TY  - JOUR
T1  - Development and Performance Evaluation of Indigenous Palm Kernel Daul Processing Machine
AU - , P.K. Oke 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 2
IS  - 4
SP  - 701
EP  - 705
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2007.701.705
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2007.701.705
KW  - Palm kernel
KW  -processing
KW  -dual and machine development
KW  -evaluation
AB  - In an attempt to ease the production of palm Kernel Oil, a palm Kernel dual processing machine has been developed to crack effectively various sizes as well as to separate the palm Kernel from the shell. This palm kernel dual processing machine was fabricated and designed with locally available materials from the opinion of a new idea which aims at easing the pain, stress, intensive labour, time consuming, unduly cost and cumbersome operation encountering in the traditional/existing processes of cracking and separating palm kernel from the nut. The machine was tested to ascertain its performance and it has efficiency of 98% with processing rate of 95 nuts per second with just one 4hp electric motor which is an improvement over existing ordinary palm kernel cracking machine that has 90% efficiency of cracking with processing rate of 89 nuts per second without separation.
ER  -