Determination of voidage of palm nuts in a vessel

Inaccurate estimation of nuts volume in a hopper may likely influence the design some components palm nut processing system such as shaft, rotor, electric motor power, supporting rods, etc. In an effort to address this challenge voids/ spaces were considered inherent when stored vessel. study, 5 kg dried and ready crack mixed varieties grouped based on their minor diameter (d_1) small size: d_1 < 13.00 mm; medium ≤ 17.00 mm large ≥ for each size range, randomly selected range placed into different 100 ml beaker. Toluene was poured beaker until at top tipped covered. The toluene (V_toluene) used filling tip quantified void / space unoccupied by nuts. experiment repeated using 150, 200, 250 300 respectively. Each carried out duplicate mean standard deviation computed. Result showed that voidage vessel 45 ± 4%. This designates actual occupied would be 55% its container’s volume. Hence, could storage facilities silo, bin,