An Investigation on the Effect of Moisture Content on the Engineering Properties of Cotton Seed

Aim: The aim concerning this investigation search out analyze the tangible, gravimetric, frictional, aerodynamic, and machinelike characteristics of understand seeds at three various moisture content levels, varying from 8% to 14% on a dry basis to develop a capacity tiller-conducted pneumatic counterfeit.Study Design: Completely Randomized Design and Tukey pairwise test in done on the SAS On Demand for Academic principle was used for the study.Place and Duration of Study: Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering (FMPE), Department of Agricultural Processing and Food Engineering (APFE) and Department of Agricultural Structures Civil and Environmental Engineering (ASCEE), College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology (CAET), Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), 'tween July 2022 and August 2022.Methodology: This study was conducted to decide the engineering characteristics of cotton sources namely BS–279, RCH–659 and KCHH–2739 as a function of liquid content. The different characteristics of these cotton sources were studied in the planning property lab and UTM laboratory of the CAET, OUAT, Bhubaneswar. The objective of this study search out investigate few moisture-contingent physical, gravimetric, frictional, sleek, and mechanical features of cotton sources. The aim of this search was to resolve the physical, gravimetric, frictional, sleek, and mechanical traits of cotton children at three different dampness content levels, ranging from 8% to 14% on a dry footing. These moisture content levels were referred to as M1 (8-10%), M2 (10-12%), and M3 (12-14%).Results: The lines mean diameter, fullness, aspect percentage, thousand seed burden, angle of repose and terminal velocity were erect to be in the range of 5.05–6.57 mm, 60–67%, 0.51–0.59,78.70–103.67 g, 39.75–44.75˚ and 9.26–13.28 ms-1 individually as moisture content of beginning increased from 8 to 14% dry support. The mean diameter, capacity, porosity, terminal velocity and cooperative of friction revealed a positive equating with the liquid content. The bulk density, real density and porosity of source decreased from primary range of 637.82–696.12 to 524.12–607.60 kgm-3, 1155.00–1266.12 to 868.28–1007.60 kgm-3 and 43.23–44.96 to 39.75–41.55% respectively accompanying an increase in moisture content. Rupture force was erect to be in another way correlated accompanying moisture content and stowing rate.Conclusion: The effect of moisture content on all helpless parameters was establish to be meaningful (α=0.05) under Tukey pair wise test but these were non-meaningful for the varieties of understand seeds considered under the study. These architecture properties maybe considered while crafty of planters and additional sowing machinery, harvesters, ginning, and lubricate extraction machines of understand seed.

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