The objective of this work was to evaluate the thermal properties of wheat grain, of a national variety, during the drying process in oven and to adjust mathematical models which represent satisfactorily these variables. Wheat grains with initial moisture content of 26 %d.b. were dried in air forced oven up to 11 %d.b. as the final moisture content. The specific heat was obtained by the method of the mixtures and the thermal conductivity by the utilization of a theoretically infinite cylinder considering the hypothesis of the conduction unidimensional in the radial direction. For thermal diffusivity was certain indirectly using itself the experimental values of the bulk density, specific heat and thermal conductivity of the wheat. Based on the results, it can be concluded that moisture content reduction promotes the specific heat and the thermal conductivity reduction but thermal diffusivity increase and which these thermal properties of the wheat vary lineally with water content, for the interval of studied humidity.
specific heat; thermal conductivity; thermal diffusivity
