Artificial drying

MacMasters, M.M., Earle, F.R., Hall, H.H., Ramser, J.H., and Dungan, G.H. 1954. Studies on the effect of drying conditions upon the composition and suitability for wet milling of artificially dried com. Cereal Chem. 31, 451-461. 

Vojnovich, C., Anderson, R.A., and Griffin, E.L., Jr. 1975. Wet-milling properties of com after field shelling and artificial drying. Cereal Foods World 20, 333-335. 

Watson, S.A. and Hirata, Y. 1962. Some wet-milling properties of artificially dried com. Cereal Chem. 39, 35-44. 

Surfactants have also been used to cause artificial dry skin. Many researchers have reported surfactant-induced dry skin.20 In our daily life, surfactants, that is, detergents, are apotential cause of dermatitis. Thus, the dry skin induced by surfactants has been studied not only as a model system of dry skin, but also for clinical study of skin trouble in our daily life. 

Thompson RA, Foster GH. Stress Cracks and Breakage in Artificially Dried Com. USDA Marketing Research Report. 1963 631 [Agr. Marketing Service],... 

Figure 8. Aromatic potential (concentration of extractives/perception thresholds = olfactive units) of oak wood after natural seasoning during three years (SN) or artificial drying (3 months) (SA), adapted from (5)...

Peanuts. When the kernels are fully developed and taking on a mature color, the plants are dug mechanically, shaken to remove the soil, and inverted into windrows to dry (cure) and mature completely. Ideally, the peanuts are left to cure for several days until the moisture content drops to ca 10%. They are harvested mechanically. Green harvesting is practiced under adverse weather conditions, yielding peanuts with 18—25% moisture artificial drying reduces the moisture to ca 10%. After the moisture is equilibrated between the kernels and hulls, the former contain 7—8% moisture, which is safe for storage. 

Drying agents such as magnesium chlorate may be used as an aid to advance harvesting. This practice readily reduces the moisture content of heads, stems, and leaves, but seeds retain most of their moisture. Artificial drying of seeds is often necessary prior to storage. 

Desiccation. The evaporation or drying off of the aqueous portion of solid bodies. Plants and chemical preparations are deprived of their humidity by exposure to the sun, a current of dry air, an atmosphere rendered artificially dry by sulphuric acid, or by the direct application of heat by means of a water-bath, a sand-bath, or a common fire. Planks and timber arc now seasoned, on the large scale, in this way, by which a condition may bo attained in 2 or 3 days, which, on the old system, took as many years to produce. 

Using a combination of a dc resistance measuring meter (highly sensitive ohmmeter with a specially designed electrode) and a capacitance-type meter, a measure of moisture distribution in corn kernels can be obtained. This information has been used to detect heat damage in artificially dried corn [81,82]. 

Holaday, C.E., An electronic method for the measurement of heat-damage in artificially dried com. Cereal Chem., 41 533— 542 (1964). 

Houpert JM. Artificial Drying of Timber by Dehumidification. Bordeaux Comite Fran-cais d Electrothermie, 1978. 

Tang, J. Sokhansanj, S. Slinkard, A.E. Sosulki. F (1990). Quality of Artificially Dried Lentil. Journal of Food Process Engineering, Vol.13, pp. 229-238. 

In Britain, the small area of lucerne grown is harvested mainly for silage or for artificial drying (see Chapter 20), but in other parts of the world, notably the USA (where it is known as alfalfa), the crop is also used for grazing. 

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