Performance index simulation and analysis of peanut ventilation drying in barrel-shaped fixed bed

Mechanical drying become gradually used to reduce post-harvest losses of peanuts because the conventional sun-drying facilities cannot meet the requirements of peanuts drying in China. A barrel-shaped fixed bed drying, a kind of economical and practical dry method, which can be effectively suitable for the specific conditions in Chinese rural production. However, there are few reported on the parameters of structure and ventilation associated with the barrel-shaped fixed bed.