For the purpose of this study, an industrial pulsed fluidized bed dryer (FBD) with 5.0 m × 1.22 m bed area and 25 t/h capacity available at paddy processing plant of BERNAS, Simpang Empat in Perlis, Malaysia, was operated in a continuous mode during two usual paddy drying
seasons. A schematic diagram indicating temperature and air flow measurement points is presented in Fig.1.