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PM—Power and Machinery: Development and Evaluation of Kenaf Harvesting Technology

✍ Scribed by L.J. Kemble; P. Krishnan; K.J. Henning; H.D. Tilmon

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
492 KB
Volume
81
Category
Article
ISSN
1537-5110

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✦ Synopsis

Laboratory and "eld tests have demonstrated that a component approach to harvesting kenaf and separating the "bre and core has a lot of potential. Machines used for harvesting kenaf required only minor, if any, modi"cation. The straw-walker from a combine harvester proved to work very well to separate the kenaf "bre and core. More work needs to be performed to expand the prototype separator into a production unit. Transportation of the whole stalk material from "eld sites to the processing facility proved to be expensive due to the low density of the material. In-"eld separation could reduce this cost by 50 per cent.

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