Effect of Moisture Content on Physical Properties of Elettaria cardamomum Shreelavaniya R.*, Kamaraj S., Mahendiran R. Department of Bioenergy, Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu, India *Email: energyengineershree@gmail.com
Online published on 23 December, 2016. Abstract The paper presents the physical properties of freshly harvested and dried small cardamom capsules. The physical properties of small cardamom capsules in the moisture range of 8.65–81.3% (w.b.) were determined. The length, breadth, thickness, sphericity, thousand capsule mass, porosity, true density and angle of repose were investigated and was found to increase with increase in moisture content were as bulk density and hardness decreased with the increase of moisture content. The highest static coefficient of friction was observed on mild steel surface, followed by aluminium sheet, galvanized iron sheet and stainless steel sheet. The physical properties of small cardamom capsules were expressed in the form of regression equations as a moisture content function. Top Keywords Elettaria cardamomum, Physical properties, Moisture content, Bulk density. Top |