Vol. 17 No. 4 (2015): CIGR Journal

Published: 2015-12-29

I-Land and Water Engineering

Modeling optimal irrigation scheduling under conjunctive use of canal water and poor quality groundwater in semi-arid region of northwestern India

JUNAID NAZIR KHAN

1-13
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Settlement performance evaluation of longitudinal settling basins - A case study on Golfaraj and Iry-Siah Rud pump stations, Iran

Ghorban Mahtabi, Ali Hoseinzadeh Dalir, Mohamad Hasan Fazelifard

14-22
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II-Farm Buildings and Construction

Modelling of longwave radiation exchange at greenhouse surfaces under all-sky conditions

Erick Kiplangat Ronoh, Thomas Rath

23-35
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Enhancing the efficiency of evaporative cooling pads for livestock barns and greenhouses by moisture adsorption

Mohamed Samer

36-63
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III-Equipment Engineering for Plant Production

Effect of cereal stubble management on the combine harvester performance and energy requirements

Heikki Tapani Jokiniemi

64-72
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Evaluation of corn planter under travel speed, working depth, pressure wheel and cone index

Mehdi Khodaei

73-80
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Evaluation of five traction models for agricultural tractors in Colombia

Bernardo Castillo

81-90
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Design and selection of agricultural machinery using a quality function deployment technique

ASHOK KUMAR ARUDRA

91-99
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Ergonomic evaluation of electric hedge trimmer using digital human modeling

Ravindra Tatyasaheb Vyavahare, Shrikant P. Kallurkar

100-108
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Present status, scope and future needs for mechanization of apple cultivation in mountains of Himachal Pradesh, India

Sukhbir Singh, D K Vatsa, Sukhbir Singh

109-114
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Operator physiological response and bullock draughtability during primary tillage

Sukhbir Singh, D C Sahoo, N. K. Singh, J. K. Bisht

115-120
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The growth and yield of the plant Azivash (Corchorus Olitorious L.) in various densities and irrigation regimes

Mohsen Azadbakht, Rahim Hosaini, Mohammad Hosain Ghorbani, zuhair aldarwish

121-129
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IV-Energy in Agriculture

Vertical tillage parameters to optimize energy consumption

Marco Antonio Reynolds, Santos Gabriel Campos, Martin Cadena, Juan Antonio Lopez, Neftali Cuervo

130-140
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Techno-economic assessment of municipal solid waste gasification for electricity generation: a case study of Kampala City, Uganda

Kivumbi Bernard

141-155
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Development and performance evaluation of indigenized flat plate collector water heater for domestic and industrial applications

Abdul Ghafoor

156-164
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V-Management, Ergonomics and Systems Engineering

Comparative evaluation of the performance of motorized and pole and Knife oil palm fruit bunch harvester

Basiru Philip Aramide, Oseni Kehinde Owolarafe, Nabeel A Adeyemi

165-172
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Physiological evaluation of manual operated weeders and sprayers on farm use

ASHOK KUMAR ARUDRA

173-183
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Major causes of failure during harvesting in sugarcane chopper harvester machine

payam najafi, afshin marzban, mohammad ali hormozi

184-191
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VI-Postharvest Technology and Process Engineering

Determination of some engineering properties of parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.) seeds and modeling

Mojtaba Taheri, Amir Hossein Mirzabe, Ali Mansouri, Ali Reza Aliakbari

192-210
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Development and performance evaluation of a mini horizontal flash dryer

Babatunde Oluwamayokun Soyoye, Olawale John Olukunle, Okegbe Jacob Alakhumen

211-228
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Correlating the mass of walnut fruit to some physical characteristics

Feizollah Shahbazi

229-234
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Application of PFC3D to simulate a planetary ball mill

Ying Chen, Leno Guzman, Simon Potter, Majibur Khan

235-246
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Predictive equations and response surface analysis for sorghum grain extrudate

Kehinde Adedeji Adekola

247-256
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Modeling drying of seed maize using super absorbent hydrogel under hermetic conditions

Florence Gatwiri Kiburi, |Christopher Kanali, Duncan Onyango Mbuge

257-264
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Drying characteristics and energy requirement of drying cowpea leaves and jute mallow vegetables

Gibson Peter Mutuli, Duncan Mbuge

265-272
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Effect of period of harvest on drying characteristics of an improved variety cowpea (IT 97K-56S-IS)

Raji Olayinka Abdulganiy, OLANREWAJU Oluwatoyin Taiwo

273-287
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Determining dimensional, gravimetrical and frictional properties of red radish seeds (Raphanus Sativus L.) as a function of moisture content

Amir Hossein Mirzabe, Mojtaba Taheri, Habil Asaei, Mohammad Hossein Kianmehr

288-310
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Moisture dependent physical properties of Detarium microcarpum seed

NDUBISI A. AVIARA, Mary E. Onaji, Abubakar A. Lawal

311-326
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A critical review of selected appropriate traditional evaporative cooling as postharvest technologies in Eastern Africa

Joshua Wanyama

327-336
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Effect of moisture content and loading orientation on some strength properties relevant in the design of snake gourd (trichosanthescucumerina. l) seed handing device

David Oluwafemi IDOWU, Oseni Kehinde Owolarafe

337-345
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Traditional storage methods and their effect on quality characteristics of wheat grain in Sindh, Pakistan

Shakeel Hussain Chattha

346-353
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Influence of the grinding method on the flow properties of barley

Thomas Hoffmann

354-358
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Assessment of the flow properties of crushed grain products depending on the granulometric condition

Thomas Hoffmann

359-368
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Determination of thermal properties of the Cavendish banana peel as a function of temperature and moisture

Mohsen Azadbakht, Ali Asghari, Akbar Akbarnejad

369-378
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Development of palm kernel nut cracking machine for rural use

Alex Folami Adisa, Sunday Bassey Udo, Salami Olasunkanmi Ismaila, Samuel Babatunde Adejuyigbe

379-388
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Classification of Banana Fruit Maturity using zNose

Rajkumar P, Dr. Indu Rani C, Dr.Wang N, Dr. Raghavan G.S.V

389-396
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VII-Information Systems

Classification of the cattle behaviors by using magnitude and variance of accelerometer signal

APINAN AURASOPON

397-402
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