Bull. Spec. CORESTA Congress, Jerez de la Frontera, 1992, p. 123, A19, ISSN.0525-6240
Moisture loss schedule and fuel consumption in bright leaf tobacco curing
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Curing bright leaf tobacco (also called flue-cured or Virginia) is inherently an energy intensive operation because approximately 5 to 15 kilograms of water must be evaporated for each kilogram of tobacco cured. In order to enhance curing efficiency...