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Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola

Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola was established on 20th October, 1969 with its head-quarter at Akola. This Agricultural University was named after the illustrious son of Vidarbha Dr. Panjabrao (alias Bhausaheb) Deshmukh, who was the Minister for Agriculture,Govt. of India. The jurisdiction of this university is spread over the eleven districts of Vidarbha. According to the University Act 1983 (of the Government of Maharashtra), the University is entrusted with the responsibility of agricultural education, research and extension education alongwith breeder and foundation seed programme. The University has its main campus at Akola. The instructional programmes at main campus are spread over in 5 Colleges namely, College of Agriculture, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, College of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Post Graduate Institute. At this campus 4 degree programmes namely B.Sc.(Agri.) B.Sc. (Hort.), B.Sc. (Forestry) and B.Tech. (Ag. Engg.) , two Master’s Degree Programmes viz. M.Sc.(Agri.) and M.Tech. (Agri.Engg.) and Doctoral Degree Programmes in the faculties of Agriculture and Agril. Engineering are offered. The University has its sub-campus at Nagpur with constituent College, College of Agriculture which offers B.Sc.(Agri.) and M.Sc.(Agri.) degree programmes. The Nagpur Campus is accomplished with a garden, surrounded by its natural beauty and a well established Zoo which attract the general public and visitors to the city. A separate botanic Garden is being maintained on 22 hectares with a green house for the benefit of research workers. In addition there are 2 affiliated grant-in-aid colleges and 14 private non-grant-in-aid colleges under the umbrella of this University A Central Research Station is situated at the main Campus which caters to the need of research projects undertaken by Crop Scientists of the principle crops of the region are Cotton, Sorghum, Oilseeds and Pulses.

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    DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF POWER OPERATED GROUNDNUT DECORTICATOR.
    (Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola., 2017-09-13) KOTHALKAR, VAISHALI GAJANAN.; Deshmukh, Dr. M. M
    Present work is entitled “Design, development and performance evaluation of power operated groundnut decorticator.” To design concave sieve of groundnut decorticator various physical parameters of groundnut pods and seeds were studied to design concave sieve. Overall dimensions of main frame are 1400×320×820. Electric motor, Pulley and belts are used for power transmission. The performance evaluation of power operated groundnut decorticator was evaluate at different clearances between decorticating lever and concave sieve. Broken seed were 13.96 per cent at 12 mm clearance and losses were 21.06 per cent at 7 mm clearance Decorticating efficiencies were 97.78 per cent at 12 mm clearance and 98.43 per cent at 7 mm Clearance. Cleaning efficiency was 85.71 per cent at 12 mm clearance and 78.93 per cent at 7 mm clearance. Cleaning efficiency decreases with decreasing clearance. Input capacity was 45 kg/h at 12mm clearance and 40 kg/h at 7mm clearance. Output capacity was 28.75 kg/h at 12 mm clearance and 25.44 kg/h at 7 mm clearance. Input and output capacities were decreased with clearance. Seed recovery range was 79.07 per cent at 12mm clearance and 73.29 per cent at 7 mm clearance. Seed recovery range was decreased with clearance. Capacity utilization was 63.88 per cent at 12mm clearance and 63.60 per cent at 7 mm clearance.