DOI : https://doi.org/10.18517/ijaseit.8.1.3759

Study of Using Cassava Pulp to Produce Livestock Feed Pellet

Tuan Anh Bui (1), Van Hung Pham (2), Bich Huy Nguyen (3), Thanh Phong Nguyen (4), Duc Khuyen Nguyen (5), Van Cong Chinh Nguyen (6)
(1) School of Mechanical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, No.1 Dai Co Viet Rd., Hanoi
(2) School of Mechanical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, No.1 Dai Co Viet Rd., Hanoi
(3) Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Nong Lam University Hochiminh city, Viet Nam
(4) Nong Lam University Hochiminh city, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Hochiminh city, Vietnam
(5) Nong Lam University Hochiminh city, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Hochiminh city, Vietnam
(6) Nong Lam University Hochiminh city, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Hochiminh city, Vietnam
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Bui, Tuan Anh, et al. “Study of Using Cassava Pulp to Produce Livestock Feed Pellet”. International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology, vol. 8, no. 1, Feb. 2018, pp. 242-9, doi:10.18517/ijaseit.8.1.3759.
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In Vietnam, the cassava production capacity is about 10 million tons annually. Indeed, it eliminates approximate 4 million tons of cassava pulp from the cassava starch factories. This amount of cassava is usually dried to feed cattle or fertilizer. However, drying of cassava pulp has its disadvantages such as air pollution, difficult storage and transportation. This study has proposed and successfully tested a line of equipment used to produce pellets from the utilization of fresh cassava pulp bringing from cassava starch processing plants. The processing includes a mixing of fresh cassava pulp with dried cassava starch, pressing and drying of pellets. The experiment results show that when the mixing ratio between cassava starch and cassava residue is 1:10 - 1:5, the cassava pulp pellets after drying achieved the required technical specifications. Hence, it has high volume density, the dried specific weight of the pellets is about 700 kg / m3, the breaking strength of the pellets is greater than 2 kG, the tanning time of the pellets is greater than 116 minutes in water, the moisture content of the pellets is remained in 13% after drying in 5-5.5 hours.

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