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    Design of a detachable type fish drier
    (Society of Fisheries Technologists (India), 1986) Pillai, S.A.; Prabhu, P.V.; Balachandran, K.K.
    The paper describes the design of a detachable type fish drier which has been designed to operate on commercial scale . The drier with a raw material capacity of one tonne has been designed after effecting all improvements on the design of the existing tunnel driers available in India. The cost of one drier works out to Rs. 2,16,700/- approximately.
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    Fuel efficient hearth for boiling clams
    (Society of Fisheries Technologists (India), 1987) Pillai, S.A.; Balachandran, K.K.
    a simple and fuel efficient hearth was designed for boiling clams for recovery of meat. Experiments were conducted to study the efficiency of hearth using different fuels and compared with the conventional hearths and fuel used. The new hearth prevents much of the radiation loss of heat taking place in the conventional hearths which have an open area of about 70% on the circumference. The new hearth also allows for controlled burning of fuel by controlled admission of air using a hand blower. Any type of solid fuel can be used. Paddy husk has been found to be the most efficient and cheapest fuel for use in the new hearth.
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    A small scale fish meal dryer
    (Society of Fisheries Technologists (India), 1970) Chakraborty, P.K.; Pillai, S.A.; Balachandran, K.K.
    A batch type rotary drum dryer for the production of fish meal suitable for operation in the fishing villages of India has been designed, fabricated and operated successfully . The dyer can be used for production of fish meal from whole lean fish or press-cake from fish body oil extraction plants . The time taken to reach a moisture level below 10% is 5-8 hours depending upon the type of material fed into the dryer.