<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper reports the effect of the parboiling time on dehulled kernel out-turns (DKO) of African breadfruit seeds, and the most recent effort to upgrade an existing dehuller and its performance. Two common and readily available varieties – <italic>Treculia var. africana</italic> and <italic>var. inverse</italic> were used in the study. The seeds were parboiled for 0 (control), 2, 5, 8, 11 and 14 minutes and then dehulled. The result revealed that the parboiling time had a significant effect on the DKO of the two varieties of the seed. The DKO increased from 0 to 5 min of the treatment, after which it decreased considerably up to 14 min of the parboiling time. The obtained data were used to develop a non-linear quadratic regression model to predict the DKO as a function of the parboiling time. The performance evaluation of the breadfruit seeds dehuller revealed that it was significantly influenced by the variety.</p></abstract>

This paper reports the effect of the parboiling time on dehulled kernel out-turns (DKO) of African breadfruit seeds, and the most recent effort to upgrade an existing dehuller and its performance. Two common and readily available varieties – Treculia var. africana and var. inverse were used in the study. The seeds were parboiled for 0 (control), 2, 5, 8, 11 and 14 minutes and then dehulled. The result revealed that the parboiling time had a significant effect on the DKO of the two varieties of the seed. The DKO increased from 0 to 5 min of the treatment, after which it decreased considerably up to 14 min of the parboiling time. The obtained data were used to develop a non-linear quadratic regression model to predict the DKO as a function of the parboiling time. The performance evaluation of the breadfruit seeds dehuller revealed that it was significantly influenced by the variety.

Performance Evaluation of African Breadfruit (<italic>Treculia Africana</italic>) Seed Dehuller

Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering

Agricultural Engineering

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Performance Evaluation of African Breadfruit () Seed Dehuller

This paper reports the effect of the parboiling time on dehulled kernel out-turns (DKO) of African breadfruit seeds, and the most recent effort to upgrade an...

Performance Evaluation of African Breadfruit (Treculia Africana) Seed Dehuller

Published Online: Jan 25, 2019

Page range: 51 - 60

Received: Oct 01, 2018

Accepted: Nov 01, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2018-0036

Keywords
kernel extraction, kernel out-turn, parboiling time, preprocessing

© 2018 Okey Francis Obi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Performance Evaluation of African Breadfruit (Treculia Africana) Seed Dehuller

Published Online: Jan 25, 2019

Page range: 51 - 60

Received: Oct 01, 2018

Accepted: Nov 01, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2018-0036

Keywordskernel extraction, kernel out-turn, parboiling time, preprocessing

© 2018 Okey Francis Obi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
kernel extraction, kernel out-turn, parboiling time, preprocessing