Application of Natural Air Drying on Shelled Corn in Timor

2nd International Conference on Agricultural Engineering for Sustainable Agricultural Production

Nino, J.^1 ; Nelwan, L.O.^1 ; Purwanto, Y.A.^1

Departement of Mechanical and Biosystem Engineering, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia^1

关键词: Air flow-rate;    Ambient air conditions;    Ambient air temperature;    Drying operation;    Final moisture content;    Initial Moisture Content;    Shelled corn;    Specific energy consumption;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/147/1/012024/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/147/1/012024

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

A study of the application of natural air drying on shelled corn in Timor using a bed- type dryer has been performed. The study aspects were limited to obtain the suitable air flow rate requirement and duration of the drying operation per day. For each aspect, the treatments were carried out simultaneously. The results showed that at the average ambient air temperature of 30.6°C and relative humidity (RH) of 73.0% the air flow rate of 0.83 L/s-kg provided the highest drying rate. Subsequently, by using the same air flow rate, three scheme of drying operations duration were used, i.e., 8 hours per day (08.00-16.00), 6 hours per day (09.00-15.00) and 4 hours per day (10.00-14.00). The average temperature and RH of ambient air condition at the second experiment were 30.3°C and 73.3% respectively. After 4 days of drying, the 8 hours per day (first scheme) treatment was able to dry the shelled corn from the initial moisture content of 27.24% w.b. to the final moisture content of 14.05% w.b. The specific energy consumption (SEC) of the first scheme was 1.75 MJ/kg. The final moisture content of the second and third schemes were 15.08 % w.b. and 18.45 % w.b. respectively with SEC of 1.41 MJ/kg and 1.21 MJ/kg respectively.