Performances of Animal Driven Sugarcane Crusher

Authors

  • M. A. Zaman Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
  • R.I. Sarker Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
  • M.M. Huq Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
  • S. M. I. Hossain Sugarcane Research and Training Institute, Ishurdi, Pabna
  • M. Abdullah Farm Machinery and Post-Harvest Engineering Division, BARI, Joydevpur, Gazipur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61361/jambe.v2i1.42

Keywords:

Suagrcane crusher, Performance, Draft animals

Abstract

An experimental study was undertaken to determine the working capacity of the draft animals in driving a suagrcane crusher and the performance characteristics of the crusher. The power requirement for driving a crusher, as obtained fom this study, were 0.52 kW to 1.94 kW depending on the feeding rate of sugarcane. Two pair of animals, when driving the crusher, were found to produce 0.57 to 2.11 kW at speeds ranging from 2.3 to 4.3 km/h. The crushing capacity and juice extraction capacity varied within the range of 149 to 205 kg/h and 64 to 110.5 kg/h, respectively Gur recovery from the sugarcane was from 8 to 9.6 percent.

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Published

1995-12-31

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (1995)

Section

Original Research

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