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Module Bottom Moisture Content Indicating Sensor – Progress Report

Richard K. Byler and W. Stanley Anthony

ABSTRACT

Most seed cotton is harvested at a moisture content (mc) suitable for storage and is stored in modules before it is ginned. Sometimes these modules are located where they are flooded during rain storms and the bottom several inches become very wet. Automated drying control systems set the drying temperature based on an estimation of the overall mc of the seed cotton. Therefore, the extremely wet cotton on the bottom of the module can get to the gin stand with little drying. A sensor to detect the mc of the seed cotton on the bottom of the module was designed, installed, and operated for six ginning seasons. This system can alert the ginner to the problem or can automatically set the burner temperatures higher than needed for normal ginning. Some data obtained using this system are described.





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Document last modified 04/27/04