Drying performance and overall energy requisite of industrial inclined bed paddy drying in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Ibrahim, Mohd Nordin, Sarker, Md. Sazzat Hossain, Ab. Aziz, Norashikin, Punan, Mohd Salleh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: School of Engineering, Taylor’s University College 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37169/1/37169.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37169/; http://jestec.taylors.edu.my/V9Issue3.htm
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

An attempt was undertaken to evaluate the performance of industrial inclined bed dryers (IBDs) in terms of drying capacity, drying rate, overall energy requisite and final quality of dried product in drying of freshly harvested paddy. In drying of paddy with initial moisture content of 22-23% wet ba...