| Author | Utai Srimhai |
| Call Number | AIT SSPR no. AE-81-07 |
| Subject(s) | Rice--Milling
|
| Note | A special study submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources & Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The principal aim of this study was to find the means of estimating raw incoming paddy to a rice mill irrespective of the quality of treatments received prior to arriving. Paddy samples were collected from 30 rice mills
in Saraburi and Pathumt'ani area. A commercial test mill in Saraburi was selected to compare the laboratory results with the actual mill situation.
Physical and mechanical properties consisting of moisture content, bulk density, impact strength index, and rupture force of all paddy samples collected were analyzed. The results showed that the head rice yield or related quantity of inflowing paddy into the milling units could be estimated based on the laboratory milling tests. Among the physical and mechanical properties determined the impact strength index was found to give the most significant relationship with relative head yield of paddy collected from the test mill, whereas statistically
insignificant relationship existed between the head yield and the afore men
tioned physical and mechanical properties of paddy samples collected from
other mills. In addition, the results of this study showed that attempts to
relate the raw paddy quality and the milling should be made for selected
single mill units due to the variations in the paddy variety, drying, storing
and handling practices. |
| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Special Study Project Report (SSPR) |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
| Department | Department of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Former title: Department of Food Agriculture, and BioResources (DFAB)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Jindal, Vinod Kumar
; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Singh, Gajendra ;Koike, Masayuki
; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of Australia ; |
| Degree | Special Studies Project Report (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1981 |