AKINOLA, AKINYEMI ADEDEJI and Covenant University, Theses (2021) DEVELOPMENT OF A PLANTAIN DOUGH MACHINE FOR THE PREPARATION OF FRESH PLANTAIN PULPS. Masters thesis, COVENANT UNIVERSITY.
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Abstract
Plantain (Musa Paradisiaca) is one of the major staples which is largely cultivated and consumed in tropics and subtropics with Nigeria as one of the major producers in the world. Plantain dough is a meal common in the southern part of Nigeria with known pharmacological benefits which serve as antihypertensive, hypoglycaemic, anti-cholesterol, antioxidant, anti-allergic, and lots more as a result of its nutrients. Annual production of plantain suffers a great loss of over 50% to post-harvest resulting from the inefficient storage facility, lack of proper handling methods and materials, and also inadequate preparation machine. A plantain dough machine was designed and fabricated using locally sourced materials in other to facilitate the preparation of fresh plantain pulps. The machine consists of; Shaft, pulleys, an auger, an electric motor, and a framework to support it. The fabrication was successful using the GTAW welding process. The performance evaluation of the developed machine was carried out, three (3) trials of each processed number of plantain fingers were experimented to investigate variation in processing time. Results obtained were analyzed to determine the mean processing time and the standard error, the coefficient of determination, R2, obtained is 0.999 to indicate a good fit of the quadratic trend line and the standard error for each of the experimental treatments did not exceed 9.5, which is indicative of a natural variation occurrence during experimentation. The processing time for ten plantain pulps was less than twenty minutes indicative of a very adaptable time for the preparation of a dough meal. Mass production of the plantain dough machine will facilitate the preparation and also enhance the consumption of plantain dough which has more health benefits and hence reducing the annual loss of plantain. The plantain dough machine will help the fast food and eateries as production time is minimal.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Hannah Akinwumi |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jan 2022 14:06 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2022 14:06 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/15574 |
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