Browsing by Author "Sunil Gulati"

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    Design and development of small scale palm oil extraction unit
    (Central Plantation Crops Research Institute Kasaragod - 671 124,Kerala, 1997-03) Bosco, S.J.D.; Madhavan, K.; Sunil Gulati; Sebastian George, A.; Singh, T.V.
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    Design of an electrical dryer for plantation crops
    (1999) Madhavan, K.; Sunil Gulati; Patil, R.T.; Sebastian George, A.
    Sun drying of plantation crops becomes impossible during rainy season and so artificial drying has to be resorted to. The electrical dryer developed by CPCRI is an indirect type dryer suitable for all seasons to dry coconut, cardamom and pepper. It is tray type dryer with mixed flow and forced hot air circulation. Heating unit consits of 6 numbers of 1K W strip heaters and hot air blower with 0.5 HP motor. Themostatic / electronic temperature control is provided to set the maximum drying temperature to suit the requirement of different crops. This dryer can be used to dry 1000 coconuts / batch in 32 hours and 75 kg of cardamom (wet) in 25 hours. The cost of drying per kilogram of copra and cardamom is calculated to be Rs 1.83 and Rs 1.96 respectively.
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    Recent Developments in the Harvest and Post-Harvest Technology of Coconut
    (1988) Madhavan, K.; Bosco, S.J.D.; Sunil Gulati
    The harvest and post-harvest practices, in general, determine the quality of the end product. Husking, drying and oil extraction are the major post-harvest operations in the dry processing of coconut. Wet processing, though costly, can be adopted for the preparation of a variety of food items like spray dried coconut milk, white soluble protein powder etc. The CPCRI machineries/devices like coconut dehusker, dryers and copra moisture meter are much useful to farmers and copra processors. The multipurpose dryer using agricultural waste as fuel developed by CPCRI has made possible to dry coconuts economically during rainy season also. The CPCRI copra moisture meter can estimate the moisture content from 40 per cent to 5 per cent so that the moisture content at different stages of drying can be found out. The technology developed by RRL, Trivandrum for bottling and preservation of coconut water and for preparation of partially defatted coconut gratings is another step in coconut processing. Commercial utilization of coconut shell in building construction as a primary structural material or as a filler material and coconut pith in the manufacture of hard boards, insulators, etc. could convert these waste materials into useful products.