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Drying wheat with solid heat transfer medium
Author(s) -
Mittal G. S.,
Lapp H. M.,
Townsend J. S.
Publication year - 1983
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.2740340802
Subject(s) - moisture , residence time (fluid dynamics) , mass transfer , water content , chemistry , agronomy , pulp and paper industry , environmental science , materials science , chromatography , composite material , geology , biology , geotechnical engineering , engineering
Laboratory experiments have shown the feasibility of drying milling wheat from 17.0 to 14.5% moisture content using hot sand. The amount of moisture removed increased with the increase in residence time from 1 to 2 min but decreased when the residence time was increased to 3 min. Heated sand to wheat mass ratios ranging between 3:1 and 5:1 were found to be effective in removing moisture from wheat with sand temperatures ranging from 90 to 105°C.