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Aeration in-silo dryer for grain and seed
Patent Support Request Presentation
Vitaliy G. Danchenko, Larysa P. Potapovych, Ronald T. Noyes
+380 562 368275
[email protected]
Elevator Limited Company
Dniepropetrovsk
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Outline
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Proprietary statement
Market need
Technology description & Advantages
Experimental results
Stage of development, Next steps & Costs
Targeted market segment
Competition & Competitive matrix
Improvements achieved
Patent support request
Action Plan for licensing
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Proprietary information statement
The technology material presented is
available for licensing or joint product
development.
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Problem Description & Market Need
• 40% from 40 millions tons of grain growing at Ukraine is
harvested in moist state. Due to lack of drying equipment at a
reasonable price and effective grain drying technologies 6
millions tons of grain is lost because of spoilage. It costs $0.8
billions for Ukrainian economics.
• According to statistics only 30% of grain enterprises are
provided with drying capacity. Conventional drying equipment is
not available for most of small and middle farms at Ukraine and
others countries because of its high cost and power inputs
during operation. Farmers need inexpensive and effective
dryers.
• The potential market of the dryers at a reasonable price and
operation costs with possibility to cover its cost quickly is
practically unlimited in Ukraine as 6…8 millions of harvesting
grain are not provided with drying equipment.
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Technical Merits
The proposed aeration in-silo dryer has the following
advantages in comparison with thermal dryers afforded at the
market:
• obtainable price (approximately half as much as thermal dryers
prices);
• high quality of drying for grain and seed;
• possibility of earlier harvesting on 1…2 weeks;
• replacing expensive and faulty fuel energy carrier with
economically priced fan power;
• environmentally appropriate and fire safety drying conditions;
• carefule grain finish drying after imperfect thermal drying;
• ease of assembling and handling;
• not high operation cost;
• quick payback (during one year) due to the obtainable price and
low (10 times less in comparison with the thermal dryers) power
inputs.
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Description of dryer design and operations
The proposed aeration dryer is designed as conventional grain silo. Its
bottom can be conical or flat. A perforated multi-sectional air distributor
is installed on the bottom. Ducts of gas jetting system feed the air
distributor.
• The gas is purged through the air distributor sectional layerwise. Having
processed grain the gas is removed outside the dryer through a slot gap
between the roof and sidewall sheet.
• The dryer construction provide enriching the air feeding grain bulk with
ozone which has properties of both disinfector and drying agent. To
improve the air drying properties there are systems for its drying and
heating.
• To simplify dryer assembling and operation processes it is provided with
collapsible prefabrication sectional bottom.
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Technological peculiarities of the offered aeration
dryer in comparison with analogues
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Horizontal, shorter in size in comparison with vertical and less powerintensive way of gas movement using anisotropic properties of grain body
resistance to air flow.
Providing of moistened air removing from the dryer without its repeated
contact with dry grain.
The dryer design provides its rigidity both to internal loading from the grain
weight ant to environmental stress that allows applying dryers with the
height much more than the diameter.
Opportunity of feeding any height of grain bulk with gas of identical initial
characteristics with providing level-by-level adjustable on speed purge of
the bulk;
Exception of an opportunity for reproduction and further development of
pests in moist grain and maintenance of its qualitative parameters both
during drying and the subsequent storage in a dry condition.
Reduction of time and labor input of bottom assembly due to use of factory
manufactured section elements without application of building equipment
and concrete works.
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Experimental results
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Researches of the preparatory grain fumigation with the
ozonized air are fulfilled with the positive results.
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Processes of the gas moving inside the aeration dryer and
moisture removing are studied with help of developed
calculation model.
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Two aeration dryer imitators of 200 kg capacity are
manufactured. Equipment for creation and monitoring of
necessity medium inside the dryer as well as drying
equipment is prepared. The tests will be begun in November
of 2006.
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Engineering documentation for manufacture of field aeration
dryer prototype of 18 ton capacity is issued. The prototype will
be manufactured and prepared for the field test in February of
2007.
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The stage of development and the international
patenting
• Dryers’ design and grain drying technologies have been
studied by patent and subject literature;
• 16 technical solutions the closest to the proposed dryer
have been selected to use as analogs and prototypes;
• Application materials on the invention (drawings of the
dryer design, the description of its operation and the
patent formula) have been prepared;
• The application materials on invention have been
discussed preliminary with a patent agent for their
completion according to the international patenting
requirements and submitting to the State patent
association of Ukraine.
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Next Steps for Development
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Manufacturing the aeration dryer, its exploratory finalizing,
engineering follow up, correcting make-ready and certification
Presentation of the dryer full-scale prototype to managers of
Ukrainian enterprises at training center of Agricultural Department in
Mayskoye village, Dniepropetrovsk region, and obtaining official
appreciation of the dryer for market penetration
Development of presentation materials, Web-site
Development of the business plan to get budgetary (innovation)
financing for preproduction and dryers manufacturing by the way of
componentry manufacturing at various producing plants and next
assembling by Elevator Ltd staff
International Patent application to take out the Patent in USA,
Canada, Ukraine
Cooperation with Companies which interested in the aeration dryers
(GSI International, USA, Westeel, Canada, etc) to issue the license
and organize joint business
Exposition of the aeration dryer at Agro 2007 Exhibition (Kyev,
Ukraine), Agricultural Show in Hanover (Germany) and Brno
(Czechia). Making of contract for dryers manufacturing and delivery
Creation of dealer system for advertising and sealing
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Development Costs
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Development of the aeration dryer prototype consists of the
following work stages:
analytical research;
laboratory experiment preparing;
laboratory experiment to option the aeration technology
parameters;
issuing of design and engineering documentation;
preproduction work for new details and assembly unit;
manufacturing of the prototype and purchasing equipment for
the field tests;
field tests of the aeration dryer;
refinement of the dryer design by the test results.
Total development cost for the aeration dryer
prototype of 100…150 ton capacity amounts
approximately 0.9 million of USD.
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Commercial potential
Aeration dryer has all opportunities to win at the
trade market owing to high technical and
economic characteristics, parameters of quality
and ecological compatibility as well as
replacement of expensive energy carriers in
technological process of grain and seeds drying
such as natural gas and mineral oil by
inexpensive energy of the fan.
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Targeted Market Segment
The aeration dryer may be widely adopted at:
• Seed-farming enterprises for:
 carefully and pollution-free seed drying with ambient air;
 germinating power stimulation and increasing the crop capacity
(conceivably on 10…15%) due to seed processing with ozone.
• Small and middle farms for:economical
 drying small grain batch;
 Economical drying (without applying of expensive fuel).
• Large grain enterprises for:
 Finish drying after incomplete thermal drying to abate power
inputs;
 Providing possibility to begin harvesting 1…2 weeks earlier with
furthering grain ripening during drying process.
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Competition
My competitors are manufacturers of thermal dryers GSI, MFS (USA), Westeel (Canada), Arai
(Poland), Meri (Finland). Apparently from the resulted table, of eleven basic characteristics
for a choice of the dryer, offered aeration one has ten superlative characteristics of higher,
except for one – the speed of drying.
Thermal dryers
Aeration dryer
High cost
Price of the equipment is 3 times below than thermal
dryers
High power inputs
Power inputs are more than 2 times below, than at
thermal drying
Cracking and damages of grain, caused by internal
pressure
Use of sparing drying and after-dying excludes
damage of grain
Are not economic enough at drying grain and seeds of
small parties
Economic at drying small parties of grain and seeds
Not high quality of seeds drying
High quality of grain and seeds drying
Possibility of ignition at drying of olive cultures
Ignition-safe conditions of drying
Environmental contamination by products of energy
combustion
Ecological safety of drying
Insufficient efficiency of drying grain after pre cleaning,
for 1 – 2 weeks
Efficiency of drying after pre cleaning for 1-2 weeks
Complexity of installation and operation
Simplicity of installation and operation
High speed of drying due to high-temperature heating
Speed of drying is slower than in thermal dryers
Use of expensive energy resources - natural gas or
diesel fuel
Low-cost energy of the fan
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Competitive Matrix of the proposed and known dryers
Important dryer’s
characteristics
Proposed
aeration
dryer
Thermal dryer of column type
GSI,MFS (USA), Westeel
(Canada), Arai (Poland), Meri
(Finland)
Thermal
bunker dryer
GSI and
MFS (USA)
3.8
10.8
13.0
17 000
85 000
58 000
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Drying period, hours
Corn 36
Wheat 96
Corn 4.0
Wheat 15.8
Corn 5.0
Wheat 20.5
Cost of gas for drying
of one batch, $ USA
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Corn 18.2
Wheat 70.5
Corn 16.3
Wheat 62.5
diesel oil, $ USA
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Corn 25.4
Wheat 98.7
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electric power,
$ USA
Corn 13.5
Wheat 43.3
Corn 3.2
Wheat 10.9
Corn 2.8
Wheat 9.8
Cost of total spending,
$ USA
Corn 13.5
Wheat 43.3
Corn 21.4
Wheat 81.4
Corn 19.1
Wheat 72.3
Weight, tons
Dryer’s cost, $ USA
Weight of drying grain
batch, tons
(corn – on 15%,
wheat – on 5%)
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Competitive Matrix of the proposed and known
dryers (continuation)
Important
dryer’s
characteristics
Grain drying
efficiency
Drying
efficiency for
small grain
batch
Seed drying
efficiency
Proposed
aeration dryer
Thermal dryer of column
type GSI,MFS (USA),
Westeel (Canada), Arai
(Poland), Meri (Finland)
Thermal bunker
dryer GSI and
MFS (USA)
Not enough
high
High
High
High economy
Not high economy
Not high
economy
Not high
productivity
High economy
High productivity
Not high economy
High
productivity
Not high
economy
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Competitive Matrix of the proposed and known
dryers (continuation)
Important
dryer’s
characteristics
Quality of
marketable
grain drying
Quality of
seed drying
Grain quality
after drying
and ripening
Proposed
aeration dryer
Thermal dryer of column
type GSI,MFS (USA),
Westeel (Canada), Arai
(Poland), Meri (Finland)
Thermal bunker
dryer GSI and
MFS (USA)
High
Corn - high for < 25%
moisture
Wheat - high
Corn - high for
< 25% moisture
Wheat - high
High
Not enough high
Not enough
high
Improves
Doesn’t deteriorate
Doesn’t
deteriorate
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Competitive Matrix of the proposed and known
dryers (continuation)
Important
dryer’s
characteristics
Finishing
drying of
seed and
grain after
incomplete
thermal
drying
Ecological
compatibility
Fire safety
Proposed
aeration dryer
Thermal dryer of column
type GSI,MFS (USA),
Westeel (Canada), Arai
(Poland), Meri (Finland)
Thermal bunker
dryer GSI and
MFS (USA)
Economically
and rationally
Doesn’t apply
Doesn’t apply
High
Not enough high
Not enough
high
High for any
grain-crops
Not enough high at
drying oil-bearing crops
Not enough
high at drying
oil-bearing
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crops
Reached improvements
The proposed aeration dryer design is improved in comparison with the
prototype and possesses 15 distinctive attributes (according to the patent
formula):
The improvements allow:
• To reduce energy expenses more than in 2 times for drying;
• To provide natural and ecologically pure ripening of grain and seeds;
• To raise operational and functional qualities;
• To raise a degree of factory manufacturing;
• To reduce the price of the equipment (in 3 … of 5 times in comparison with
similar thermal dryers);
• To reduce influence of surrounding atmosphere on process of drying;
• To provide qualitative drying of the grain not dependent on height of a grain
embankment;
• To provide use in other brunches, for example, for drying loose materials or
crushed wood.
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The requirement of patent support
The requirement of patent financial support in the
sum of $2,200.00 USD is necessary for
submission of the international application. It is
planning the following clauses of expenses:
1. Patent investigations $350
2. Drafting of the Patent Formula $150
3. Drafting of the declaration and drawing - $150
4. Application submission $50
5. Duty $1500
Total $ 2 200
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Action Plan for Licensing
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Prepare list of competitors and companies to contact
Find and assemble marketing team
Develop business-plan to obtain investment
Prepare promotional material
Manufacture demonstrational prototype of the aeration
dryer
• Carry out presentation of the proposed dryer for
stakeholders abroad and for representatives of the
foreign companies in Ukraine
• Prepare Partner project for development of seed
aeration dryer together with US and Canadian experts
• Negotiate with stakeholders about creation of joint
enterprises for manufacturing aeration dryers on
licensing basis
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Contact information
V.Danchenko, L.Potapovych,
+380562-368275
[email protected]
Elevator Limited Company
Dniepropetrovsk
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