EVALUATION OF OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF Moringa oleifera SEEDS AIMING ITS MECHANICAL MANIPULATION

• Grant number: 13/11652-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: March 01, 2014
• End date: January 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agricultural Engineering - Agricultural Machinery and Implements
• Principal Investigator: Inácio Maria Dal Fabbro
• Grantee: Gabriela Kurokawa e Silva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola (FEAGRI). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

New technologies and tools have being developed from the needs arising during process that requires power, precision and/or replication, everything to simplify as well as to facilitate those operations.During the development of alternative process for water treatment based on the application of Moringa oleifera seeds, it has been observed the need of developing a new method that simplifies the seeds processing for further application as natural coagulant. This way the introduction and application of the proposed alternative treatment would be considerably simplified.The aim of this research work is identified as to develop equipment to process the moringa seeds since the pods stage to the final powder product, passing through seed removal and seeds shelling.Initially, a detailed study of pods and seeds optical as well as mechanical properties will be carried out, aiming to survey basic parameters to develop the proposed processing equipment. In parallel, it will be also carried a research on shelling mechanisms as disclosed by the pertinent literature, aiming to select operating mechanisms suitable to this project. Finally it will be developed the equipment project by means of software simulations and further construction of a prototype for real tests.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

KUROKAWA E SILVA, GABRIELA; AGUIAR, ROSA HELENA; DE OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL AUGUSTUS; DAL FABBRO, INACIO MARIA. Indirect determination of moisture using biospeckle technique. REVISTA CIENCIA AGRONOMICA, v. 51, n. 1, 2020. (13/11652-9)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SILVA, Gabriela Kurokawa e. Assessment of mechanical and optical properties of the Moringa oleifera seed with the objective of developing a peeling machine. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola Campinas, SP.