Research on Correlation between the Pressure and the Grain Moisture Content in the Rectangular Silo

Abstract:

In the process of grain drying, the pressure of grain formation has a certain rule when the grains flow in the silo. In the project, we research on the method of the saturated pressure would measure grain moisture in the silo. The dynamic and static pressure is set up the simulation equation in the rectangular silo. We explore dynamic and static pressure change regularity and analysis the trend of the dynamic and static pressure with height in the rectangular silo.The results show that with the increase of filling height, dynamic and static pressure has gradually becoming saturated trend. At the same time, we study on the correlation between the saturated pressure and moisture content. When the grain reaches a certain height, the pressure achieves the ultimate value.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1073-1076)
• Pages: 1828-1831
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1073-1076.1828
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Yang Wang*, Wen Fu Wu, Ya Qiu Zhang
• Keywords: Grain Drying, Moisture Detection, Rectangular Silo, Saturated Pressure

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