Evaluation of Mill Quality by Analysis of the Ventilation Behavior of Silo Blower

This research regards the study of ventilated air behavior in a rice paddy silo towards power consumption reduction. As rice paddy is an organic matter, it will generate humidity that will require ventilation to prevent from being spoiled. A rice paddy silo is experimented on the rice ventilation scheme as the former scheme is to blow intermitted on a 3 days interval for 24 hours through the on and off peak period. The studied scheme will operate only on off peak period once every seven days. The results showed that the former scheme consumed 1,565 kWh and reduced to 764 kWh which is worth 35,700 and 6,936 Baht respectively. Other than reducing power consumption, the rice paddy’s quality still meets the government standard and remains constant when compared to the former scheme.