Modification of NIFFR multipurpose smoking kiln with insulation

A study was conducted on the old NIFFR smoking kiln in order to improve on it. The parameters used to determine the smoking efficiency include the loss in weight of the fish samples, temperature and the time taken to properly smoke the fish using fire wood as smoking fuel. The smoking kiln was tested by smoking three different species of fish: Clarias gariepinus, Oreochromies niloticus, Synodontis membranecious over a period of two hours. The modified smoking kiln was discovered to perform faster. Its advantage over the already existing one is that it is faster in smoking fish to a regular golden brown colour. The temperature of the heat supplied was quite higher about 100~'C to 120~'C than the commonly used drum oven. The smoking kiln has the average oroduction cost of No.90,000.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Babanna, A.A., Abdulrahman, Y.
Format:	conference_item biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	FISON 2013
Subjects:	Fisheries, Nigeria, Fish, Wire mesh tray, Mild steel, Chimnet, Damper plate, freshwater environment, automation,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/39088
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