PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for sprinkling water on cereal material by which agglomerate formation due to sprinkle of water is prevented so as to secure the quality of the cereal material after steamed under pressure and to provide a device for sprinkling water on cereal material with which agglomerate formation due to sprinkle of water is prevented so as to secure the quality of the cereal material after steamed under pressure.SOLUTION: The method for sprinkling water on cereal material 20 includes sprinkling water on the cereal material 20 transferred while being continuously stirred, prior to the steaming under pressure. In the method, the amount of the sprinkled water to be accepted by the cereal material 20 is different at an upstream side and at a downstream side each in the flow direction of the cereal material 20, so that the agglomerate formation caused on the cereal material 20 is prevented and thus a uniform rise in temperature and warm retention in a pre-heating device 3 and/or a pressure steaming device 4 subsequent thereto can be secured to assure the quality of the cereal material 20 after steamed under pressure.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】散水処理による団塊形成を防止して加圧蒸煮処理後の穀物原料の品質を確保することができる穀物原料の散水方法及び穀物原料の散水装置を提供する。【解決手段】加圧蒸煮処理に先行して連続的に撹拌しつつ移送する穀物原料20に対して散水処理する穀物原料20の散水方法であって、穀物原料20の流れ方向に対して上流側と下流側で、穀物原料20が受ける散水量を変化させる。このことにより、穀物原料20の団塊形成が防止され、後の予熱装置3や加圧蒸煮装置4において、均一な昇温と保温を確保でき、加圧蒸煮処理後の穀物原料20の品質を確保することができる。【選択図】図1
