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Survey on the Use of Energy in Ovens for Baking Bread in North Central Nigeria

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Bread is a staple food prepared from flour and water, usually by baking. In Africa, bread is the most consumed food, but are not mostly baked according to standards. This investigation was aimed at finding out the use of different sources of energy, temperature, and time of baking in bakeries and to determine suitable empirical parameters for the construction of dual powered automated oven for baking bread. Some major bread consuming local governments were selected in the states of Benue and Nasarawa. Gboko, Otukpo and Makurdi were the local governments selected in Benue state where 10 questionnaires were administered in each local government by direct delivery. Lafia, Akwanga and Keffi local governments’ areas were selected in Nasarawa State where 10 questionnaires were also served. they were retrieved after being filled by respective respondents and the data collected were analyzed using simple descriptive statistics of frequency, percentages and ANOVA. The mean temperature was estimated to be 179.38±19.90°C in Benue state and 153.13±19.90°C in Nasarawa State. The mean time of baking was found to be 29.06±19.90min in Benue state and 27.50±1.12min in Nasarawa state. The temperature and time in both states are not significantly different at (p<0.05). The energy sources in percentage in Benue state were estimated to be 70%, 3%, 7%, 17%, 3% and 0% for wood/charcoal, gas, electricity, electricity versus gas (separated), and dual powered of electricity and gas respectively. In Nasarawa state, the sources of energy were found to be 47%, 30%, 3%, 13%, 7% and 0% for wood/charcoal, gas, electricity, electricity versus gas (separated), charcoal versus gas (separated) and dual powered of electricity and gas respectively. The mean cost of energy consumption in both states were estimated to be N8218.75±720.16and N4625.00 ±720in Benue and Nasarawa state and the cost of energy consumption are significantly different at (P<0.05) respectively. The results show that no bakery in both states uses dual automated oven for baking bread. A mean temperature of 166.26±19.90°C and mean time of 28.28±1.12minutes was established for North-Central Nigeria and could stand as a standard for the construction of dual automated oven for baking bread.

DOI 10.11648/j.ijepe.20211003.11
Published in International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering (Volume 10, Issue 3, May 2021)
Page(s) 50-56
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Survey, Baking Bread, Energy Sources, Temperature and Time, Oven, North-Central

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  • Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria

  • Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria

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