scholarly journals “I Remember the Skewed Grain Elevator in the Calmed Down Town of Spitak”: Memories of the Disaster Fighter of the 1988 Spitak Tragedy – Bulldozer Driver V.D. Savenkov

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Elevator

Facts about grain elevator explosions

1980 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-124
Author(s):  
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Keyword(s):  
Grain Elevator

Outcomes Following Traumatic Grain Elevator Injuries

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-263
Author(s):  
Sydnei Tolefree ◽  
Anthony Truong ◽  
Jeanette Ward ◽  
Fanglong Dong ◽  
Elizabeth Ablah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Elevator

Portable Wireless Yield Monitoring System on Conventional Rice Combine

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-203
Author(s):  
Renny Eka Purti ◽  
Azmi Yahya ◽  
Oh Yun Ju ◽  
Maryam Mohd Isa ◽  
Samsuzana Abdul Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Embedded System ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Crop Yield ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Grain Moisture ◽  
The Embedded System ◽  
Yield Monitoring ◽  
Grain Elevator

Abstract. A simple, portable, and rugged instrumentation system has been successfully developed and field demonstrated to monitor, measure, and record the harvested crop yield and selected machine field performance parameters from the typical rice combines in Malaysia. The complete system comprises of two ultrasonic sensors located at the combine header to measure the cutting width, microwave solid flow, and microwave moisture sensors at the combine clean grain auger to measure the flow rate and moisture content of the cleaned grains going into the grain tank, electromagnetic detector on the combine grain elevator drive shaft to monitor the grain elevator rotational speed, and lastly a DGPS receiver on the combine console roof to indicate the travel speed and geo-position in the field. All these measured parameters were made to display in-real time on the touch panel screen of the embedded system on-board the combine for the interest of the combine operator and also made to display in-real time on the monitor of the toughbook at the on-ground base station for the interest of the system controller. Static calibrations on the individual sensors showed excellent measurement linearity having R2 values within 0.8760 to 1.000 ranges. The wireless communication between the embedded system on-board the combine and the toughbook at the on-ground base station could be sustained to a maximum distance of 185 m apart. Site specific variability maps of crop yield, harvested grain moisture content, combine cutting width, combine traveling speed, combine field capacity, and combine field efficiency within the harvested area could be produced from the data obtained with the instrumentation system using a GIS software. Keywords: Grain harvesting, Paddy mechanization, Precision farming, Wireless data transmission, Yield monitoring.

Adequate Lubrication As the First (and Often Only) Line of Defense Against Dust Explosions in Grain Elevators

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan C. Ramirez ◽  
Kamal Aljazireh ◽  
James F. Lane
Keyword(s):  
Ignition Source ◽  
Dust Explosion ◽  
Solid Materials ◽  
Grain Elevators ◽  
Equipment Manufacturer ◽  
Dust Explosions ◽  
Grain Elevator

Abstract Finely divided solid materials (e.g., dusts and fines), when dispersed in the air, can fuel particularly violent and destructive explosions. In this paper we will discuss a case study involving a dust explosion in a grain elevator and how a careful bearing greasing policy could have avoided it. We present the most common conditions that lead to bearing overheating which can serve as the ignition source for a dust explosion. Additionally, we stress the need to raise awareness among operators about the wide variety of greases available, and given this wide variety, it is critical for facilities to ensure they use a grease with characteristics as close as possible as these recommended by the equipment manufacturer.

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