Design and Development of Automatic Ventilation Control System in Paddy Container

Abstract

Thailand is the main occupation of rice cultivation and earns the number one income from export sales in the country. Farmers plant rice twice a year, namely in-season rice and off-season rice. However, in the preservation of paddy, the problem is often encountered. Paddy after harvest will have high moisture content. moldy rice grains and yellow rice Paddy with high moisture content is a major cause of loss. Therefore, the research team has an idea to design and develop an automatic ventilation control system in container by experimenting with hot air from a ventilator blowing through a glass heating tube. From the experiment it was found that when the ventilation fan is on and turn on the heating glass tube alone. The temperature was set at 60 degrees Celsius, making the weight of the rice before entering the tank weighing 50 kg. After the experiment was completed, it was reduced to 45.98 kg. It can be seen that the ventilation by opening the heating tube can reduce the moisture in the rice pile better than local preservation.