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1977
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For the design of warm-air conveyor driers and of ventilated bins to be used for grass seeds drying, certain parameters of the drying characteristics under varying conditions must be known. Investigations in a climatized chamber with seeds from different plant species at varying bulk height, inlet air temperature, and rate of air flow have shown the drying characteristics of a layer to be quite similar to those of a single drying crop. The curve of the drying velocity can be approximated by two branches, a first branch with constant drying velocity and a second straight-lined declining branch. The whole operation is determined by 3 parameters: initial drying velocity, equilibrium moisture content, and time constant.
Citation
Maltry, Werner, "Warm-air and forced-air ventilation drying of grass seeds" (1977). IGC Proceedings (1977-2023). 47.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1977/sess2/47)
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Warm-air and forced-air ventilation drying of grass seeds
For the design of warm-air conveyor driers and of ventilated bins to be used for grass seeds drying, certain parameters of the drying characteristics under varying conditions must be known. Investigations in a climatized chamber with seeds from different plant species at varying bulk height, inlet air temperature, and rate of air flow have shown the drying characteristics of a layer to be quite similar to those of a single drying crop. The curve of the drying velocity can be approximated by two branches, a first branch with constant drying velocity and a second straight-lined declining branch. The whole operation is determined by 3 parameters: initial drying velocity, equilibrium moisture content, and time constant.
