Indonesia is an agrarian country rich in agricultural produce because some of its inhabitants have farmers' livelihoods. One of the agricultural products that often suffers damage in agricultural products during post-harvest is grain. Mechanical drying is needed to solve the problem because drying can be done without depending on the weather and more efficiently. The purpose of this study…
One of the crops which is mostly planted in the country of Indonesia is a rice plant. One of post-harvest process is the drying process. Growing technology in agriculture and food, created grain drying technology better and more efficient than conventional drying, on of them with a mechanical dryer. Mechanical dryer basically done using heat from combustion and air is blown through heater or di…
Handling post grain harvest before being ground or stored for a long time is drying or reducing water content. It is intended that rice or grain that still has a high water content is not damaged due to microorganisms and other biological activities. According to the Indonesian National Standard Agency, harvested grain needs to be immediately crushed until it reaches a maximum moisture content …
Drying grain is a procces to reduce water contents with the aim of increasing the quality of rice. There are two methods of dring processe: natural (traditional) and artificial drying methods.Hower, the traditional drying method has several weaknesses i.e esaly contaminated, difficient to control, a large place, a long time. To overcome those weaknesses, an artificial drying apparatus such …
Rice is one of the important food crop in Indonesia. Rice is known as a principal food of Indonesian society. The pattern of consumption of rice is slowly but surely increasing in line with rising incomes, education and easy access to information. Increased demand for grain in the country reached 1.6% per year. One problem appearing in the grain production process is the drying process. Commonl…