon Kizito, Hussein Balimunsi Kivumbi, Peter Tumutegyereize

146-155
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The spent cake from olive oil filtration as biomass feedstock

Piernicola Masella, Lorenzo Guerrini, Alessandro Parenti

156-160
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Ancient and Present Trends in Solar Drying Systems

Om Prakash, Dr Anil Kumar

161-177
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Global Biomethanation Potential from Food Waste- A Review

ADAM JUMA GUDO

178-193
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V-Management, Ergonomics and Systems Engineering

Investigating a Power tiller Handle and Seat Vibration on Transportation mode

Hossein Ahmadian, Seyed Reza Hassan-Beygi, Barat Ghobadian

194-206
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A Linear Programming for Sugarcane Cultivation and Harvest Planning with Cane Survival Rate

SRISAWAT SUPSOMBOON, JIRAWAN NIEMSAKUL

207-216
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VI-Postharvest Technology and Process Engineering

Effect of Site Specific Weather Conditions on the Energy Consumption of a High Temperature Continuous Flow Corn Dryer

Diego Antonio de la Torre

217-227
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Formulation and optimization of foam mat dried grape bar

Kalika Gupta, Mohammed Shafiq Alam

228-239
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OPTIMUM PROCESSING PARAMETERS FOR COCONUT OIL EXPRESSION

Kehinde Adedeji Adekola

240-244
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Vibration effects on convective air-drying of bulk pistachios

Ahmad Kouchakzadeh

245-250
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Effect of drying temperature, airflow rate and flower types on dried saffron flower quality

Mohammad Hossein Saeidirad, Parvin Sharayei, Saeed Zarifneshat

251-254
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A STUDY OF SOME HYDRO-THERMAL PROPERTIES OF SANDBOX (HURA CREPITANS) SEED

David Oluwafemi IDOWU, Peter Toyin Abegunrin

255-260
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Effect of moisture content on some physical and engineering properties of Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L., Leguminous)

mohammad ali ebrahimi, Saraj Saraj

261-267
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Some engineering properties of three selected groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) varieties cultivated in Nigeria

Fatai Bukola Akande, Adepoju Bola Fashina, Aminu Saleh

268-277
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Determination of drying characteristics and kinetics of bitter kola (garcinia kola) using page’s model

Ehiem James Chinaka

278-284
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Quantification of browning kinetics and colour change for quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) exposed to atmospheric conditions

Raquel P.F. Guiné, Maria João Barroca

285-298
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VII-Information Systems

Neuro-kNN classification system for detecting fungal disease found on vegetable crops using local binary patterns

rajesh siddaramayya yakkundimath

299-308
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