Drying and storage of grains and oilseeds

This text and reference discusses the drying of grains, inparticular the staple cereals, maize, rice, and wheat, and theoilseeds,soybeans and canola. The basic physical and thermodynamicpropertiesof grain and air are examined, and the theory of thedrying processis developed. Design of the optimum operatingconditions for on-farmand off-farm dryers are presented. The book iswritten as anengineering text, but should also prove beneficial toall who areinterested in the proper drying and storage of grains.Examples andproblems are given in both S.I. and Imperial units.