Eric Amoah Asante

Area of specialization

Design, fabrication and evaluation of agricultural machines

Research work

1. Design, Development and Evaluation of Frost Protection Wind Machine
2. Design, Development and Evaluation of a Cowpea Threshing Machine
3. Impact force assessment based on the rotor peg geometry for pod grain thresher.
4. Design, Development and Testing of Semi-Automated Gate (security gate) for Koforidua Technical University.
5. Design, Development and Evaluation of a Rainfall Simulator.
6. Cone index, Bulk density and moisture content relationship for some Ghanaian soils.
7. Design of photovoltaic system for the School of Engineering and Administration Block, Koforidua Technical University

Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Samuel Appah, Mingxiong Ou, Weidong Jia, Eric Amoah Asante and Wanting Yang. (2020). Assessing Nozzle Geometry, Spacing and Height Effect on Pesticide Spray Characteristics and Swath from Ground and Aerial Sprayers, European Scientific Journal, 16(30): 103 – 120. DOI: 10.19044/esj.2020.v16n30p103.

2. Asante E. A., Du Z., Lu Y. Z. and Hu Y. G. (2020). Detection and Assessment of Nitrogen Effect on Cold Tolerance for Tea by Hyperspectral Reflectance with PLSR, PCR, and LM Models, Information Processing in Agriculture, 1 – 18. doi: 10.1016/j.inpa.2020.03.001

3. Appah S., Jia W., Ou M., Wang P. and Asante E. A. (2020). Analysis of potential impaction and phytotoxicity of surfactant-plant surface interaction in pesticide application, Crop Protection, 127: 1 – 8. doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2019.104961

4. Amuaku R., Huabing W., Asante E. A., and Buckman A. (2019). Effects of Microcavity Local Resonators on the Bandgap Characteristics of a Two-Dimensional Phononic Crystal Structure, Advances in Applied Sciences, 4(5): 97–103. doi: 10.11648/j.aas.20190405.11.

5. Amuaku R., Asante E. A., Ampaw E. and Gyamfi G. B. (2019) Effects of Chamber Perforations, Inlet and Outlet Pipe Diameter Variations on Transmission Loss Characteristics of a Muffler Using Comsol Multiphysics, Advances in Applied Sciences, 4(6): 104-109. doi: 10.11648/j.aas.20190406.11.

6. Ashraf Mahmood, Yongguang Hu, Josef Tanny, Eric Amoah Asante. Effects of shading and insect-proof screens on crop microclimate and production: A review of recent advancement, Scientia Horticulturae, 2018; 241: 241–251. Doi: 10.1016/j.scienta. 2018.06.078. SCI-Web of Science

7. Yongguang Hu, Eric Amoah Asante, Yongzong Lu, Ashraf Mahmood, Noman Ali Buttar, Shouqi Yuan. A Review of Air Disturbance Technology for Plants Frost Protection, International Journal of Agriculture and Biological Engineering, May, 2018; 11(3): 21–28. Doi: 10.25165/j.ijabe.20181103.3172. SCI-Web of Science

8. Eric Amoah Asante, Yongguang Hu, Randy Amuaku, Samuel Appah, Yongzhong Lu. Effect of Open Air Drying Duration on Seed Moisture and the Threshing Quality of Cowpea, Journal of Advances in Agriculture, March, 2017; 7(1): 1002–1008. Doi: 10.24297jaa.v7i1.5923. Int. Journal

9. Eric Amoah Asante, Wilson Kallai, John Bonney, Randy Amuaku. Performance Evaluation of a Cowpea Thresher at Various Moisture Content. International Journal of Technology and Management Research, 2(2): 32–37, June, 2017. ISSN 2026-6480. Available at: <https://journal.ktu.edu.gh/index.php/ijtmr/article/view/86>. Int. Journal  

10. Yongzong Lu, Yongguang Hu, Eric Amoah Asante, Francis Kumi, Pingping Li. Design of capacitance measurement module for determining critical cold temperature of tea leaves. Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, November, 2016; 11: 26–32. Doi: 10.1016/j.sbsr.2016.09.005. Int. Journal

11. Hu Yongguang, Liu Ping, Asante Eric Amoah, Wu Wenye, Li Pingping. Control System of a Performance Test-bed for Frost Protection Wind Machines. International Journal of Agriculture and Biological Engineering, November, 2016; 9(6): 36–43. DOI: 10.3965/j.ijabe.20160906.1664. SCI-Web of Science

12. Hu Yongguang, Zhao Chen, Liu Pengfei, Asante Eric Amoah, Li Pingping. Sprinkler irrigation system for tea frost protection and the application effect, International Journal of Agriculture and Biological Engineering, September, 2016; 9(5): 17–23. DOI: 10.3965/j.ijabe.20160905.1315. SCI-Web of Science

13. Wu Wenye, Hu Yongguang, Lu Haiyan, Asante Eric Amoah, Liu Shengzhong. Airfoil optimization design for frost protection wind machines using Profili software, International Agricultural Engineering Journal, September 2015; 24(3): 43-51. ISSN: 08582114. EI

Conference Papers

1. Zhe Du, Yongzon Lu, Eric Amoah Asante, Jiangang Li, Yongguang Hu, Design and Experiment of Tea Leaf Classifier, ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29-August 1, 2018, 1-7. Doi: https://doi.org/10.13031/aim.201800191. EI

PATENT 

 Tian Jintao, Hu Yongguang, Eric Amoah Asante, Frost Chamber for laboratory frost development on tea plants, November, 2015. In Chinese.