The invention discloses a combined
drying technique for cowpeas. The combined
drying technique comprises the following steps: cleaning cowpeas
cutting up the clean cowpeas, soaking the cowpeas for color protection by using a color protecting solution; and then, cleaning,
drying, performing vacuum-pumping, injecting a penetrating fluid, performing vacuum penetrating dehydrating on the penetrating fluid, re-cleaning, drying, drying with hot air and performing
vacuum drying for drying. According to the combined drying technique for the cowpeas, disclosed by the invention, time is taken as a measuring standard for ending a color-protecting stage,
time control is taken as a conversion standard between vacuum penetrating and dehydrating stage and a hot
air drying stage, and the content of
moisture of the cowpeas is taken s a measuring standard for ending a vacuum stage. The color protection, vacuum penetrating dehydrating, hot
air drying and
vacuum drying are applied, and the combined drying technique is used for drying the cowpeas, so that the
drying time period is shortened while the quality of the dried cowpeas is guaranteed, and the drying efficiency is improved; through the combined drying technique, the
energy consumption in the drying process is reduced and normal
energy resources are saved.