Using Local Oil Burner for Corn Drying in Iraq

摘要

Autumn corn is usually harvested in Iraq during the winter when temperature is low and relative humidity is high, so drying is necessary for shelling ears and for safe storage. Heated air is usually used for drying. The local kerosine burner was used in this investigation for heating the air. It is found that in spite of the low efficiency of the local burner, it is more prefered than the imported one because of its low cost in that the cost of kerosine in Iraq is very low.