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Waste minimization: water use in a Kenyan milk powder factory
(1997)
Water consumption was measured in a milk processing plant which primarily produces milk powder and butter. There is no milk powder production in the dry season, when the milk is pasteurized and taken elsewhere for packaging. ...
A salt lake extremophile, Paracoccus bogoriensis sp.nov., efficiently produces xanthophyll carotenoids
(2009)
A Gram-negative obligate alkaliphilic bacterium (BOG6T) that secretes carotenoids was isolated from the outflow of Lake Bogoria hot spring located in the Kenyan Rift Valley. The bacterium is motile by means of a polar ...
Process engineering and energy conservation in Kenyan food processing industry
(1990)
Kenya relies heavily on imported energy, particularly oil, for her economic activity. There
is a need to adopt energy conservation mea8ure8 in order to improve the balance of payments situation: Implementation of these ...
Valuation practice: challenges in plant and machinery valuation in the agro-industrial sector of Kenya
(2003)
The aqro-industrial establishments in Kenya have invested heavily in plant and rnachinery as a strategy for achieving optimum productivity. Plant and machinery refers '(0 installations anel :='_I)port facilities for ...
Thermal Performance of Four Types of Water Heating Flat Plate Solar Collectors for Providing Process Heat for Milk Pasteurisation
(2012)
Thermal performance tests were carried out on four water heating flat plate solar collectors with the aim to select a suitable one to be used to provide process heat for milk pasteurisation. The collectors included three ...
Design and Performance Assessment of a Low Cost Evaporative Cooler for Storage of Camel Milk in Arid Pastoral Areas of Kenya
(2012)
A low-cost charcoal evaporative cooler was designed and tested for the storage of camel milk an arid pastoral area of northern Kenya.Thecooler,0.75m3incapacity,was made of galvanised iron frame reinforced with wire mesh ...
Fuel Oil and Electricity Consumption in a- Kenyan Milk Powder Factory
(1997)
Fuel oil and electrical energy consumption in a milk processing plant was measured daily for a whole year. The plant has a processing capacity of 150 tons of milk per day. The plant primarily produced milk powder and ...
Towards agro-industrial sustainability in Kenya through energy conservation and other technologies
(2001)
Meeting the nutritional needs of people in a .world where the 'population is increasing, the natural resource base is limited and fragile, and unsustainable production and consumption patterns are proliferating presents a ...
The Possibility of Solar Water Heating in Kenyan Food Processing Plants
(1996)
There is need to rationalise the consumption of both fuelwood and petroleum products iil Kenya. A targe quantity of hot water is used in Food processiilg plants at temperatures which can easUybe attamed by nat plate solar ...
Effect of heat moisture – treated Cassava starch and amaranth malt on the quality of sorghum – cassava- amaranth bread
(2013)
Gluten-free batter and bread was prepared from modified cassava starch, sorghum and amaranth flour. Heat-moisture treatment (80°C, 18, 24 or 30% moisture content, and 8, 16 or 24 h incubation) of cassava starch increased ...