Agrophysics,2001,15,247-254INTERNATIONALAgrophysicswww
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pl/int-agrophysicsEffectofthetriticalegrainmoisturecontentonthespontaneousheatingofgrainandonthepressureagainstthesilowallE
KusinskaDepartmentofEngineeringandMachinery,UniversityofAgriculture,Doswiadczalna44,20-236LublinReceivedOctober9,2000;acceptedMay29,2001Abstract
Theauthorpresentstheresultsofstudiesonthetemperatureandhorizontalpressureoftriticalegraininamodelsilo
Thestudiesincludedgrainwithaninitialmoisturecontentof13,16and18%w
Thegrainstoragedurationwas25days
Thestudyshowedthatgraintemperatureisaffectedbyitsinitialmoisturecontent
Thehighesttemperaturevalueswereobservedingrainwithaninitialmoisturecontentof18%w
Also,ahigherinitialmoisturecontentresultsingreaterincreasesinpressure
Keywords:triticale,moistureconte