Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference (한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집)

Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery (한국농업기계학회)
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The Theory for Predicting the Moisture Distribution of Stored Grains

  • Murata, Satoshi (Agricultural Process Engineering Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University) ;
  • Kawao, Toshio (Agricultural Process Engineering Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University) ;
  • Nakano, Kohei (Agricultural Process Engineering Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University) ;
  • Kida, Tamaki (Agricultural Process Engineering Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University)
  • Published : 1993.10.01
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Abstract

High moisture content of barley seeds, which were carried to the laboratory within 10 minutes after harvest, were stored in air tight bottle at constant temperature, and the individual moisture contents the grains were measured at predecided tim intervals. The theory of predicting the moisture movement between two kinds of different moisture content grains was tried to apply to the prediction of the moisture distribution and tried to apply to the prediction of the moisture distribution and the comparison of the predicted values with the observed dta showed the good suitability of the theory. The shape of the moisture distribution predicted form the theory were similar to the observed ones for the temperature range of 10 to $50^{\circ}C$. This study will be useful in designing the mix-storage facility or dryer.

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