The effect of moisture content of some rice varieties on husking efficiency

الملخص EN

The effect of moisture content at three different level of 9-11%,11-13% , and 13-15% on rice husk quality cultivar jasmine (JA), Mishkhab 31(M31) , and Amber (AM) using a husking machine with rubber rolls (Satake rubber roll – THU-35A type).

The experiment was carried out three replication in factorial experiment under Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications .

The results showed that the JA cultivar is significantly better than MC31 and AM cultivars in all studied parameters , they achieved production process 1.572t\h , 1.502 t\h and 1.414 t\h , power consumption 15.103kw,15.791kw and 16.015kw, milling recovery 64.478% , 64.016% , and 63.634% , husking efficiency 81.702% , 80.824, and 80.041% , brown rice 78.440% , 77.846% , and 77.201% , and the full rice percentage 64.793% , 62.523% , and 59.779% respectively .

The moisture content of grain at range of 9-11% was significantly superior to other ranges of 11-13% and 13-15% in all studied condition