Thermal conditions of storing seed grain in a hermetic container with a regulated air environment

Abstract

Grain production largely determines the level of development of the country, its food security and the standard of living of the population. Currently, about 70 000 enterprises and organizations in all agricultural regions of the country are engaged in grain production in the Russian Federation, of which more than half are peasant farms that do not have an adequate base for storing seed grain and scientifically based storage technologies, in particular. The choice of the storage method is determined by many conditions. It is necessary to consider climatic features of the area where grain will be stored, types and capacities of granaries, etc. The cheapest and easiest way to store grain is storage in metal silos, but it does not protect seeds from thermal processes occurring in the grain bulk under the influence of external climatic factors and therefore it is unsuitable for their storage.