Jurnal Rekayasa Pangan dan Pertanian
Vol 3, No 1 (2015): Jurnal Rekayasa Pangan dan Pertanian

Test of Flat Burr Mill Type Pepper Grinding

Fadhlan Arief (Program Studi Keteknikan Pertanian Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Sumatera Utara)
Achwil Putra Munir (Program Studi Keteknikan Pertanian Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Sumatera Utara)
Adian Rindang (Program Studi Keteknikan Pertanian Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Sumatera Utara)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Mar 2015

Abstract

Quality of pepper in the market is depend on post harvest process, so that this stage needs a very the serious attention. As pepper had two types, the process is also different. The test of flat burr mill type pepper grinding was to know the feasebility of the  mill in white pepper procesing. This research was done in Agricultural Central Laboratorium, Agricultural Department, University of North Sumatera, Medan on October 2014. Parameters observed were effective capacity, percentage of losses seed, moisture content, and the ash content. Results of the research showed that the average effective capacity  was 185.72 gr/minute, and  the percentage of losses seed was 2.9%. The equipment was feaseable to process white pepper, the ash content average was 1.4%, and the average  moisture content was 15.9%. Keyword : Flat burr  grinding mill, white pepper.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jrpp

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Engineering

Description

Jurnal Rekayasa Pangan dan Pertanian merupakan media untuk publikasi tulisan asli berkaitan dengan teknologi pangan dan keteknikan pertanian secara luas, yang diterbitkan atas kerjasama antara Program Studi Ilmu dan Teknologi Pangan dan Program Studi Keteknikan Pertanian Fakultas Pertanian ...