| Author | Molano, Benjamin Turingan |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. AE-87-24 |
| Subject(s) | Rice--Drying
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | An electrically heated rotary dryer with straight axial
flights was designed,fabricated and tested for its performance.
The performance of the dryer was studied with respect to the
heating surface temperature, degree of inclination, exposure
time, and paddy feed rate.
The dryer showed good performance in accelerating the
drying of wet paddy, and improving milling quality depending on
the heating combinations. Results indicated that paddy with
an initial moisture content of 26% Cw. b.) could be dried down
to 18-19% with head rice yield comparable with the unheated
paddy sample. The rotary dryer exhibited high drying efficiency
averaging 44% or in terms of water removal, - 5. 56 MJ/kg water
removed. Finally, cost analysis indicated that high moisture
paddy could be dried with lesser cost using the rotary dryer in
comparison with the conventional heated and unheated flat - bed
dryers. |
| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Jindal, Vinod Kumar; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Illangantileke, Sarath G. ;Athapol Noomhorm ; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Federal Republic of Germany; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1987 |