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EP0183308A1
EP0183308A1 EP85201856A EP85201856A EP0183308A1 EP 0183308 A1 EP0183308 A1 EP 0183308A1 EP 85201856 A EP85201856 A EP 85201856A EP 85201856 A EP85201856 A EP 85201856A EP 0183308 A1 EP0183308 A1 EP 0183308A1
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Adrianus Rook
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D88/00—Large containers
    • B65D88/74—Large containers having means for heating, cooling, aerating or other conditioning of contents
    • B65D88/742—Large containers having means for heating, cooling, aerating or other conditioning of contents using ventilating sheaths
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B9/00—Machines or apparatus for drying solid materials or objects at rest or with only local agitation; Domestic airing cupboards
    • F26B9/10—Machines or apparatus for drying solid materials or objects at rest or with only local agitation; Domestic airing cupboards in the open air; in pans or tables in rooms; Drying stacks of loose material on floors which may be covered, e.g. by a roof
    • F26B9/103—Machines or apparatus for drying solid materials or objects at rest or with only local agitation; Domestic airing cupboards in the open air; in pans or tables in rooms; Drying stacks of loose material on floors which may be covered, e.g. by a roof using fixed or removable drying air channels placed in the stack, e.g. horizontally or vertically

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  • the invention relates to an air duct formed by a plate-shaped element provided with passages, having a curved course in cross-section and a corrugated course in longitudinal section.
  • Such air ducts are usually placed on the floor in a storage room in such a manner that the boundary edges of the curved plate-shaped element rest on the floor.
  • Products to be dried, cooled and/or ventilated can then be brought into the storage room such that said products are deposited in a heap above and between the air ducts.
  • air can be supplied to the air ducts continuously or intermittently, which air, whether or not heated, can escape from the air duct via the passages in the plate-shaped element and stream along the products to be treated.
  • Fig 1 illustrates a few air ducts 2 located adjacent to each other on a bottom 1, which ducts have been arranged parallel to each other.
  • the air ducts have, in cross section, a curved, usually semicircular shape, whilst seen in longitudinal section an air duct has a corrugated course.
  • the ducts are thereby made of metal sheet, but of course it will be conceivable to use other materials for this purpose, such as e.g. plastic material.
  • An air duct can be made of a single plate-shaped part, but in particular with longer air ducts a duct will usually be built up from sections which overlap each other at their ends.
  • Such an air duct or a section of an air duct can be formed by bending a corrugated sheet 3 as illustrated in figs 3 and 4 around its longitudinal axis extending parallel to its boundary edges 4 and 5.
  • slotted holes 7 have been provided in the tops 6 of the corrugations in the portions of the corrugated sheet joining the boundary edges 4 and 5 in such a manner that the longitudinal axes of said slotted holes coincide with the longitudinal axes of the corrugations and are therefore perpendicular to the boundary edges 4 and 5.
  • no holes have been provided, as will be apparent from figs 3 and 4.
  • the slotted holes 7 located nearest to the boundary edges 4 and 5 lie in a line in the corrugation tops 6 located adjacent to each other, whilst the slotted holes located further away from the boundary ed j es 4 and 5 in a pair of adjacent corrugation tops 6, seen in the longitudinal direction of the boundary edges 4 and 5, are staggered relatively to each other.
  • a better spre-ading of the air coming out of the air duct via the slotted holes is achieved as well as a better resistance of the air duct to collapsing.
  • the centre distance between a pair of rectangular slotted holes located in a corrugation top 6 will preferably be ⁇ 130 mm, except for those slotted holes which have been arranged comparatively closely together near the boundary edges 4 and 5 as is illustrated in the figures and whereby the centre distance between said slotted holes is 65 mm.
  • Fig 5 shows a development of a plate-shaped portion, which can be used for making air ducts with smaller diameters e.g. between ⁇ 630 mm and 1025 mm.
  • the centre distance between the slotted holes which for the rest have the same length as in the first mentioned embodiment, has thereby been chosen smaller and is preferably 90 mm here.
  • the centre distance between the slotted holes arranged closely together near the boundary lines 4 and 5 has thereby been kept equal to that of the embodiment discussed first.
  • the width of the strip of the sheet joining a boundary edge 4 or 5 measured in the direction of the corrugations is preferably less than 1/20 of the width of the developed sheet illustrated in figs 3 and 5 measured between the boundary edges 4 and 5.

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Abstract

Air duct formed by a plate-shaped element provided with passages, having a curved course in cross-section and a corrugated course in longitudinal section, whereby rectangular slotted holes have been provided only in the tops of the corrugations in those portions of the plate-shaped element which join the boundary edges of said plate-shaped element that rest on the floor.

Description

  • The invention relates to an air duct formed by a plate-shaped element provided with passages, having a curved course in cross-section and a corrugated course in longitudinal section.
  • Such air ducts are usually placed on the floor in a storage room in such a manner that the boundary edges of the curved plate-shaped element rest on the floor. Usually several such ducts, which can be built up from sections, are thereby arranged in a storage room at some distance of and parallel to each other. Products to be dried, cooled and/or ventilated can then be brought into the storage room such that said products are deposited in a heap above and between the air ducts. For drying, cooling and/or ventilating the products air can be supplied to the air ducts continuously or intermittently, which air, whether or not heated, can escape from the air duct via the passages in the plate-shaped element and stream along the products to be treated.
  • For the use of such air ducts for drying grains plate-shaped elements are usually provided, which are provided with small perforations over their entire surface. For bigger tuberous or bulbous crops, such as e.g. potatoes, onions and the like such air ducts proved to be unsatisfactory. In connection with this it has been proposed to provide those portions of the plate-shaped elements which join the boundary edges of the plate-shaped elements that rest on the floor with regularly spaced holes with a circular section. Also with such an arrangement, however, no satisfactory results were achieved.
  • According to the invention now rectangular slotted holes have been provided only in the tops of the corrugations in those portions of the plate-shaped element that join the boundary edges of the plate-shaped element which rest on the floor.
  • Surprisingly it has appeared that the use of such a construction effects a considerably improved operation with regard to drying, cooling and/or ventilating in comparison with the constructions described hereinabove, whilst in addition, because of the provision of holes only in the tops of the corrugations, a robust construction of the plate-shaped element is maintained, so that said plate-shaped element can take comparatively great loads, caused by products lying on the plate-shaped element.
  • The invention will be further explained hereinafter with reference to embodiments of the construction according to the invention diagrammatically illustrated in the accompanying figures.
    • Fig 1 is a diagrammatic perspective view of a few adjacently arranged air ducts.
    • Fig 2 is a diagrammatic view of the end of an air duct.
    • Fig 3 is a top view of a plate-shaped element intended for forming an air-duct according to the invention.
    • Fig 4 is a side view of fig 3.
    • Fig 5 is a top view of a second embodiment of a plate-shaped element suited for forming an air duct according to the invention.
  • Fig 1 illustrates a few air ducts 2 located adjacent to each other on a bottom 1, which ducts have been arranged parallel to each other. As will be apparent from figs 1 and2 the air ducts have, in cross section, a curved, usually semicircular shape, whilst seen in longitudinal section an air duct has a corrugated course. Usually the ducts are thereby made of metal sheet, but of course it will be conceivable to use other materials for this purpose, such as e.g. plastic material. An air duct can be made of a single plate-shaped part, but in particular with longer air ducts a duct will usually be built up from sections which overlap each other at their ends. Such an air duct or a section of an air duct can be formed by bending a corrugated sheet 3 as illustrated in figs 3 and 4 around its longitudinal axis extending parallel to its boundary edges 4 and 5. As further appears from fig 3 slotted holes 7 have been provided in the tops 6 of the corrugations in the portions of the corrugated sheet joining the boundary edges 4 and 5 in such a manner that the longitudinal axes of said slotted holes coincide with the longitudinal axes of the corrugations and are therefore perpendicular to the boundary edges 4 and 5. In the bottoms 8 of the corrugations no holes have been provided, as will be apparent from figs 3 and 4.
  • As will further appear from fig. 3 the slotted holes 7 located nearest to the boundary edges 4 and 5 lie in a line in the corrugation tops 6 located adjacent to each other, whilst the slotted holes located further away from the boundary edj es 4 and 5 in a pair of adjacent corrugation tops 6, seen in the longitudinal direction of the boundary edges 4 and 5, are staggered relatively to each other. As a result of this a better spre-ading of the air coming out of the air duct via the slotted holes is achieved as well as a better resistance of the air duct to collapsing.
  • In practice it has appeared that thereby efficient ventilation, drying, cooling or the like can be achieved when five slotted holes are provided in every corrugation top, whereby the length of such a slotted hole is preferably 55 mm and the width 20 mm. With an air speed of 6-7 m per second the occurrence of turbulence when the air streams out of the slotted holes appears to be prevented, as a result of which an equal stream of the air through the material to be treated will be achieved.
  • With a diameter between ± 1200 mm and 1600 mm of the corrugated sheet bent into a semicircle around its longitudinal axis the centre distance between a pair of rectangular slotted holes located in a corrugation top 6 will preferably be ± 130 mm, except for those slotted holes which have been arranged comparatively closely together near the boundary edges 4 and 5 as is illustrated in the figures and whereby the centre distance between said slotted holes is 65 mm.
  • Fig 5 shows a development of a plate-shaped portion, which can be used for making air ducts with smaller diameters e.g. between ± 630 mm and 1025 mm. As is illustrated in this figure the centre distance between the slotted holes, which for the rest have the same length as in the first mentioned embodiment, has thereby been chosen smaller and is preferably 90 mm here. The centre distance between the slotted holes arranged closely together near the boundary lines 4 and 5 has thereby been kept equal to that of the embodiment discussed first.
  • The width of the strip of the sheet joining a boundary edge 4 or 5 measured in the direction of the corrugations is preferably less than 1/20 of the width of the developed sheet illustrated in figs 3 and 5 measured between the boundary edges 4 and 5.

Claims (6)

1. Air duct formed by a plate-shaped element provided with passages, having a curved course in cross-section and a corrugated course in longitudinal section, characterised in that rectangular slotted holes have been provided only in the tops of the corrugations in those portions of the plate-shaped element which join the boundary edges of said plate-shaped element that rest on the floor.
2. Air duct as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that, seen in the longitudinal direction of the air duct, slotted holes in successive corrugation tops are staggered relatively to each other.
3. Air duct as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterised in that, seen in the longitudinal direction of the air duct, the slotted holes provided in the corrugation tops and located nearest the boundary edges, lie in a line.
4. Air duct as claimed in any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the slotted holes have been provided in such a manner that the longitudinal axes of the slotted holes coincide with the longitudinal axes of the corrugation tops.
5. Air duct as claimed in any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the length of a slotted hole is ± 50 mm and the width is ± 20 mm.
6. Air duct as claimed in any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the width of the strip,joining the boundary edge of an air duct, in which the slotted holes have been provided, measured in the longitudinal direction of a corrugation top,is not more than 1/20 of the entire length of said corrugation top.
EP85201856A 1984-11-14 1985-11-12 Air duct Expired EP0183308B1 (en)

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FR2624690A1 (en) * 1987-12-16 1989-06-23 Segers Bernard Ventilation cover with variable air flow rates for ventilating cereals
CN114294912A (en) * 2022-01-07 2022-04-08 季华恒一(佛山)半导体科技有限公司 Electrical heating formula drying system

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US2196391A (en) * 1936-01-21 1940-04-09 Gronert August Ventilating plant for goods piled up such as grain
US2818009A (en) * 1955-08-05 1957-12-31 Vincent B Steffen Base for steel storage bin
US3054342A (en) * 1959-10-01 1962-09-18 Butler Manufacturing Co Grain aeration structure
US3136240A (en) * 1960-11-28 1964-06-09 Frederick W Rabe Cross-flow aeration system for grain bins

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2196391A (en) * 1936-01-21 1940-04-09 Gronert August Ventilating plant for goods piled up such as grain
US2818009A (en) * 1955-08-05 1957-12-31 Vincent B Steffen Base for steel storage bin
US3054342A (en) * 1959-10-01 1962-09-18 Butler Manufacturing Co Grain aeration structure
US3136240A (en) * 1960-11-28 1964-06-09 Frederick W Rabe Cross-flow aeration system for grain bins

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2624690A1 (en) * 1987-12-16 1989-06-23 Segers Bernard Ventilation cover with variable air flow rates for ventilating cereals
CN114294912A (en) * 2022-01-07 2022-04-08 季华恒一(佛山)半导体科技有限公司 Electrical heating formula drying system
CN114294912B (en) * 2022-01-07 2022-11-11 季华恒一(佛山)半导体科技有限公司 Electrical heating formula drying system

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ATE39568T1 (en) 1989-01-15
DE3567092D1 (en) 1989-02-02
EP0183308B1 (en) 1988-12-28
NL8403473A (en) 1986-06-02
DK161040C (en) 1991-10-28

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