| Course title |
Drying and Storage of Grains |
| Course code |
LauZ5022 |
| Credit points (ECTS) |
3 |
| Total Hours in Course |
81 |
| Independent study hours |
81 |
| Responsible Unit |
Institute of Engineering and Energetics |
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| Course developers |
Dr. sc. ing., prof. Jānis Palabinskis
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| There is no prerequisite knowledge required for this course |
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| Course abstract |
| Grain mass simultaneously is a biologically live object, hygroscope and pouring material. Dryer’s exploitation regimes. Grain storing: technologies, regimes. Control devices for drying and storing technologies and processes. Aerodynamic resistance of a grain layer.Energy consumption for carrying out 1 kg water and conditions determining its amount. Grain conveyers. |
| Compulsory reading |
1. P. Zariņš, V. Šamarins. Lauksaimniecības ražojumu uzglabāšana un pārstrāde. – Rīga Zvaigzne, 1988. – 199., il.
2. E. Bērziņš. Graudu kondicionāšana. – Rīga Liesma, 1974. – 121,; il.
3. А.С.Гинзбург. Основы теории и техники сушки пищевых продуктовю – М.: Пищевая промышленностью 1973. 527 с. |
| Further reading |
| 1. Donald B. Brooker, Fred W. Baakker-Arkema, Carl W. Hall. Drying and Storage of Grains and Oilseeds. – New York, 1992.,450
2. CIGR handbook of agricultural engineering. – 1999. – Vol.3: Plant production engineering. – 1999. – 632 p. |
| Periodicals and other sources |
| 1. Agro Tops / Lauksaimniecības mēnešraksts: Rīga
2. Landtechnik / Fachzeitschrift fŅr Agrartechnik und ländliches Bauen.: Darmstadt |