Cereals moisture measurement for dryer efficiency - Case Study

Material: Cereals (wheat, corn, canola)
Moisture range: 10 – 20 %
Installation: Hopper after dryer
Function: Dryer efficiency control

APPLICATION

A customer in the Food industry was looking for solutions to improve dryer efficiency and fuel consumption.

The drying process is considerably important for the final product quality and material processing. Dryer systems can be placed in different parts of the process, according to specific requirements, e. g. before material processing to comply with recipe specifications or between the material processing and packing areas.

To control the dryer performance, some parameters indicate whether it is necessary to adjust the process settings.