Cotton Ginning Laboratory(Stoneville, MS) : Research Areas

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Research Areas

1 - Storing, Drying and Cleaning Seed Cotton
2 - Separating Lint from Seed
3 - Cleaning Lint
4 - Packaging Lint
5 - Controlling the Ginning Process
6 - Collecting and Utilizing Gin Byproducts
7 - Reducing Air and Noise Pollution Incident to Ginning

Collecting and Utilizing Gin Byproducts

Evaluation of the cleaning requirements for lint cleaner waste.
Comparison of waste and fiber loss using a Shirley Analyzer and Shirley Trash Separator.
Potential for oil absorption of gin by-products.
Mass-flow measurements of cotton during ginning.
Compact optical device for measuring mass flow of materials in pneumatic flow.
Impact of extracting gin waste under high temperature and pressure to mitigate pesticides, aflatoxins and gossypol.
Proper methods to compost gin byproducts.

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