Energy cost of seed drying

Authors

Jittanit Weerachet
Srzednick George
Driscoll Robert

Abstract

In this work, the energy costs of drying corn, rice and wheat seeds between 3 drying options were compared. They consisted of 1) two-stage drying by using fluidised beddrye (FBD) in the 1ststage and in-store dryer (ISD) in the 2ndstage, 2) single-stage drying by fixed bed dryer (FXD) and 3) two-stage drying by using FXD in the 1ststage and ISD in the 2ndstage. The drying conditions selected for comparison were proved to be safe for seed viability by the previous studies. The results showed that the drying options 2 and 3 consumed less energy than option 1. However, the benefits from lower energy cost must be weighed against some advantages of using FBD. Furthermore,it appeared that running the burners of FXD and ISD for warming up the ambient air during humid weather condition could shorten drying time significantly with a little higher energy cost.

Publication Date

11-12-2017

Recommended Citation

Weerachet, Jittanit; George, Srzednick; and Robert, Driscoll (2017) "Energy cost of seed drying," ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development: Vol. 26: No. 1, Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29037/ajstd.177
Available at: https://ajstd.ubd.edu.bn/journal/vol26/iss1/4