corn drying

Posted by Craig L on September 17, 2005, 2:30 am

Hi
does anyone know the best way to dry corn? I need it for my corn stove for
heat. I put 20lbs in my solar oven but it is still wet. I don't think the
water can get out. and I need to dry it with no power

Thanks
Craig

Posted by GeekBoy on September 17, 2005, 2:58 am

Why corn? In the Aug/Sep of Mother Earth News I saw an ad thos showed the
comparison of different fuels. (The ad was for stoves that could burn
different fuels) It showed corn as one of the highest prices. Paper pellets
were at the bottom.

Posted by Craig L on September 17, 2005, 3:22 am

well I own a corn stove and there is corn all around me.

pellets

Posted by Gary on September 17, 2005, 9:49 am

Craig L wrote:

Not sure if this is what you are after, but you might find something
to get you started here:

http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Cooking/cooking.htm

Look at the solar food and crop dryers down toward the bottom of the page.
The pdf from the Danish Technology Institute looks to have a lot of
detail, and one of the figures has corn drying in it.
--

Gary

www.BuildItSolar.com
gary@BuildItSolar.com
"Build It Yourself" Solar Projects

Posted by M.M. on September 17, 2005, 9:53 am

Seen farmers dry it on a trailer with chickenwire sides, outside for a
few months..field corn...M.M.
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