Jun 07, 2012· While the energy consumption in modern rice mills generally vary from 18–26 kWh/t for raw and 20–30 kWh/t for parboiled paddy, sheller and huller mills required higher energy. Rice mills having elevators for material handling consumed 7–10 kWh/t and 24–25 kWh/t of mechanical energy for parboiling and drying, respectively.