Flach & Le-Roy Ltd products

In general, ventilating cereals in bulk with 100 cubic feet per minute per ton airflow at the correct relative humidity level will reduce the grain moisture content by up to 0.5% over 24 hours. Typically, therefore, a 30Kw centrifugal fan will be suitable for drying a 300-ton batch of grain when specified at the correct operating pressure. Historically fan-drying rates have been dependent on a number of factors, e.g. air temperature and relative humidity, seed/chip size and initial moisture content. However, to provide the capability to handle the throughput of modern machinery, we take account of the customer’s anticipated floor-loading rates and storage depth when we recommend fan sizes.

Taking advantage of the UK Government’s Renewable Heat Initiative (RHI) many customers have installed biomass-heating systems and use woodchip as the boiler fuel. Woodchip is, of course, a sustainable fuel and can be purchased ready dried from commercial woodchip suppliers.