Drying And Storage Of Cereal Grains, 2Nd Edition

This book covers a wide spectrum of drying and storage studies not previously available in a single book.
Chapters 1 to 8 deal with equilibrium moisture content, psychrometry, physical and thermal properties of cereal grains, principles of air flow, and detailed analyses of grain drying and chapters 9 to 13 deal with temperature and moisture in grain storages, fungi and insects associated with stored grain, design of grain storages, and a comprehensive treatment of modern grain storage systems. Chapter 7 and chapter 10 have been primarily devoted to the application of simulation techniques. New sections on heat of sorption in Chapter 2, finite element modeling of single kernel in Chapter 6, CFD modeling of fluidized bed drying in Chapter 7, exergy analysis and neural network modeling in Chapter 8 and numerical solution of two dimensional temperature and moisture changes in stored grain have been included in this second edition of the book. A good number of problems have been solved to help understand the relevant theory. At the end of each chapter unsolved problems have been provided for further practice.