Research Article
Determination of Effective Factors on Power Requirement and Conveying Capacity of a Screw Conveyor under Three Paddy Grain Varieties
Table 2
The mean comparisons of variety, screw speed, and inclination angle on power requirement and conveying capacity.
| | Varieties | Screw speed (rpm) | Inclination angle (degree) |
| | Alikazemi | 81.16 b | 600 | 46.93 d | 0 | 127.8 a | | Hashemi | 81.41 b | 800 | 81.56 c | 20 | 87.28 b | Power requirement (Watt) | Khazar | 99.29 a | 1000 | 118.0 a | 40 | 18.59 e | | | | 1200 | 102.7 b | 60 | 28.11 d | | | | | | 80 | 54.42 c |
| | Alikazemi | 1.975 c | 600 | 2.102 c | 0 | 3.581 a | | Hashemi | 2.484 b | 800 | 2.621 b | 20 | 3.532 a | Conveying capacity (t/h) | Khazar | 3.210 a | 1000 | 2.803 a | 40 | 3.062 b | | | | 1200 | 2.697 b | 60 | 1.672 c | | | | | | 80 | 0.932 d |
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