Seed Bank Design: Seed Drying Rooms
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As an aquafeed processor, you are always aware that your drying operation has a significant impact on your bottom line. Drying is a very energy-intensive operation; that’s why most aquafeed producers diligently track the cost of fuel used in their drying operation.
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Presentation by Md Alam, Bangladesh on the SAARC Seed Bank at the at the CCAFS Workshop on Institutions and Policies to Scale out Climate Smart Agriculture held between 2-5 December 2013 in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Creating your own seed bank is a skill all gardeners should know. Saving seed can protect your precious crops from year to year, yield larger produce, and provide greater diversity when seed companies reduce inventories and selection. Saving seed is critical in our world of GMO's and sterile seed, find out how to save seed in the attached presentation.
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Presentation by Md Alam, Bangladesh on the SAARC Seed Bank at the at the CCAFS Workshop on Institutions and Policies to Scale out Climate Smart Agriculture held between 2-5 December 2013 in Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Post harvest losses in developing countries have contributed to the unavailability of foodstuff. Estimation of these losses is generally cited to be of the order of 4 but under very adverse conditions, it is estimated as high as 100 . A significant percentage of these losses are related to improper and or untimely preservation of foodstuffs. This research work is therefore aimed at developing a multipurpose solar dryer. The solar dryer consists mainly of solar collector and dryer chamber compartment. The materials used in this research work include based frame, transparent fiberglass cover, an absorber oven baked Aluminium , thermometer, wire gauze, etc. The frame was constructed from a wood bars with a dimension of 900 mm x 900 mm x 600 mm. The dryer chamber is a truncated rectangle and it comprises of a double walls made up of a plain ply board measuring 800 mm x 800 mm x by 500 mm with a transparent fiberglass cover inclined at an angle of 15o. Three different samples namely sample A sliced plantains , sample B sliced yams , and sample C fish were used for test performance evaluation of the developed multipurpose solar dryer. The results obtained reveal that overall heat energy transfer coefficient of 4.91w m0C, dryer chamber rate of 0.654 kg hr., and dryer chamber area of 0.659 m2 were required by the solar dryer. Besides, the solar dryer dried the three samples used in this research work within duration of 8 hours i.e., 9am 5pm . The maximum solar chamber dryer temperature and ambient temperature were recorded as 55.00 oC and 35.46 oC respectively. Besides, the minimum lower temperature values recorded were obtained as 40.45 oC for solar chamber dryer temperature and 29.02 oC for ambient temperature. The improved results obtained with the multipurpose solar dryer were due to improved temperature obtained with the solar dryer chamber. Orhorhoro EK | Aregbe O | Tamuno RI "Performance Evaluation of a Developed Multipurpose Solar Dryer" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-4 , June 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd31195.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/mechanical-engineering/31195/performance-evaluation-of-a-developed-multipurpose-solar-dryer/orhorhoro-ek
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There are some areas of the world in which the agricultural crops require assistance and cooling, especially
during hot days, in order
to prevent them from being subjected to unnecessary stress. In other areas, the color of fruit can be improved by cooling the trees
during the correct time period.
It is possible to extend the shelf life of some types of fruit by cooling them while they are still on the trees. And by using correct and
supervised cooling, we can increase the flower fruit set during periods of very hot weather. In other regions, we can aid and improve
the yield of fruit crops by cooling during the autumn and winter months, and then adding cold units to the same trees or cooling the
same crops at the end of the winter months in order to cause early blossoming.
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types of greenhouses.
The principle of a greenhouse
is that the farmer can control its internal climate and thereby provide the plants with optimal growth
conditions. Therefore, a system that will have a cooling
effect on the internal temperature on hot days is almost indispensable for
every greenhouse.
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is, perhaps surprisingly, in cold countries where the greenhouse is especially
built with few ventilation
openings to conserve internal heat. As a result of this design, on the few days that are very hot, there is
insufficient air flow to cool the interior. An efficient cooling system can solve the problem. Further, in these same cold countries, the
crops are usually
already inside the greenhouse by the first days of spring, but the heating system still needs to be operated
in order
to ensure the correct conditions. The windows must not be opened, and inside the building,
the relative humidity drops beneath the
desired levels. At this time, operating a suitable cooling system improves these crops.
What is possible to do to improve agricultural crops is also possible to do with livestock, including all types of poultry, cows, and pigs.
A suitable system can cool their micro-environment and improve production.
The different methods of cooling based on sprinkler-spraying products are as follows
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2. If the total uncleaned peak seed
volume is sufficiently small, (less
than 25m³) one or two incubator-dryers
might be a more appropriate
option for drying.
It is helpful to mark out the
dimensions of the proposed dry
room on the ground. Ideally, locate
the dry room close to, or attached
to, the seed cleaning area and
adjacent to the cold room(s). An
oblong-shaped room is better
than a square one. Supplying dry
air on one of the short walls and
extracting it from the opposite wall
will give a good air flow to most
parts of the room (though ‘dead
spots’ will exist).
Depending on the frequency of
access to the room and the humidity
of the external conditions, an air
lock (small lobby) may be required
to minimise the entry of humid air
into the room when the door is
opened. A 2m² air lock will be large
enough for at least one person
holding a crate to enter easily.
Include a secondary (emergency)
exit door from the dry room.
What materials should be used?
Ideally, install a new prefabricated
structure, either as a stand-alone
room or within a larger existing
room. Construct walls and ceiling
with Styrofoam panels (100mm
thick). For the floor, cover a
moisture-proof membrane with
Styrofoam insulation, and top with
marine plywood and epoxy-resin
screed. Doors must be well insulated
and windows (including those in the
doors) should be double-glazed.
If an existing brick- or wood-built
room is to be used, install a
moisture barrier (perhaps glazed
tiles or plastic sheeting) on all
internal surfaces. Install thermal
insulation on the outside of the
walls (and ceiling). Both will reduce
energy usage in maintaining the dry
room conditions and the external
insulation should help minimise
condensation in the walls.
How is the air dried and cooled?
The drier must have enough
capacity to deliver about six air
changes per hour to the drying
room. This is often the limiting
factor. To estimate the likely
suitability of a dryer, compare its
airflow capability with six times the
volume of the dry room. Confirm
this with the supplier/installer. Note
that refrigeration dryers are not
designed to deliver this condition.
The MSB recommends a rotary
sorption dryer containing a silica gel
or lithium chloride drying agent.
If possible, install two dryers, each
capable of coping with 66% of the
moisture load.
The dryer creates heat during the
drying process and should ideally
be placed outside the room (in a
ventilated area). Connect the drier
to the room via insulated supply and
extract ducts, of sufficient diameter
not to impede air flow.
Possible layout of dry room facilities
The direction of the air flow is indicated by the arrows.
This ‘process air’ dries the room and
should be supplied, via a chiller,
high up at one end of the room and
extracted low down at the other
end of the room. The drying agent
picks up moisture from the process
air and is then re-dried by the
second (‘reactivation’) air flow. Air
is drawn into the dryer, heated, and
passed over the drying agent. The
wet air produced by this process
needs to be ducted to the outside
of the building.
The location of the controlling
humidistat is important. Place the
humidistat halfway along one
of the longer walls of the room.
Construct a map of humidity in
the working dry room, using an RH
meter to guide where to best locate
the stacks of crates for drying.
If the dryer is located within the
dry room, ensure that the process
air mixes rapidly with the cooling
system air. Duct the wet reactivation
air out of the room. The chiller will
need to be located in the room and
be capable of cooling the heat load
from the dryer, achieving a room
temperature of 15ºC.
Reactivation air
flow
Process air flow
Prefabricated dry
room constructed
with 100mm
Styrofoam panels
Humidistat
Dryer
Chiller
Flourescent lights
Stack
Air extract
(low)
Process air
supply (high)
Duct either
over or
alongside
room
Air lock
with 2
doors +
windows
Bench with electrical sockets
Double glazed window
Fresh
air
intake
Stack
Secondary
exit
Below: Crates stacked on moveable trolleys in the MSB dry room, with seed collections
contained in porous bags
Assess the likely collection intake
per month during a typical year
and identify the peak volume of
material (for some seed banks, the
dry room may need to hold a whole
year’s collections). The number of
seeds per collection, and the size of
these seeds will greatly affect the
volume estimations.
Make these estimations on the basis
of uncleaned collections, unless
the seeds will definitely be cleaned
beforehand. Assume that drying
will take at least one month.
Seed drying room: worked
example
If the volume of an ‘average’ un-cleaned
seed collection (V) = 0.002m³
Number of collections in dry room
during peak period (N) = 500
Assume that collections are spread in
thin layers on paper inserts, within
self-stacking crates on trolleys. If
collections are to be held in bags,
less space is required but drying time
will increase.
Height of crate (H) = 0.12m
Width of crate (W) = 0.4m
Length of crate (L) = 0.6m
Proportion of crate filled (P) = 0.25
(especially if thin-layer drying)
Trolley Height (Z) = 0.3m
Number of collections per crate (A)
= (H * W * L * P) / V = 3
(round down to avoid part collections
in a crate)
Number of crates (B)
= N / A = 167 (round up)
A stack of self-stacking crates on a
trolley should not exceed a height of
2m.
Number of crates in stack (C)
= (2 - Z) / H = 14 (round down)
Number of stacks (D)
= B / C = 12 (round up)
Floor area of stacks (E)
= D * W * L = 2.88m²
In order to allow sufficient working
space (including a table) and good
air circulation, crates should only
occupy about 25% of the floor area.
Therefore, the total floor area will
need to be 4 times the area occupied
by the crates.
Required dry room floor area (F)
= E * 4 = 11.52m²
The height of the room is likely to be
around 2.5m.
Dry room volume (G)
= F * 2.5 = 28.8m³