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THE economic feasibility of using warm water waste heat from a Maryland electric generating station for drying grain was analyzed using modeling techniques. The relative importance of various criteria was described for the example site. According to the analysis, drying with waste heat was less expensive than with propane because the amortization of the heat transfer equipment for heating air with warm water resulted in a lower annual cost than present costs for propane.