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Contra‐flow drying of beds of wheat
Author(s) -
O'Callaghan J. R.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740071106
Subject(s) - flow (mathematics) , work (physics) , agricultural engineering , grain drying , flow properties , wheat grain , airflow , environmental science , work flow , mathematics , process engineering , mechanics , pulp and paper industry , agronomy , materials science , engineering , industrial engineering , mechanical engineering , biology , composite material , physics , geometry
Discussion of previous work suggests that the contra‐flow principle is suitable for efficient through‐air‐drying of beds of wheat. A design method, based on parameters reported for the drying of single‐grain layers of wheat, is proposed and experimentally verified to forecast the performance of a contra‐flow wheat dryer. This method is used to show the effects of the major variables on the performance of such a dryer.