Study of Using Cassava Pulp to Produce Livestock Feed Pellet

Tuan Anh Bui, Van Hung Pham, Bich Huy Nguyen, Thanh Phong Nguyen, Duc Khuyen Nguyen, Van Cong Chinh Nguyen

Abstract


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.

Keywords


Cassava pulp; cassava starch; pressing screw; mixing machine; livestock feed

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18517/ijaseit.8.1.3759

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