Drying is one way of post-harvest handling to extend the shelf life, especially of agricultural crops. In general, post-harvest drying is only done naturally by drying using heat from solar energy or commonly called conventional drying. In the research on the grain drying process using a fluidized bed drying method in which the drying device was modified by the addition of heat exchanger pipes.…
Indonesia is an agricultural country that has a lot of agricultural products so that post-harvest handling is necessary so that the crop is not quickly broken when stored or distributed. One harvests in Indonesia which require post-harvest handling such as rice. Based on SNI, the maximum moisture content of corn feed raw material has a moisture content of 14%. In the drying of agricultural prod…
There are two methods used in drying rice grain; traditional drying and artificial drying (mechanical drying). Traditional drying is drying process done by using sun rays as source of energy, while mechanical drying is done using any tools (dryer). The best temperature to dry rice grain is at a temperature of 650C. Besides, the best condition of the drying is also influenced by air flow rate an…
Indonesia is an agricultural country that has a lot of agricultural products so that post - harvest handling is necessary so that the crop is not quickly broken when stored or distributed. One harvests in Indonesia which require post-harvest handling such as corn. Based on SNI, the maximum moisture content of corn feed raw material has a moisture content of 14%. The water content of th…