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Article
Cereal Storage Techniques: A Review
Author(s)
Hatice Pekmez
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DOI:10.17265/2161-6264/2016.02.001
Affiliation(s)
Naci Topçuoğlu Vocational School, University of Gaziantep, Gaziantep 27000, Turkey
ABSTRACT
Cereal grains are stored to
preserve the product from storing to consuming without any quality loss. The
choice of the most suitable and economical store has great importance on
storage period of cereals under consideration of climate conditions, types of
grain and transportation facility. The aim of present study was to give information
about different cereal storage methods and discuss the most preferable
technique for stock keepers.
There are five main storage methods for the cereals,
i.e., bulk storage, storage in
underground pit, storage in bags, storage in sheds and
storage in silos. Each has many advantages and disadvantages. Grains are
usually preserved as bulk stack in horizontal stores. Nowadays, the storage
underground is not preferred in cereal industry. For long-term storage period,
cereals are unfavorable when stored as
bulk in bags. Location, moisture content and sufficient ventilation are
important factors for cereals stored in sheds. The most preferred storage
technique in plants is to keep the products in silos. Steel and galvanized
silos are the most common ones when compared with
the others. In recent years, convention of storage techniques
for grains has been advanced with the innovations, such as aeration, refrigerated storage, modified
atmospheric storage and hermetic storage systems.
KEYWORDS
Storage of cereals, bulk, underground, bag, shed, silo.
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