This modular food storage Silo system was developed for use in Ladakh to store food at sustainable temperatures while ambient temperature outside drops below -20 to -30 degrees C.
Background
The Modular Silo was developed by ideas unlimited in colobration with two more companies. Designus, Mysuru and Indavara Engineering Co Pvt Ltd, Mysuru.
Designus, Mysuru
Indavara Engineering Co Pvt Ltd, Mysuru
This Silo is designed to store perishable food items and expensive rations in very low temperature and humidity conditions. Preservation of perishable food items is achieved through keeping them inside an insulated storage area with temperature and humidity control mechanism.
Video of the High Altitude, Self sufficient, Solar based Food Storage Silo.
Team with assembled SILO at instalation site
The team that built the modular Silo in Mysuru, before shipment
Vegetables stored in silo on a trial basis
Loading silo to trucks using crane
Vehicles arrive in Ladakh
Adventurous route to site, road cut off due to rains/ice melting
Transportation crew with our team at installation site in Ladakh
Product and Technology Description
The Silos are made of at-least three interconnected storage units – two end modules and a central module. Individual units are self contained and are capable of controlling the climate inside. The two end modules serve as entry points into the silo. They have doors for personnel to enter into the silo. As per requirement additional central modules can be interconnected and commissioned in the field.
This modular feature is what differentiates this concept from the available Silo solutions in the open market.These modules are well insulated against humidity seepage using PUF Panels all around and thermally sealed. The modules are joined and held together by bolting mechanism along with dual silicon rubber gaskets, which contain temperature and humidity within the modules.
Typically each module of the modular silo can hold close to a tonne of food grains or around 750 kgs of Vegetables approximately. Collectively the three modules will provide three times the above mentioned capacity based on what is stored. Any number of center modules can be attached together to increase the storage capacity of the silo. A minimum two end modules and one central module is mandatory. Additional central modules can be attached/detached to increase/decrease storage capacity.
Individual modules are self-sufficient in energy. All electronics are designed to run using the batteries present in each module of the silo. Solar Panels mounted on the roof to charge the batteries during daytime. The energy required by the modules is generated by harvesting solar energy from the roof top solar panels. Additionally, provisions have been made to power the module through a portable gen-set in cases of unfavorable weather conditions or extreme weather conditions when Solar charging becomes less efficient.
How it was built?
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