Department of Farm Power and Machinery: Recent submissions

  • Evaluation of physiological cost and subjective assessment of existing coconut climbing devices 
    Hameeda Bindu Vahab; Bini Sam (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2015)
    At present there are different models of coconut climbing devices available in the market. Most of the climbing devices safety and efficiency aspects are not being studied and needs to be comparatively evaluated and ...
  • Design, Development and Testing of a Tractor Drawn Semi-Automatic Rhizome Planter for Ginger and Turmeric 
    Madhukumara, D. M; Manoj Mathew (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2017)
    Ginger (Zingiber Officinale Roscoe) and Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) are the oldest rhizome crops widely cultivated in India. These crops provide excellent opportunities in raising the income of farmers. This also provides ...
  • Investigations on energy conversion of waste coconut water through an Up-flow Anaerobic Hybrid Bioreactor 
    Dayanand Kumbar; Shaji James, P (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2016)
    Many Agro-industries discharges considerable amount of wastewater to water bodies. Anaerobic digestion of organic effluents from agro-industries has a great importance in pollution abatement as well for renewable energy ...
  • Development of seedling uprooting unit for system of rice intensification 
    Sreerag, P. M; Shivaji, K. P (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2016)
    The present study was conducted to develop a seedling uprooting machine for System of Rice Intensification (SRI). System of Rice Intensification is a method developed in Madagascar in the early 1980’s, where, it has been ...
  • Ergonomic investigations on hand arm vibration of brush cutter for the development of a vibration reducing aid 
    Aswathi, K; Suresh Kumar, P. K (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2016)
    Brush cutters are widely used in Kerala for weeding and clearing fields. While operating brush cutters, certain amount of vibration is transmitted to human body. Extended exposure to mechanical vibration can induce ...
  • Investigations on the adaptability of wireless sensor networks (WSN) based technology for harvesting crops 
    Ayisha Mangat; Shivaji, K. P (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2016)
    Harvesting has been identified as one of the critical and resource consuming operation because of several reasons especially inside polyhouse structures. Knowledge of physical properties of crops and fruits like cucumber ...
  • Development and Testing of a Power Operated Coconut Husker 
    Anu, S. Chandran; Jayan, P. R (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2012)
    A continuous power operated coconut husking machine for large scale husking of coconuts was developed, tested and its performance evaluated. The major parts are feeding chute, a husking unit, a husk separating unit and ...
  • Development and testing of tractor operated bed former for seed bed preparation in Kaipad region 
    Rajesh, A. N; Jayan, P. R (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2012)
    Paddy cultivation in Kerala is mainly done in dry and wet lands. Kuttanadu, pokkali, Kole and Kaipad lands are mainly lying below sea level and needs much attention especially during bund preparation and nursery raising ...
  • Development of a High- rate Anaerobic Bioreactor for Energy Production from Rice-mill Effluent 
    Joe Joe, L. Bovas; Shaji James, P (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2009)
    Anaerobic digestion of agricultural, industrial and municipal wastes has a great relevance in the global renewable energy scenario, since it combines waste stablisation with net fuel production. RME is a low strength, ...
  • Optimal Planning of Wind Farms Using WERA model integrated with GIS 
    Devanand, U. Gorate; Sathyajith Mathew (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2006)
    The present study brings out a systematic procedure for Optimal planning and laying out wind turbine at prospective wind farm site. The Wind Energy Resource Analysis (WERA) model was used here for the wind energy analysis ...
  • Development and testing of a domestic coconut climber 
    Jithu, P. Ajith; Prithviraj, V; Shivendra Patel; Jayan, P. R (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2019)
    Coconut climbing is difficult and drudgery involved operation. With the lack of labour available for climbing and harvesting the coconuts and the difficulties of using the available models of coconut climbers, a domestic ...
  • Development of paddy weeding attachment to mini tiller 
    Athira, P; Gayathri Gopan; Nipin Balu; Shaji James, P (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2018)
    Rice is the staple food of Kerala and is the most important food crop grown. However, the area under paddy cultivation has come down from 8.82 lakh ha in 1974-75 to 1.96 lakh ha in 2015-16. Adoption of mechanized farming ...
  • Performance evaluation of tractor operated spading machine 
    Geethu, M; Meera, T; Suma Nair (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2018)
    Spading machines are agricultural machines designed for loosening and breaking up the soil. . The machine is made up of several spade shovels that are connected to a crankshaft. Spading machines are hitched to a tractor ...
  • Design development and testing of arduino based slip-meter 
    Amsuja, V. Ajayan; Anila, P; Fousiya; Shivaji, K. P (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2018)
  • Development and evaluation of jackfruit bulb slicer 
    Haritha, J; Kavya, P. S; Soniya, P. V; Sudheer, K. P (Department of Post-Harvest Technology and Agricultural Processing, 2017)
    Traditional methods of jackfruit chips making involves four major units operations namely peeling of fruits, cutting of fruits into slices, frying and packaging. Each of these unit operations are done manually especially ...
  • Performance Evaluation of KAU Manure pulverizer 
    Amal Dev, J; Arya, K. T; Harsha, V; Jayan, P. R (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2017)
    Organic manures are good fertilizer to increase soil properties without causing any damage to plant and other related things. By knowing the importance of Jaiva krishi and the need for powdering the dried manures ,Dept. ...
  • Refinement of a combination implement for dryseeding and herbicide application in rice 
    Athira Thankachan; Indu Thulaseedharan; Shibina, K. V; Shaji James, P (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2017)
    The combination implement for dry seeding and herbicide application developed at KVK Palakkad was studied successfully. Several drawbacks of this machine were observed from the laboratory and field test results. The ...
  • Ergonomic evaluation of manual coconut dehuskers 
    Ansila, K. A; Athira Kondaram Kadavath; Sethulakshmi, K. M; Suma Nair (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2017)
    The different models of coconut husking devices presently available have not been evaluated in the context of operator discomfort and ease of operation. The KAU coconut husking tool (Keramithra) is the most popular ...
  • Development and Testing of Mini Tractor Operated Coleus Digger 
    Chinnu, S. R; Mohammed Favazil; Rachana, C; Jayan, P. R (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2018)
    Solenostemon rotundifolius, commonly known as coleus/ Chinese potato/ hausa potato is an under exploited minor tuber crop grown extensively in several parts of India. In Kerala it is widely grown in districts of Palakkad, ...
  • Development and testing of arduino based profile meter 
    Amrutha, K; Anjana, S. R; Rinju Lukose; Shivaji, K. P (Department of Farm Power and Machinery, 2017)
    Ridge and lister farming are widely used conventional cultivation practice especially for the effective utilization of available water. Ridges and furrows of different size and shapes are recommended based on the crop, ...

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