豆類の脱湿・吸湿時における挙動について

Abstract

The changes in water contents of adzuki beans, cowpeas, toramames (a variety of kidney bean) and soybeans during removal and absorption of moisture were investigated to clarify the effect of humidity on behavior of beans. It was found that dehumidified adzuki beans hardly absorbed moisture even if they were put in the overhumid circumstance for a long time and the dehumidification of adzuki beans occurred through hilum. Beans other than adzuki beans absorbed more moisture than the original water content by addition of moisture after dehumidification. Adzuki beans were used as the stuff for packing into pillow in Japan till recent years. This suggests that the characteristics on dehumidification and humidification of adzuki beans were utilized for the material

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