Summary
The purpose of this study is to obtain optimum drying condition of the multiple bin dryer with a single fan.HomePage
In this paper, the total resistance of air flow and air flow rate in each bin were measured with various ventilating conditions, such as different ventilating area and volume of rough rice in each bin. It showed that the estimated values using computed simulation were consistent with the measured values. Moreover, the limits of air flow rate in each bin with different sedimentary depth of rough rice were estimated and the optimum ventilating area was computed at maximum efficiency of a fan. It was obvious that these estimations were applied to the actual operation of the multiple bin dryer.Keywords: multiple bin dryer, efficiency of fan, limit of air flow rate