http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/56121 2026-10-09T12:55:09Z 2026-10-09T12:55:09Z Shrinivasa, D J Mathur, S M Khadatkar, Abhijit http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/56133 2021-02-04T07:41:47Z 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Design and Evaluation of Portable Compound Cattle Feed Pelleting Machine for Farm-level Feed Production Authors: Shrinivasa, D J; Mathur, S M; Khadatkar, Abhijit Abstract: Imbalanced nutrition, besides shortage of feed is one of the major factors responsible for low livestock productivity in conventional feeding. But, as time elapsed, there has been gradual shift from traditional pattern to compounded cattle feed (CCF), either in mash or pellet forms. The pellet form is the most preferred form of CCF among other due to its various advantages. In India, compound feeds are produced at industrial level and there is about 57% of gap between demand and supply. Any disruption in trade may cause cattle pellets expensive and unaffordable for the average dairy farmer. Feed pellet production at farm level by using locally available feed resources (which are within easy reach of the farmers and at low cost) is an alternative to the high cost feed pellet available in the market. The feed pelleting machines available in the market are expensive and individuals are unable to own them. Considering this, an attempt was made to design and develop the portable feed pelleting machine for farm level compound cattle feed pellet production. The physical properties of the feed mixture (viz. particle size, moisture content, bulk density, coefficient of friction and angle of repose) were determined and used/considered for design of feed pelleting machine wherever found necessary. The developed feed pelleting machine consists of the die plate, die shaft, pelleting chamber, press rolls, clearance adjustment mechanism, hopper, V-belt and pulley drive mechanism, electric motor and main frame. The outcome from evaluation of the pelleting machine has demonstrated a pelleting efficiency of 91.40%. The prototype feed pelleting machine produced a throughput capacity of up to 55 kg/h and pelleting capacity of 54 kg/h. Page(s): 105-114

2021-02-01T00:00:00Z Tripathy, Amita Nath, Ganeswar Sahoo, Gourishankar Paikaray, Rita http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/56132 2021-02-04T07:39:53Z 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Solvent Treatment on Cloud Point for Dewaxing in Crude Oil Industries Authors: Tripathy, Amita; Nath, Ganeswar; Sahoo, Gourishankar; Paikaray, Rita Abstract: Phase change in dewaxing of crude oil is controlled at a certain temperature where solids are dissolved in the fluid producing hazy appearance called cloud point formed by the processes of precipitation. Ultrasound techniques was applied in Indian crude oil to confirm an optimum blended chemical which changes the thermo dynamical equilibrium  with a suitable operating environment capable to decrease the cloud point temperature to improve the quality of crude oil analysis. Three solvent to crude oil ratios of 10:1, 15:1 and 20:1 within 10°C to 50°C range were ultrasonically treated with solvent blends verified experimentally as separated bright spots with black background. The dewaxing process was compared with two different diluents in a common extractant in terms of the efficiency of extraction and microscopic observation for wax appearance in crude oil. The data recorded with diluents of low carbon chain was found more suitable as compared to immediate higher carbon chain and discussed in terms of different influencing factors like oil solvent ratio, effect of temperature, settling time and influence of ultrasonic wave. Page(s): 115-121

2021-02-01T00:00:00Z Pragadeeswari, Karthika C Yamuna, G http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/56131 2021-02-04T07:37:51Z 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z

Title: An Adaptive Tracking for Moving Targets in Shadows and Poor Illuminations Authors: Pragadeeswari, Karthika C; Yamuna, G Abstract: Tracking is an interesting area of research. It has to meet several challenges in real-time. There is a more noteworthy possibility of missing the objective. Again, the target may be single or multiple. Each one is having its speed. The biggest obstacle is when the target meets the shadow of some object or itself, the intensity of the target changes severely. This results in missing the target. In this proposed paper, an adaptive algorithm using the Difference method with normalized values indexed with Vegetation parameters (NDVI) is utilized to differentiate the target from shadows followed by tracking the desired object which may be moving at different speeds by an improved optical flow algorithm. Thus, this proposed method aims to follow the object along with challenging illuminations and in the presence of shadows. This is particularly useful to follow the objects successfully on both internal and out-of-doors scenes in shadows. Examination and comparison of various videos in MAT Lab with standard data set indicate that this method yields a better tracking result with state of art methods. Page(s): 122-128

2021-02-01T00:00:00Z Naik, Anima Jena, Junali Jasmine Satapathy, Suresh Chandra http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/56130 2021-02-04T07:36:13Z 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Non-Dominated Sorting Social Group Optimization Algorithm for Multi-Objective Optimization Authors: Naik, Anima; Jena, Junali Jasmine; Satapathy, Suresh Chandra Abstract: In this paper, authors have proposed a posterior multi-objective optimization algorithm named Non-dominated Sorting Social Group Optimization (NSSGO) for multi-objective optimization. ‘Non-dominated Sorting’ is the technique of sorting the population into several non-domination levels and ‘Crowding Distance’ is a concept used for maintaining diversity among the current best solutions. The algorithm acquires the combined concept of both. The proposed algorithm was simulated on a set of multi-objective CEC 2009 functions and competitive results were obtained. Page(s): 129-136

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