Hay Component Sieving by a Rotary Sieve with Lifting Flights

In order to improve drying of hay-composed materials, the already dried parts must be extracted from the mixture to save energy and avoid quality problems. A separation test of a mixture of leaf and stems of ryegrass and clover for hay was developed for this, using a rotary sieve with lifter flights...

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Published inDrying technology Vol. 32; no. 13; pp. 1560 - 1567
Main Authors Lozano-Osorno, Fernando, Hensel, Oliver
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Taylor & Francis Group 03.10.2014
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Drying
energy
Energy conservation
Grass drying
Grasses
Hay
Hoisting
leaves
Leaves and stems separation
Lolium
Moisture content
Rotary sieve
Separation
Sieves
sieving
Stems
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Summary:In order to improve drying of hay-composed materials, the already dried parts must be extracted from the mixture to save energy and avoid quality problems. A separation test of a mixture of leaf and stems of ryegrass and clover for hay was developed for this, using a rotary sieve with lifter flights and the vegetal material at several moisture contents. The best separation results were found for the dried state and rotation speed of 2.1 sec ⁻¹. The stems' separation efficiencies were between 74 and 96%.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07373937.2014.907303
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ISSN:1532-2300
0737-3937
1532-2300
DOI:10.1080/07373937.2014.907303