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Effect of moisture content on physical properties of animal feed pellets from pineapple plant waste


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Zainuddin, Muhammad Fakhri and Shamsuddin, Rosnah and Mokhtar, Mohd Noriznan and Ismail, Dahlan (2014) Effect of moisture content on physical properties of animal feed pellets from pineapple plant waste. Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia, 2. 224-230 . ISSN 2210-7843

Abstract

Presently, pineapple residues are recycled through open burning before replanting, thus contributed to the air pollution. One of the possible ways to manage pineapple residues is by converting them into animal feed by densification process. Densification of biomass into pellet can increase bulk density, improve storability, reduce transportation costs, and enables easier handling with proper storage equipment. The range of pellet's friability, bulk density, true density and porosity are between 0.85 - 1.22%, 303.31 - 345.24 kg m-3, 1502.65 - 1520.35 kg m-3 and 77.022 - 80.05%, respectively. Thus, from the analysis, the best condition to produce pellets from pineapple plant waste, was at 35% of moisture level.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Engineering
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aaspro.2014.11.032
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Agro-waste; Densification; Extrusion; Moisture content; Pellets; Pineapple plant waste
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 01 Dec 2015 06:25
Last Modified: 01 Dec 2015 06:25
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37277
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