Baffles for grain dryer
US3932119A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 20, 1974 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF26B23/02
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A grain dryer is disclosed in which a blower forces air past a burner and then through a duct into a bin made of oppositely curved columns of grain defining between them and an end wall a plenum chamber for drying the grain in the bin. The invention resides in the use of a plurality of spaced baffles of particular configuration designed to take a stream of air of non-uniform pressure and temperature over a cross section of the stream, and transforming said stream into a stream in the plenum chamber of substantially uniform pressure and temperature over any cross section thereof, said stream, if desired, having a predetermined temperature gradient lengthwise of the bin which compensates for a lengthwise dryness gradient in the grain in the bin.
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