wheat drying tower
A wheat drying tower is a device used for drying wheat and other grains. It controls the temperature, humidity, and airflow to reduce the moisture content in freshly harvested wheat to safe storage levels, preventing mold and other harmful microorganisms from growing.
wheat drying tower Introduction
A wheat drying tower is a device used for drying wheat and other grains. It controls the temperature, humidity, and airflow to reduce the moisture content in freshly harvested wheat to safe storage levels, preventing mold and other harmful microorganisms from growing. This equipment is commonly used in agriculture and grain storage industries. Here are some main features and working principles of a wheat drying tower:
Main Features of a Wheat Drying Tower
Tower Structure
The drying tower typically features a tall tower design, enabling high-capacity vertical drying. This design saves floor space and enhances drying efficiency.
Continuous Drying
Most wheat drying towers use a continuous flow design. Grains enter from the top and pass through multiple drying stages before exiting at the bottom. This allows for uninterrupted drying, increasing production efficiency.
Temperature Control System
The equipment includes a precise temperature control system that maintains appropriate temperatures during the drying process, preventing grain damage from overheating. The system typically includes temperature sensors and automatic adjustment mechanisms.
Humidity Control
The drying tower has internal humidity sensors and control systems that adjust the humidity of the drying air. This ensures the humidity levels are suitable during the drying process, improving drying effectiveness and efficiency.
Energy-Saving Design
Modern drying towers feature energy-saving designs, including efficient heat utilization systems and insulation materials, reducing energy consumption and operating costs.
Uniform Drying
Through a well-designed airflow distribution system, the drying tower ensures that grains receive uniform heat during the drying process, preventing uneven drying.
Automated Control
High automation is a notable feature of modern wheat drying towers. The equipment is typically equipped with advanced control systems that automatically monitor and adjust various parameters during the drying process, reducing the need for manual intervention.
Safety Protection
The drying tower includes multiple safety protection features such as overheat protection, overload protection, and emergency shutdown mechanisms, ensuring safe operation of the equipment.
The structure of wheat drying tower
Grain Feeding System
It is responsible for inputting the raw grain into the drying tower, which typically includes devices such as elevators.
Hot Air System
It provides hot air or warm air to transfer heat to the grain to facilitate drying, generally including components like burners, hot air furnaces, fans, and hot air ducts.
Hot Air Distribution System
It ensures that hot air is evenly distributed throughout the drying tower, allowing the grain to receive a uniform heat supply during the entire drying process.
Grain Storage Structure
Usually consists of grain storage bins, which allow for the even distribution of grain and provide channels for ventilation and heat transfer.
Exhaust System
It is used to discharge moisture and fumes produced during the drying process, which may include moisture exhaust ducts, exhaust fans, and dust removal equipment.
Control System
The interior may include control systems for temperature, humidity, and time, used for monitoring and controlling the parameters of the drying process.
Advantages of wheat drying tower
High Efficiency
Wheat drying towers employ continuous flow design, enabling quick and continuous processing of large quantities of wheat, thereby enhancing production efficiency.
Quality Preservation
Through precise temperature and humidity control, wheat remains uniform during the drying process, avoiding under-drying or over-drying, thus preserving its quality and nutritional value.
Energy Savings
Modern wheat drying towers often feature energy-efficient designs and efficient heat utilization systems, reducing energy consumption and operational costs.
Space Saving
The tower-like structure of wheat drying towers optimizes vertical space utilization, saving floor space.
Automation Control
Equipped with advanced automation control systems, they enable intelligent monitoring and adjustment of the drying process, reducing manual intervention and improving operational convenience.
Flexibility
Wheat drying towers are adaptable to different types of wheat and grains, allowing for adjustment of drying parameters according to specific production requirements.
Safety
They come with multiple safety protection features, such as overheat protection, overload protection, and emergency shutdown, ensuring safe and stable operation.
Environmentally Friendly
Utilizing efficient drying technologies and purification equipment, they minimize environmental pollution, aligning with modern environmental standards.
Application of wheat drying tower
The Grain dryer machine is suitable for efficiently drying all cereals, grains, beans, and seeds of all crops such as corn, wheat, rice, soybean, sorghum, rapeseed, cashew, barley, etc. It is suitable for all kinds of farms.
Working Principle
The paddy crops are input from the top of the tower through the bucket elevator, and through the distribution device to ensure that the equipment is always in a full load state during operation.
The induced draft fan introduces the hot air into the inside of the tower body, and the rice crops are combined with the bottomless V-shaped baffles that are turned inward, and the multi-row V-shaped baffles are arranged staggered for processing, so that the rice crops can be mixed with the hot air, and the water vapor generated is discharged from the dryer exhaust system
Technical parameters of wheat drying tower
| Model | 5H-KB-15 | 5H-KB-20 | 5H-KB-35 | |||
| Dryer type | Batch type recirculating mixed flow drying | |||||
| Capacity | 15 tons per batch | 20 tons per batch | 35 tons per batch | |||
| Dryer Volume(m3) | 25 | 37.25 | 62.5 | |||
| Overall weight(kg) | 5000 | 6000 | 9500 | |||
| Overall Dimension(mm) | 2900*4050*11500 | 2900*4050*12200 | 3500*4400*13330 | |||
| Power(kw) | 8.7 | 8.7 | 13.5 | |||
| Bunner | Type | Indirect Type | ||||
| Ignition method | Manual Ignition | |||||
| Fuel consumption (kg/h) | ≤25(coal)
30-40(rice husk) |
≤25(coal)
30-40(rice husk) |
≤30(coal)
70-120(rice husk) |
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| Fuel | Coal, rice husk, wood chips, gas, diesel, etc | |||||
| Voltage | 380V, 50Hz, 3 phase (Can be customized) | |||||
| Moisture Reduction per hour(%/h) | Rice/wheat:0.5-0.8 | Rice/wheat:0.5-1.2 | ||||
| Safety Equipment | Temperature control, Electrical overload protection, Leakage Protection | |||||
After-sale Service
- – HKB provides advanced grain safety storage technology to assure your grain silo 100% quality stability.
- – grain silo Quality guarantee is one year after installation and commissioning or 18 months after leaving China Port. Maturity is the first.
- – 7 days x 24 hours service, within 24 hours reply/solve of any technical issues upon request.
- – Routinely telephone track to remove all might be problems grain silo or issues guarantying the whole system grain silo long-lasting safety and reliability.
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