Government of Bengal Industries Department Bulletin No. 33 Rice Milling Industry

Ee4410411ER..6 6. Power drive for parboiled ricer—For the production of parboiled rice it is necessary to boil the paddy before milling and so a certain amount of steam is indispensable and it will be economical to use steam power to drive the mill especially in a place where there is no public electric supply such as obtained in most of the mufassal towns. [...] working at its full load a sufficient quantity of husk is not available and an economy of this nature will be an asset to the colleen because the deficiency in the output of the husk will be compensated for by a saving in the amount of coal burnt. [...] One of the most economical and efficient ways of working mills of this type is by the installation of modern suction gas plant for power drive and the justification of au installation of this kind will be quite apparent from the following facts:— Firstly the exhaust of a gas engine worked by a suction gas plant is similar to that of an oil engine and there is therefore no smoke nuisance which i [...] of paddy drying floor is calculated on an average of one bigha of cemented floor for 300 maunds of paddy per day of 24 hours. [...] An Investigatioli into the Shortening of the Period of Steeping Coir Husks by boiling in Water and th%Possibility of the Utilization of Extract in gl nning by Dr.