Vol 14, No 1 (2012)

CIGR Journal

Table of Contents

II-Farm Buildings and Construction

An expert system for planning and designing dairy farms in hot climates Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Mohamed Samer, Mohamed Hatem, Hartmut Grimm, Reiner Doluschitz, Thomas Jungbluth 1-15

III-Equipment Engineering for Plant Production

Design and test of a pneumatic precision metering device for wheat Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Satti Hassan Yasir, QingXi Liao, Jiajia Yu, Dali He 16-25
Soil cone index in relation to soil texture, moisture content, and bulk density for no-tillage and conventional tillage Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Arun Kumar, Ying Chen, Mohammad Al-Amin Sadek, Shafiqur Rahman 26-37

IV-Energy in Agriculture

Results of batch anaerobic digestion test – effect of enzyme addition Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Teresa Suárez Quiñones, Matthias Plöchl, Jörn Budde, Monika Heiermann 38-50
Energy inputs and carbon dioxide emissions from turf maintenance equipment on a golf course in California Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Raymond Maestas, Athanasios Alexandrou, John T. Bushoven, Dave Goorahoo, Diganta Adhikari 51-56
Simulation and control of fan speed in a solar dryer for optimization of energy efficiency Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Nikrooz - Bagheri, Alireza Keyhani, Sayed Saeed Mohtasebi, Payam Javadikia, Rouzbeh Abbaszadeh 57-62

V-Management, Ergonomics and Systems Engineering

Machinery management as an environmental tool - material embodiment in agriculture Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Thiago Libório Romanelli, Marcos Milan 63-73
Managing biomass feedstocks: selection of satellite storage locations for different harvesting systems Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Douglas K Brownell, Jude Liu 74-81
Physiological workload of farm women while evaluating sickles for paddy harvesting Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Shiv Pratap Singh 82-88
Demographic characteristics, agricultural and technological profile of acha farmers in Nigeria Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Theresa Kangyang Philip, Isaac N. Itodo 89-93

VI-Postharvest Technology and Process Engineering

Energy consumption and mathematical modeling of microwave drying of potato slices Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Hosain Darvishi 94-102
Effects of Pretreatments on Drying Rate of Chili Pepper Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Rebato Muhidin Seid 103-107
Moisture dependent physical properties of cardamom(Elettaria Cardamomum M.) seed Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Tamirat Redae Gebreselassie 108-115
Hydration characteristics of wheat grain Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Vengaiah Pc, R.K. Raigar, P.P. Srivastav, G.C. Majumdar 116-119
Design and construction of an automatic coefficient of friction measuring device Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Ali Nejat Lorestani 120-124
Drying kinetics of osmotically pretreated carrot shreds to be used for preparation of sweet meat Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Bahadur Singh Hathan, Tanu Malhotra 125-135
Determination of physical and mechanical properties of Zucchini (summer squash) Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Rashid Gholami, Ali Nejat Lorestani, Farzad Jaliliantabar 136-140
Enhancing natural convection solar drying of high moisture vegetables with heat storage Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Joseph Edwin Berinyuy, Julius Kewir Tangka, Guy Michel Weka Fotso 141-148
Effect of short-term storage on quality of wheat stored in large polyethylene bags Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Christine Idler, Thomas Hoffmann, Andrea Wagner, Udo Weber 149-156
Development and performance tests of a melon (egusi) seed shelling machine Abstract Provisional PDF PDF
Sarafadeen Shittu Kolawole, V.I.O. Ndrika 157-164


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