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Tender coconut breaker and instant cooler

Details: The innovator has developed a machine that breaks a tender coconut, draws out its water and cools it instantaneously. The cutter has been customized for cracking the coconut. The coconut water passes the cooler through the collecting tray and passing through ice covered pipes gets cooled to about 14-15 degree C. At its maximum capacity, the machine can cool about 400 glasses (200 ml) of coconut water.

Innovator: Vinod Mahadeviah, Bangalore, Karnataka

State: Bangalore, Karnataka

Funding agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India

Implementing institute: National Innovation Foundation India (NIF), info.nif@nifindia.org

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