Agricultural Engineering: A Practical Manual (Hardback, P. Kandaswamy)

1.Determination of Size and Shape of The Agricultural Materials2.Determination of Bulk Density of The Agricultural Materials3. Determination of Tapped Bulk Density and Flowability of The Food Powder4. Determination of Porosity of The Biological Materials5. Determination of Specific Gravity of The Agricultural Materials by Pycnometer Method6.Determination of Volume of The Agricultural Materials7. Determination of Water Solubility and Absorption Index of The Food Materials 8. Determination of Angle of Repose of Biological Materials9.Determination of Thermal Conductivity of the Agricultural Materials by Probe Method10.Determination of Specific Heat of The Agricultural Materials by Differential Scanning Calorimetry Method11.Estimation of Calorific Value of the Agricultural Materials by Bomb Clorimeter12.Determination of Texture Profile of The Different Food Materials13.Determination of Moisture Content of Food Materials By Hot-air Oven Method14. Determination of Moisture Content of Food Grains By Digital Moisture Meter15.Determination of Moisture Content of Biological Materials by Distillation Method16.Numerical Problems on Grain Moisture Content and Equilibrium Moisture Content17.Determination of Drying Rate of Agricultural Products18.Study of Drying Characteristics of Grains and Evolution of Lab Model Thin Layer Dryer19.Study of Drying Characteristics of The Grains by Fluidized Bed Drying20.Study on Performance Evaluation of Seed Cleaner Cum Grader21.Performance Evaluation of Inclined Belt Separator22.Performance Evaluation of Specific Gravity Separator23.Performance Evaluation of Spiral Separator24.Performance Evaluation of Groundnut Decorticator25.Performance Evaluation of The Maize Sheller26.Performance Evaluation of Paddy Parboiling Unit27.Study of Shelling Efficiency of The Rubber Roll Paddy Dehusker28.Design of Bag Storage System29.Design of Shallow and Deep Bins30. Design of Screw Conveying System31.Design of Bucket Elevator32.Design of Belt Conveying System33.Determination of Conveying Efficiency of Screw Conveyor34. Determination of Conveying Efficiency of Bucket Elevator35.Cost of Operation of Processing Machineries36. Study of Greenhouse Construction: Free Standing Gable and Quonset Type Greenhouses37. Design of Greenhouse Heating System38. Design of Greenhouse Cooling System39 Study of Chain Survey Tools and Equipment40. Measurement of Horizontal Distance Using Metric Chain41. Determination of Area of The Field by Triangulation Method of Chain Survey42. Determination of Area of The Given Field by Cross-Staff Survey43. Computation of Area of Irregular Shape of The Field44. Studies on Prismatic Compass and Angular Measurement45.Determination of Area of The Open Field by Radiation Method of Compass Survey46.Determination of Area of Given Field and Included Angle of the Closed Polygon by Compass Survey47Determination of Area of The Field by Radiation Method of Plane Table Survey48.Determination of Area of The Field by Intersection Method of Plane Table Survey49. Determination of Area of The Field by Traversing Method of Plane Table Survey50. Studies on Leveling Instruments and Simple Leveling51 Determination of The Elevation of Different Points With Dumpy Level52. Profile Levelling Determination of Reduced Levels and Plotting of the Road Profile53.Preparation of Contour Map by Direct Method54. Determination of Contours by Grid Method55. Determination of Contours by Cross-Section Method56.Determination of Contours by Radial Lines Method57.Measurement of Irrigation Water by Volumetric Method58. Measurement of Irrigation Water by Area-velocity Method59.Measurement of Irrigation Water by Using Weirs60.Measurement of Irrigation Water by Using Orifice61Measurement of Irrigation Water by Parshall Flume62.Measurement of Irrigation Water Flowing Through A Pipe by Venturimeter63 Design of Grassed Water Ways or Open Channel64.Design of Contour Bunding System65. Design of Graded Bunds66.Design of Bench Terracing System67.Estimation of Soil Loss by Universal Soil Loss Equation