Article
Natural-Air Corn Drying with Stirring: II. Dryer Performance
Transactions of the ASAE
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-1986
DOI
10.13031/2013.30241
Abstract
Two years of field tests and computer simulation with 20 years of Des Moines, lA, weather data were used to compare performance of stirred and unstirred natural-air corn dryers. For bins with the same size fan, stirring reduced drying time, electric-energy use, and overdrying. Stirring also allowed successful drying with reduced fan power and airflow. Adding stirrers to 5.5-m diameter bins was cost effective for drying 24% moisture corn and for 20% moisture corn when electricity prices were greater than about $0.08/kWh. Cost effectiveness of adding stirrers to natural-air dryers improved as corn and electricity prices, and initial corn moisture increased.
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Open
Copyright Owner
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Copyright Date
1986
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Walter F. Wilcke and Carl J. Bern. "Natural-Air Corn Drying with Stirring: II. Dryer Performance" Transactions of the ASAE Vol. 29 Iss. 3 (1986) p. 860 - 867 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/cjbern/13/
This article is from Transactions of the ASAE 29 (1986): 860–867, doi:10.13031/2013.30241. Posted with permission.