Sensor Probes
Universal single point grain monitoring probe for monitoring biological processes during storage
The iGRAIN Sensor Probes are designed to monitor the biological processes during storage in silos and containers. The monitoring is based primarily on gas analysis. Because ambient air surrounding the grain kernels spread evenly and rapidly in a silo or container, a single point measurement is often most efficient and most economical.
Monitoring biological processes in stored grain etc.
Monitoring the development in a biological eco-system is done most efficiently with gas analysis. All scientific literature points to gas analysis both to monitor the development of the primary product and possible attacks from pests such as insects, mites, fungus, bacteria, yeast, or other unwanted biology.
iGRAIN has developed monitoring expertise to monitor different biological eco-systems such as:
- Stored grain such as wheat, rice, corn, etc.
- Special application for storage of barley for malting purposes
- Storage of cocoa or coffee beans
- Storage of nuts such as pistachio, cashews, almonds, hazelnuts, etc.
- Storage of feed pellets, including short-term storage before packaging.
- Monitoring of oil-seed meal from soybean, sunflower, cottonseed, etc.
- Storage of palm oil seed
- Monitoring of wood pellets or wood chips etc.
- Composting applications
- All of these storage applications require monitoring and possibly aeration control. All sensors interfaces with the iGRAIN Dashboard Manager software for easy storage and inventory management.
Combines with other sensors
All applicatins can be supplemented with the iGRAIN inventory management sensors based on either iGRAIN Bin Auditor Radar or Bin Auditor Laser.
A system can also be supplemented with a classic temperature sensor cable which provide additional temperature monitoring data and an almost free inventory status.
Monitoring gases
The following gases can be monitored with iGRAIN sensors:
- Relative humidity in the storage container/silo
- Seed, grain, or other bio-material absolute humidity (EMC calculation)
- Carbon Dioxide – CO2 – monitoring infestation, and quantifying it
- Carbon Dioxide – CO2 – applied to monitor germination processes
- Volatile Organic Gases – VOC, monitoring organic volatile gases
- Hydrocarbon Gases – CₙHₘ, monitoring gases in the oil seed industry
- Oxygen monitoring – O2 – monitoring anaerobic conditions
- Temperature monitoring – always included
Advantages
- Affordable HI-TEC monitoring solution
- Long term stability with easy service access
- Interfaces with all iGRAIN communication platforms
- Interfaces with iGRAIN Smart App
Monitoring applications
- All types of grain
- All types of beans and nuts
- All types of oilseeds
- All types of oilseed-meal
- All types of feed pellets
- All types of wood chips and wood pellets
- Composting etc.
- Anaerobic storage silos for wheat or other material
Safety applications
- Fire and explosion monitoring
- CO2 safety monitoring
