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In-store drying control method and sytem

  • US 4,386,471 A
  • Filed: 04/08/1981
  • Issued: 06/07/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of controlling the drying or wetting of a stored agricultural product in a storage means, comprising determining the moisture content and temperature of the stored agricultural product at various locations, determining the temperature and relative humidity of air in the storage means in the regions near where air enters and leaves the stored product, determining the temperature and relative humidity of an ambient air external to the storage means, calculating the effect that feeding the ambient air through the stored product would have on the temperature and moisture content of the product at various positions and on the amount of moisture removed from or added to the total store, then force feeding said ambient air to effect a change in the moisture content of the stored product if such a change is required to thereby maintain predetermined moisture content in the stored agricultural product.

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