Performance study of a Jatropha curcas l. fruit shelling machine for kernel recovery in biodiesel production

• Main Authors: Shamsuddin, Rosnah, Baharudin, B. T. Hang Tuah, Yunus, Robiah, Lim, B. Y.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/45817/1/JATROPHA.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/45817/; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283556205_Performance_Study_of_a_Jatropha_Curcas_L_Fruit_Shelling_Machine_for_Kernel_Recovery_in_Biodiesel_Production/link/56dbad4408aee73df6d2bc3f/download

The presence of Jatropha shells and husks during the process of oil extraction can affect oil yield and output quality. A shelling machine has been developed at the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) to supersede the time-consuming manual method to remove shells and husks directly from the whole fruits...