@article{oai:repository.naro.go.jp:00001530, author = {井上, 慶一 and INOUE, Keiichi and 大塚, 寛治 and OOTSUKA, Kanji and 村上, 則幸 and MURAKAMI, Noriyuki and SUGIMOTO, Mitsuho and 杉本, 光穗 and 杉本, 光穂 and 黎, 文 and LEI, Bun}, journal = {中央農業総合研究センター研究報告, Bulletin of the National Agricultural Research Center}, month = {Mar}, note = {The production of soybeans increases every year owing to the increase of demand for the domestic soybeans among the consumers in Japan and the rate of use of combine for harvesting soybeans increases because of a labor saving harvesting method. But, drying processing technique for the high moisture content soybeans harvested by combine has been retarded, and the degradation of soybeans and the heavy labor work in the process of drying become a problem. The efficient drying processing technique keeping the quality of soybeans harvested by combine, has been strongly required. In the drying processing of high moisture content soybeans, there occurs the risk of swelling in soybeans when the air ventilation in the layers is not sufficient. The activity of microorganism or mold increases when the temperature of the air exceeds 80% humidity and over 20℃temperature. It is necessary to adjust the temperature and humidity of the air ventilation to be out of this dangerous zone. In the meantime, it is necessary also to control the drying rate of soybeans so as to avoid the occurrence of the seed-coat cracking or the wrinkle of soybeans. To develop the effective artificial drying method keeping the quality of soybeans, the investigation on the physical properties of soybeans relating to the drying processing and the analysis of the drying process of soybeans are indispensable. However, the study has been retarded in comparison with the study of rice or wheat. In this study, the fundamental properties of soybeans relating to the drying and the characteristics of the pressure loss in driers such as flat be driers equipped with the bucket conveyer or dry stores were clarified and a drying simulation model for analyzing the process of drying was developed and investigated and the mechanism of the generation of coat cracking of soybeans and the effective treatment of the ventilation air to minimize the coat cracking were cleared. Through this study, the fundamental techniques for drying soybeans harvested by combine were developed. In the first chapter, the significance and objectives of this study were described based on an outline of soybean production and studies on soybean drying... In the second chapter, the dependence of physical properties as specific volume, bulk volume, rate of volume on moisture content of soybeans (tachinagaha, tamahomare, fukuyutaka, suzuyutaka, enrei variety) was theoretically considered and determined as follows with principal properties of specific volume of drymatter V,_0, coefficient of rate of volume k of average soybeans. V_m=V_0+γ・m=0.771+0.965m (0.1m+V_0^2)_<1/2>(0m^3/kg), V_m^1 ; specific bulk volume, 1-ε ; rate of kernel volume, V_0=0.771(10^<-3>m^3/kg), V_<0c>=0.7460 Hence, physical properties of soybean for a drying simulation model were shown with principal parameters of V_0, V_<0c>, k. In the third chapter, the pressure loss of soybeans was examined and the data was analyzed using the non-dimensioned Navier-Stokes equations for forced air in accumulations. And resistance factors or friction factors of soybeans were expressed as the function of Reynolds number, to esteem a pressure loss in air forced layers of soybeans by calculation. We could get an experimental equation of resistance factor that was applied for generally to pressure loss of soybeans, in 40