Evaluation of ozone influence on wheat grain quality during active drying

Physical and mechanical properties and quality indicators of cereal grain

“…Obtained values of physical and mechanical indicators of wheat and triticale (Tables 1-2) were within the limits given in the literature [6,7,24]. However, wheat grain of the studied varieties had a thickness up to 7 % greater, and the length and widthby 4-11 and 2-10 %, respectively, smaller than the average from the literature sources.…”

“…The larger geometric size of grain is, the greater the angle of slope is, which has a positive effect on gravity feed of grains during transportation by gravity pipes. Because of the complexity of the processes, many cereal and flour mills are characterized by a significant extent of processing grain products, which reaches a few kilometres of machines and different mechanisms for average powered plants [17,24].…”

“…These characteristics affected the volume and area of the outer grain surface, the values of which were lower than the average values in the literature by 4-8 mm 3 , respectively, and 4-12 mm 2 for wheat varieties of Podolianka, Trizo, Midas, while it was 0.8 and 0.3 % higher, respectively, for grain of Lazurna variety (Table 1). [6,7,18,24].…”