Satake Corporation

Hou Qing Liu

Satoru Satake

Takeshi Fukumori

Shigeharu Kanemoto

Keishi Wakabayashi

Hidenori Mizuno

Keisuke Orihashi

Shinya Ochiai

Makoto Kuninobu

Grain or legume having an increased content of a functional component (&#x3b3;-aminobutyric acid) is obtained by humidifying grain (such as rice, wheat or corn) or legume (such as soybean and adzuki bean) by forcing the grain into an air having a temperature of 50&#xb0; C. or more and a relative humidity of 90% or more such that a moisture content thereof rises within the range of 16.0% to 18.5%, and thereafter, drying the grain or legume.

Grain or legume having increased content of functional component and a manufacturing method thereof

An apparatus for drying granular objects comprises, from the top of the apparatus, a holding section; a heating section for heating the granular objects flowing down from the holding section, the heating section being provided beneath the holding section and having a plurality of air ducts to which heated air is introduced; a drying air producing section connected to the air ducts, in which the heated air from the air ducts is mixed with air taken-in from the outside of the apparatus to produce a drying air; and a drying section for drying the granular objects by directly exposing the granular objects to the drying air. The dried granular objects are taken out from a taking-out section and returned to the holding section through a bucket elevator. The apparatus further comprises a detector for detecting the temperature of the drying air. Based on the detected temperature, a control device controls the temperature of the heated air so as to keep the temperature of the drying air to a predetermined temperature. The temperature of the drying air can be set to a desirable temperature while the heated air for the heating is kept at a high temperature. The drying operation is performed speedily and safely.

Apparatus for drying granular objects involving pre-heating process

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Tokyo, Japan

Hou Qing Liu