Size distribution analysis of wheat, maize and soybeans and energy efficiency using different methods for coarse grinding

摘要

This research investigated three grinding technologies to reduce the size of maize, wheat and full fat soybeans to a course particle. To correct for the different mechanisms of particle size reduction between the different mills, the relationship between specific mechanical energy (SME) and its resulting mean particle size was expressed per ton of ground product. Analysis of co-variance was used to estimate differences between the treatment means after correction for energy consumption.