Wheat Resistance Analysis on the Subject of Energy Consumption in the Grinding Process

Abstract

The paper presents the results of investigations on the energy consumption of individual winter wheat kernels, obtained based on the uniaxial compression test. The experimental research was carried out on individual wheat grains at 10%, 12%, 14%, 16%, and 18% moisture content, pursuing the energy consumption during the wheat grain compression. For each moisture content were selected 30 wheat grains and for the data analysis and interpretation of experimental research were used the average of the 30 determinations. The measurements showed significant differences regarding the energy consumption between the three moisture contents.