Development of maize– on – cob dryer for small scale farmers

ADEKANYE, TIMOTHY and Adegbenro, V.O. and Saliu, Kehinde (2016) Development of maize– on – cob dryer for small scale farmers. Scientia Agriculturae, 14 (1). pp. 172-178. ISSN 2311-0228

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Abstract

A maize-on-cob dryer was designed, fabricated, and evaluated at the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara state. The main objective of this research was to utilize maize residues as a source of heat for maize drying and ensure continuous availability of maize during off season. The dryer consists of a drying chamber, a chimney, five trays, an electric motor, and fan, and a corn waste container. The dryer contains five trays; each tray in the maize dryer was loaded with 2 kg of maize cobs and was dried at intervals of an hour with a maize residue consumption rate of 1.5 kg/hr. It was evaluated for 7 hours within 3 days to dry maize on cob from a moisture content of 76.80% (wet basis) to 13.32% (wet basis) which is the safe storage moisture content for maize. Results of the evaluation showed that the drying temperature was within the range of 42°C - 73°C.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Maize on cob, Corn waste, Drying, Dryer, Evaluation
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences
Depositing User:	TIMOTHY ADEKANYE
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2024 14:56
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2024 14:56
URI:	https://eprints.lmu.edu.ng/id/eprint/3883

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