Post Harvest Processing Of Jatropha Curcas: Decorticator, Oil Expeller

Pradhan, Rama Chandra; Naik, Satya Narayan; Pradhan, Rama Chandra; Naik, Satya Narayan

ISBN 10: 3659276928 / ISBN 13: 9783659276927

Published by Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012

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216 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.49 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Post Harvest Processing Of Jatropha Curcas: Decorticator, Oil Expeller
• Publisher: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659276928
• ISBN 13: 9783659276927
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.37 kilograms

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Synopsis

The book on Post Harvest Processing of Jatropha curcas outlines useful methods to describe the various agricultural processing operations such as cleaning, drying, decorticating, oil separation, etc. and the equipments for decorticator and oil expeller. The book also high lights the importance of various physical properties of oilseeds in relation to its processing and designing the equipments. The decorticator and oil expeller equipments are very useful for small and medium farmer for processing of Jatropha to get maximum oil yield.

About the Author

RAMA CHANDRA PRADHAN is Assistant Professor of Farm Engineering, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Dr. Pradhan received the M. Tech. (Post Harvest Engineering) degree (2004) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India, and the Ph.D. degree (2011) from the IIT, Delhi, India.