Perspective Analysis of the Physical and Engineering Properties of Coriander Seed at Different Moisture Contents
Ramesh Pal
Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, VSEAT, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, (Deemed-to-be University), Allahabad-211 007, UP, India.
Ram Kumar *
Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, College of Technology, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand) -263145, India.
Ashok Tripathi
Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, VSEAT, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, (Deemed-to-be University), Allahabad-211 007, UP, India.
Sachin Chaudhary
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Technology, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand) -263145, India.
Satyartham
Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, VSEAT, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, (Deemed-to-be University), Allahabad-211 007, UP, India.
Virendra Singh
School of Agricultural Sciences & Engineering, IFTM University, Moradabad 244 102, U.P., India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) is an important leafy vegetable of family Umbelliferae with small fruits of great medicinal and nutritional value used as spice and condiment. As a marginal spice crop it is cultivated worldwide since centuries but its genetic diversity has rarely been documented. Threshing is one of the major problems associated with coriander production in India. In spite of the food and nutritional importance of the crop to human diet, its threshing has been and remains a serious problem to the farmers. The techniques for threshing coriander in most rural areas are still the traditional methods of seed separation which are uneconomical, labourous and time consuming. Under the present investigation coriander crop was selected for study. Physical, aerodynamic and frictional properties of above seeds were determined in order to decide parameters for the purpose of designing and performance evaluation of a thresher to threshing coriander.
Keywords: Coriander seed, moisture, sphersity, friction, thresher