Nowadays propane used in agriculture become more and more common than last 5 years. According to an authority research(The Propane Education & Research Council) , propane is used on about 710,000 U.S. farms for grain dryers, irrigation pumps, standby generators, and grain drying, and other farm equipment. Propane equipments’ widely use in American farms means it gradually shows it’s advantage in agriculture and it will be a feature trend in this area.
Below are the factors that propane factors used in
Grain dryer.
As we know, propane is most often used to fuel heated-air drying systems because it is portable, can be easily stored, and is readily accessible in rural areas where natural gas is unavailable. And unlike fuel oil or kerosene, propane will not leak and contaminate the grain. These advantage make it more reasonable used in drying machine system. Grain drying is now an integral part of the farming operation, with the use of propane, it shows gradually in farm machinery.
These grain drying machine which use propane fuel are capable of drying widely type of grain. They are available batch dryers (where grain is dried in batches ranging from 80 to 1,000 bushel) or continuous flow dryers (wet grain is fed into the dryer in a steady stream) too. The average fuel consumption of heated-air corn dryers is about 0.02 gallons of propane per bushel per percentage point of moisture removed. That means it can save lots of fuel cost for you and this will directly decrease your grain price and give you benefit.
Propane grain dryers have lots of superior features:
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Long life and very low maintenance.
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Full range of temperature settings for different grain types.
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Quick and easy full length clean-out doors to facilitate grain changing without contamination.
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Control panel to indicate operating status of equipment as well as sources of problems in event of shut-down.
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Fully-automated filling, unloading, and shut-off capabilities.
Try to accept new technology and catch up with them will make you a wise man in your farm business and discover kinds of new methods to make fortune.
