Portable in situ crop material dryer
OwnerDaniel J. Burke, Alan D. Sheidler +1inventors
InventorsDaniel J. Burke, Alan D. Sheidler, Bill T. Hurley
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Abstract
A portable crop material dryer system for use with a flexible elongated bag in which harvested crop material is placed in situ. The dryer includes an internal combustion engine driving a blower for movement of air through the flexible container. The cooling system for the engine is connected to be in series flow relation to the air blower so as to heat the air and increase the drying capacity of the system. A burner may be connected to further increase the heating of the air and the power output of the engine may also be used to drive a generator for auxiliary purposes.
Claims23
A portable in situ crop material dryer comprising:
- a chamber deployable in a field for harvested crop material;
- a combustion engine providing a rotary output;
- an air movement device coupled to and driven by the rotary output of said combustion engine;
- a heat exchange device receiving a heat input from said combustion engine, said heat exchange device being in series flow connection with said air movement device;
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- said air movement device being removeably fluidly coupled to said chamber for directing heated air through said chamber for drying said harvested crop material.
A portable system for providing a flow of heated air in situ for drying harvested crop material, said system comprising:
- a frame;
- a combustion engine mounted on said frame and providing a rotary output;
- an air movement device coupled to and driven by the rotary output of said combustion engine;
- a heat exchange device receiving a heat input from said combustion engine, said heat exchange device being in series flow connection with said air movement device to increase the temperature of the air therethrough;
- an outlet on said frame receiving the air flow output from said heat exchange device, said outlet being connectable to dry harvested crop material.
A portable system as claimed in claim 23, wherein said air movement device is a blower.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.