Design, development and evaluation of twig shredder for waste management and resource utilization in apple orchards

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2024-06-30

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https://doi.org/10.58993/ijh/2024.81.2.14
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Vol. 81 No. 02 (2024): Indian Journal of Horticulture

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  • Mudasir Ali Division of Renewable Energy Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shalimar, Jammu and Kashmir 190 025, India
  • Tabasum Akhter Division of Renewable Energy Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shalimar, Jammu and Kashmir 190 025, India
  • S. Rasool Division of Renewable Energy Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shalimar, Jammu and Kashmir 190 025, India
  • S. Faisal Division of Renewable Energy Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shalimar, Jammu and Kashmir 190 025, India
  • K. Khan Division of Renewable Energy Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shalimar, Jammu and Kashmir 190 025, India
  • M. Muzamil Division of Renewable Energy Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shalimar, Jammu and Kashmir 190 025, India
  • H.A. Peerzada Division of Renewable Energy Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shalimar, Jammu and Kashmir 190 025, India

Abstract

An apple twig shredder was developed to manage waste and produce substrate for shiitake mushroom cultivation, mulch, and media for clonal propagation of apple root stocks. The machine was evaluated for power requirement, throughput capacity, shredding efficiency, and size of shredded material.  The shredder was standardized at 2880 rpm rotational speed and 15-25 mm twig diameter for which power requirement, throughput capacity, shredding efficiency and size of shredded material was obtained as 1.06 kW, 28.24 kgh­-1, 82.50 % and 0.735 mm respectively. Operational cost of machine was estimated as 70.38 INRh-1 and shredding as 2.5 INRh-1.

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Mudasir Ali, Tabasum Akhter, S. Rasool, S. Faisal, K. Khan, M. Muzamil, & H.A. Peerzada. (2024). Design, development and evaluation of twig shredder for waste management and resource utilization in apple orchards. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 81(02), 208–214. https://doi.org/10.58993/ijh/2024.81.2.14

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