Abstract
Shelled corn was dried in layers of 5.1 cm (2 in.) 10.2 cm (4 in.), and 15.2 cm (6 in.) using air heated with the exhaust from a corn-cob fueled gasification-combustion updraft furnace. The drying air entering and leaving the grain layers was sampled for particulate content to determine the percentage of total particulates trapped by the grain during drying. It was determined that an average of 25% of the total particulates in the drying air were retained by the grain. The large majority of those particulates retained were found in the bottom 5.1 cm (2 in.) of the grain layer.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1984
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.33002
Funding Information
Research presented was funded in part by a grant from USDA-ARS.
Related Content
This paper is published with the approval of the Director of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station and designated Paper No. 83-2-106.
Repository Citation
Sizemore, S. W.; Loewer, Otto J.; Taraba, Joseph L.; Ross, I. J.; and White, G. M., "Retention of Gasification-Combustion Products by Corn" (1984). Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications. 153.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/bae_facpub/153
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Notes/Citation Information
Published in Transactions of the ASAE, v. 27, issue 5, p. 1546-1548.
© 1984 American Society of Agricultural Engineers
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