The dryers consist of inclined drying bed
(10.72 m 2.92 m and 10.29 m 3.05 m) with 9.5 mm stainless
steel sieve installed at 38–45 inclination, blower with
1.524 1.31 0.533 m impeller and 18.65 kW motor were used.
Freshly harvested paddy ‘MR219’ variety, which is produced
widely in Malaysia, was collected from the farmer’s field at Kuala
Perlis and Bukit Besar, Kedah and used for all the experiments.
The drying operations with detailed operating conditions used during
this study are illustrated in Table 1