FEATURES:
- Low cost, compact and portable
- Uses locally available materials
- Needs little maintenance and easy to operate
- Dries 40 cavans of paddy per batch in eight hours
- Gives uniform final moisture content
- Has automatic safety feature to shut off burner
- Choice of heat source: kerosene or rice hull furnace
SPECIFICATIONS:
| Power: | 3 hp electric motor or 5 hp gasoline engine |
| Main Components: | 1) bin to hold the grain on a perforated or lanced sheet metal 2) fan to force drying air 3) burner or rice hull furnace to heat the air |
| Grain Floor: | 2.38 mm diameter perforated steel sheet, 0.76 mm thick |
| Fan: | 58 cm diameter vane axial type |
| Airflow: | 3,000 cfm |
| Drying Rate: | 26% MC (wet basis) palay to 14% MC in eight hours |
| Fuel Consumption: | Kerosene – 1.5 to 2.0 l/h Rice hull – 14 kg/h |
| Dimensions (cm): | Fan Burner Drying bin |
| Length: | 61 61 380 |
| Width: | 69 69 197 |
| Height: | 69 69 122 |
| Grain Depth | 45 |
For more information, contact:
The Program Manager
Center for Agri-Fisheries and Biosystems Mechanization
Institute of Agricultural Engineering
College of Engineering and Agro-industrial Technology
University of the Philippines Los Baños
College, 4031 Laguna, Philippines
Tel. No. (049)536-2686, Telefax No: (049)536-3606
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: http://iae.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/amdp
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