Cannabis, Hemp & Controlled Agriculture Processing worked example

Drying Room Capacity at 65% expected drying room uptime: a worked example

This worked example runs the drying room capacity numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 65% expected drying room uptime instead of the typical 90%. Estimate how much harvested wet biomass a drying room can accept for a planning period after room availability and expected acceptable dried-lot yield are considered.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Wet biomass loaded per drying cycle: 4 lb / cycle (held at the documented default)
  • Drying cycles available in the period: 480 cycles (held at the documented default)
  • Expected drying room uptime: 65 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 90)
  • Accepted dried-lot yield (pass rate): 97 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross wet biomass capacity = wet biomass per drying cycle × available drying cycles.
  • Usable drying room capacity works out to 1,211 lb at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gross wet biomass capacity works out to 1,920 lb at these inputs.
  • Capacity lost to room downtime works out to 672 lb at these inputs.
  • Capacity lost to drying or quality loss works out to 37.44 lb at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where expected drying room uptime sits at 90% and the headline result is 1,676 lb, this scenario comes in 27.78% below the baseline at 1,211 lb.
  • Use it when sizing a new drying or curing room, scheduling a harvest against existing drying capacity, or deciding whether a big incoming crop can be processed without overflow. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Usable drying room capacity: 1,211 lb (headline result)
  • Gross wet biomass capacity: 1,920 lb
  • Capacity lost to room downtime: 672 lb
  • Capacity lost to drying or quality loss: 37.44 lb

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Drying Room Capacity calculator, set expected drying room uptime to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.