Role of artificial intelligence in the processing of Paddy (Oryza sativa)

Artificial intelligence (AI) aims to increase production, guarantee safety, and boost overall food processing operations efficiency. AI technologies are becoming more useful for automating post-harvest procedures and decreasing food loss in the food processing sector. Keeping these facts in mind, a system was developed to reduce the broken percent from the processing of paddy (Oryza sativa) that is called Ohmic - heating system. In that system temperature sensor and SS electrodes, multi- function meter was used to take reading of temperature, frequency and voltage for uniform heating. Experiments were carried out for paddy variety MTU 1010 with parboiled and raw paddy samples and observations were taken at various voltage - gradients of 24.44, 25, 25.56, 26.11 and 26.67 V/cm in the heating chamber of ohmic system. The milling qualities of paddy obtained by milling of parboiled and raw paddy, the highest head yield of 88.09% and lowest broken yield of 11.90 % at 26.67 V/cm for parboiled samples. Whereas, the raw sample had a head yield of 61.50 and broken of 38.56%. The study concluded that the use of an ohmic-heating system improved the quality of milled paddy that was parboiled. Additionally, it eliminated the need for an entire boiler unit, which reduced the processing cost of parboiled paddy and made the parboiling unit safer and easier to work with.