This research objective was to design the ginger candy compression machine and determine the efficiency and capacity for saving time and labor in pressing ginger candy for community enterprise groups Pim Malaherb Chiang Rai Province. Ginger candy compression machine consists of the main structure namely the extruder and power transmission systems. The machine was designed with two horsepower motors or 1.5 kilowatts to drive the shaft and to rotate the screw through the flange. This study installs the inverter to control the motor speed at 1000±10 1200±10 and 1400±10 rpm. The extrusion die had an average diameter of 9.7 millimeters. The results found that the motors speed that was suitable for compression was a Rotational speed of 1400±10 rpm. When the speed increased the efficiency and the working rate increased too. The amount of ginger stirred was used at 300 500 600 900 1000 1500 2000 and 3000 grams. The maximum efficiency was 90.85 percent. The efficiency increased with the amount of ginger stirred. The ginger candy compression machines engineering economic analysis results found that the machines operating cost was 18063.6 baht per year. When considering the machines operation at 792 hours per year the payback period was 6 months and 11 days.

In this study 14 bacterial strains isolated from gastrointestinal tract of black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) was investigated for their probiotic potential. The results showed that 6 strains namely S1 S3 S6 S7 T4 and T5 were able to degrade 3 nutrient substances including protein starch and lipid among which S3 S7 and S2 were the best tested nutrient-degrading bacteria respectively. Six bacterial strains were unable to lyse red blood cells including S2 S3 T0 T1 T2 and T3. S2 strain showed the strongest antibacterial activity against shrimp pathogenic Vibrio harveyi following an agar overlay technique. Based on environmental tolerance tests S2 and T0 strains grew well under wide ranges of environmental conditions e.g. sodium chloride concentration (0-8%) pH (6-10) and temperature (25-37C). As a consequence S2 strain had the most probiotic potential for shrimp culture owing to no hemolysis of red blood cells inhibition of V. harveyi growth protein and lipid degrading ability and high environmental tolerance for shrimp cultivation. The strain was identified as Micrococcus sp. S2. However additional study focused on immune response nutrient digestibility and growth promotion of the strain should be further performed in marine shrimp.

The objective of this study is to improve the efficiency in manufacturing process of Arabian-style ventilation bricks with a new production method that uses a machine. The study focuses on all steps of productions in order to increase productivity. After the experiment the study shows that the improvement of ventilation brick manufacturing includes the increase in production volume from 20 pieces per day to 50 pieces per day representing an increase of 76.19 percent; and the decrease in production cycle time originally from 1401 minutes per piece to 97 minutes per piece representing a decrease of 93.07 percent respectively.

The objective of this research was to study the influence of drying air velocity characteristics on paddy drying. The pneumatic dryer prototype was used in this study. Test drying 15 kg of Hom Pathum paddy at 22 – 25% initial wet basis moisture content was tested drying under the drying air temperature 80OC until its moisture is 14% wet basis with the two drying air velocity characteristics. The first characteristic of drying air velocity is constant at 12.80 m/s and another is reduced velocity every 15 minutes throughout the test process from 12.80 - 8.44 m/s. Drying in a vertical tube with a diameter of 3.81 cm and height 1 m for study the drying behavior drying rate (DR) specific energy consumption (SEC) and thermal efficiency of drying. The results showed that drying with constant air velocity gives a shorter time higher drying rate lower primary SEC consumption and higher thermal efficiency than drying with reducing air velocity.

This research analyzes the parameters affecting the penetrating resistance of shells on the armor surface by the finite element method. In this study the results were compared with real bulletproof armor firing tests and finite element simulations. modeling of bulletproof armor using Solid Works program. Creating and simulating armor firing pattern using ANSYS Explicit Dynamic program. damage test is based on National Institute of Justice level 3 standards with material of the ammunition is 7.62 mm tungsten carbide (WC) and speed 847 + 9.1m/s. there are two types of bulletproof armor used in this simulation 1. SKD11 2. Aluminum AL7075. The simulations is into 1 category Simulation of stacked armor plates. The sizes of the armor plates are 6 8 and 10 mm and the angles of firing of bulletproof armor are 0 30 and 45 degrees. result of this simulation armor thickness and firing angle are factors of penetration resistance. when the angle of the projectile is tilted it will cause the projectile to deflect reducing the frictional contact from the impact.