Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
ISSN: Online 1818-7803ISSN: Print 1816-949x
Abstract
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.
How to cite this article:
P.K. Oke . Development and Performance Evaluation of Indigenous Palm Kernel Daul Processing Machine.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/jeasci.2007.701.705
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1816-949x/jeasci.2007.701.705