PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HULLED PEANUTS AND KERNELS

Ghanem, T.H.; Shetawy, M. El-Said; Zaalouk, A.K.

doi:10.21608/mjae.2009.108759

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HULLED PEANUTS AND KERNELS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Associate Prof., Agric. Eng.. Fac. of Agric., Al-Azhar Univ., Egypt.

² Lect., Agric. Eng.. Fac. of Agric., Al-Azhar Univ., Egypt.

10.21608/mjae.2009.108759

Abstract

This study was carried out to evaluate some physical properties for two different varieties of peanuts, namely: Ismailia1 “Is1” and Giza5 “G5”such as length, width, shell thickness, weight, volume, percentage of void space, and density for kernels and Hulls. Hulled peanuts and kernels can be classified into three classes i.e. small, medium and large based on average values of their characteristics and associated standard deviation. Several empirical equations based on a large number of measurements for volume of an individual hull and kernel, bulk density are presented.
The main objective of the present study is to evaluate some physical properties of two different Egyptian verities that affect design and development of; precision planting, grading, drying, fraying and storage machines.

Main Subjects

Processing Engineering of Agricultural Products

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