2.1.1. Study Site

The drying experiment was conducted at the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is located at 06◦41 5.67" N 01◦34 13.87" W with average temperature and rainfall being 26 ◦C and 1448 mm, respectively. During the major maize harvesting period, average temperature and relative humidity conditions varies between 31 ◦C to 32 ◦C and 74% to 75%, respectively.
