By - Munishwar Vasudeva
Rice Technology
This book explores the complete rice milling ecosystem—from traditional methods to cutting-edge innovations. Designed for millers, engineers, and agri-tech professionals, it focuses on value addition, cost reduction, and commercial scalability of rice processing technologies.
By - Munishwar Vasudeva
Food Grains Bulk Storage
This book explores the evolution of Steel Silo and Flat Bulk Storage systems, combining decades of hands-on experience and global best practices. It offers a simplified understanding of engineering, operations, and innovations in food grain bulk storage for sustainable and efficient project execution.
Chapter 1
Conceptualization Of Steel Silo Storage
Green field or brown field or transition from the bagged storage requires careful analysis and study on techno-commercial analysis of the existing parameters. Parameters too need careful scrutiny in a realistic way. Selection of Hopper Bottom Silos and Flat Bottom Silos needs basic understanding of a few fundamentals. Making rough drawing and a layout too could also be learnt to make basic commercial analysis. Few myths under circulation need some clarification and text book understanding on EMC, Warehousing Duration and Dry Matter Loss.
Chapter 2
Engineering Of Steel Silo Storage
Guideline to make a check list of essential observations for site selection. How to make best of engineering consultancy by providing realistic inputs for tended expectations. Engineering components used for Silo operations need practical understanding for evaluation. Material Handling, Silo components like Temperature Monitoring, Sweep Augar, Vents, Ventilators, slide gates etc., Weighing equipment, few missed out essential equipment, Bulk Loading, Safety equipment, automation with PLC/SCADA.
Chapter 5
Operations Of Steel Silo Storage
Adapting S.L.A.M. theory to make prevention is better than cure. Each and every step in the operations has financial implications which need a careful observation with data analysis and preventive methods. Vehicles Entry/Exit, Vehicles Weighing, Food Grains Sampling, Intake, Pre Storage Silos, Cleaning followed by Online Weighing, Long Term Storage Silos with IPQC methods, packing and bulk loading. All these operational activities if carefully handled shall have zero losses.
Chapter 6
Greenfield Flat Bulk Storage
Kind of choices available for various capacities of the bulk storage having variable cost bearing make the decision making a profitable venture. Having same technical flexibilities as silos with better capacity utilization with diverse crop storage by having modular partition.
Chapter 7
Brownfield Flat Bulk Storage
Converting existing bagged storage warehousing to the flat bulk storage of various capacities having modular partitions. With a heap having natural angle of repose the capacity can be enhanced by 60 to 80%. Intakes and reclaim as mechanized as Silos and fumigation as effective as in Silo.
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