Engineering properties of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) seed

Thermal, physical, and engineering properties of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. (Moench) grown in Nigeria

“…The value for equivalent diameter reported in this research work was found to be similar to the value 4.00 obtained by Davis [38]. The okra seeds used in this work are more spherical in shape than those used by Davis [38] with 47.52% spericity but less spherical than those of Badgujar et al [39], Vinod et al [40] and Darwish and Moussa [41] with values for sphericity of 85%, 87.90% and 80.43% respectively.…”

“…The intermediate diameter was found to be slightly lower than 4.83 mm reported by Vinod et al [40] [38] and Darwish and Moussa [41] respectively. The geometric mean diameter reported in this study is higher than 3.80 mm obtained by Davis [38] but similar to 4.70 mm, 4.98 mm and 4.68 mm obtained by Badgujar et al [39], Vinod et al [40] and Darwish and Moussa [41] respectively. The value for equivalent diameter reported in this research work was found to be similar to the value 4.00 obtained by Davis [38].…”

“…The results of the gravimetric properties are presented in Table 4. The value for the bulk density obtained in this study is slightly lower than the value 0.63±0.03kgm -3 reported by Darwish and Moussa [41] for okra seed grown in Cairo but higher than the values 0.51 kgm -3 reported by Vinod et al [40] for okra seeds grown in India, 0.59 kgm -3 reported by Badgujar et al [39] for okra seeds cultivated in Punjab and 0.46 kgm -3 reported by Davis [38] for okra seed grown in Yenagoa, Nigeria. The true density obtained in the work is lower than 0.90 kgm -3 reported by Darwish and Moussa [41] for Egyptian okra seeds, 1.07kgm -3 obtained by Vinod et al [40] for okra seed grown in India and 0.74 kgm -3 reported by Davis [38] for okra seed cultivated in Yenagoa, Nigeria.…”

“…The results of the physical properties for okra seeds are presented in Table 3. The value of major diameter obtained in this study was found to be lower than 8.10 mm reported by Davis [38] for okra produced in Yenagoa, Nigeria but higher than 5.50 mm reported by Badgujar et al [39] for Punjab okra, 5.73mm reported by Vinod et al [40] for Indian okra and 5.85mm reported by Darwish and Moussa [41] for okra cultivated in Egypt. The intermediate diameter was found to be slightly lower than 4.83 mm reported by Vinod et al [40] [38] and Darwish and Moussa [41] respectively.…”

Development and Evaluation of Inclined Plate Metering Mechanism For Carrot (Daucus Carota L.) Pelleted Seeds

“…The pelleted carrot seeds used for the study are shown in Figure 3. The average values of roundness value of carrot seed were 0.46, 0.49 and 0.52 for S 1 , S 2 and S 3 pelleted seed respectively, 18 Cell Table 1 , Brar et al 2017, Badgujar, et al 2018. This gave clue to use slant shape of cells over plate periphery.…”