Vol. 9(1), pp. 1-8, January 2021
DOI: 10.14662/ARJASR2020.575
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ISSN: 2360-7874
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Research paper

Performance Evaluation of a small-Scale Motorized Mango Pulp Extractor

 

Abiy Solomon¹ and  Ahmed Oumer¹

 

¹Ethiopian institute of agricultural research. Melkassa Agricultural Research Center, P.O. Box 436, Adama, Ethiopia.

Corresponding Author�s E-mail: Solomon.abiy@gmail.com

 

Accepted 13 January 2021

Abstract

 

Mango pulp extraction is a process of crushing and scraping of whole fruit in order to separate the juice from fruits pulp. The essence of processing the fruit using this machine can easily help to store, preserve, package, transport or consume the product by adding value with high quality juice and reduce the postharvest loss. The aim of this study was to conduct a performance evaluation of the small-scale mango juice pulp extractor. The operation of the pulper was the screw conveyor conveys and the screw blade impacted the mango fruits against a drum perforated on the inside. The extracted juice was drained through the perforated mesh of the juice channel into the juice outlet from where it is collected while the residual waste is collected at the waste outlet. The operating factors considered during the evaluation were feed rate and the extracting retention time. The machine was tested using freshly harvested mango fruits and results obtained an average extracted capacity, extraction efficiency and extraction loss of 86.41l/hr.,78.94% and 11.18%, respectively operating at 400 rpm speed. Allowing a 40sec processing retention time is recommended to separate and well drained the edible part of the mango so as to minimizing loss.

 

Keywords: Extractor, Feed Rate, Mango Pulper, Retention Time

 

How to cite this article (APA Style): Abiy, S., Ahmed, O. (2021). Performance Evaluation of a small-Scale Motorized Mango Pulp Extractor. Acad. Res. J. Agri. Sci. Res. 9(1): 1-8