Grinding Parameters and their Effects on the Quality of Corn for Feed Processing
Food Processing & Technology • 2015
Publication Information
Authors
MI Dabbour; A Bahnasawy; S Ali; Z El-Haddad
Keywords
Grinding; Energy consumption; Performance; Fineness
degree; Size reduction
Journal
Food Processing & Technology
Publisher
Not Available
Volume
6
Issue
9
Pages
1-7
publication.type
International
Paper Link
Open Link
Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
The experiments of this study were carried out to optimize some grinding parameters and their effects on the quality of corn
for feed processing. The hammer mill was evaluated under different parameters including grain moisture content and sieve hole
diameter. Grinding process was evaluated by studying the performance, energy consumption, grinding index, grinding ability
index, ground quality at different operation conditions. The results revealed that the mill performance, specific energy, energy
density, grinding index and grinding ability index ranged from 0.70-6.83 Mg/h, 3.38-32.72 kJ/kg, 1.99-18.82 MJ/m3, 12.35-91.28
kJ.mm0.5/kg and 0.81-6.00 kJ/m2, respectively. Mean weight diameter, size reduction, bulk density and grinding effectiveness
ranged from 1.47-2.89 mm, 2.60-5.10 times, 524.58- 621.34 kg/m3 and 8.88-14.40, respectively at different sieve hole diameter
and grain moisture content.
for feed processing. The hammer mill was evaluated under different parameters including grain moisture content and sieve hole
diameter. Grinding process was evaluated by studying the performance, energy consumption, grinding index, grinding ability
index, ground quality at different operation conditions. The results revealed that the mill performance, specific energy, energy
density, grinding index and grinding ability index ranged from 0.70-6.83 Mg/h, 3.38-32.72 kJ/kg, 1.99-18.82 MJ/m3, 12.35-91.28
kJ.mm0.5/kg and 0.81-6.00 kJ/m2, respectively. Mean weight diameter, size reduction, bulk density and grinding effectiveness
ranged from 1.47-2.89 mm, 2.60-5.10 times, 524.58- 621.34 kg/m3 and 8.88-14.40, respectively at different sieve hole diameter
and grain moisture content.
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