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Franz Schreier at 18:14, 6 November 2014

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{{Powering Agriculture Technology Database
|PAT quality check=Yes
|PAT Name=Flat Bed Paddy Rice Dryer
|PAT Picture=Flat Bed Paddy Rice Dryer.jpg
|PAT Type EE=Energy Efficiency
|PAT Description=Rice paddy drying methods make a large positive economic impact on a community. Improper drying leads to spoilage and quality issues with significant economic losses. Additionally, post harvest spoilages are energy and resources losses. Mechanized drying approaches offer a variety of advantages over passive solar drying including less labor, drying uniformity, and volume drying proximal to harvest regardless of ambient conditions. Differing versions of the Paddy Rice Dryers exist. Some feature semi-automated hull feeders but most rely upon manual feeding of rice hull heating fuel. Use of small internal combustion engine for blower operation might be replaced with electric motor powered by renewable energy. Fossile fuels can be replaced by renewable sources.
|PAT Technology Application Solar=Solar
|PAT Technology Application Biomass=Biomass
|PAT Technology Application Biofuel=Biofuel
|PAT Technology Application Biogas=Biogas
|PAT Technology Application Energy Efficiency=Energy Efficiency
|PAT Technology Application Other=This technology currently uses biomass for heat generation and diesel or gasoline for fan operation.
|PAT Value Processing=Processing
|PAT Value Other=Post harvesting
|PAT Actions Heating=Heating
|PAT Actions Drying=Drying
|PAT Commodity Cereals=Cereals
|PAT Commodity Oil Seeds=Oil Seeds
|PAT Dev Region Worldwide=Region
|PAT Dev Region East Asia=East Asia & The Pacific
|PAT Dev Country East Asia=Myanmar
|PAT Dep Region Worldwide=Region
|PAT Dep Region East Asia=East Asia & The Pacific
|PAT Dep Pot Region Worldwide=None
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|PAT Manufacturers=Pioneer Post Harvest Development Group, IRRI, others
|PAT Economics=Proper cereal drying is economically significant since spoilage currently accounts for up to 50% of economic losses for rice production in developing countries. Flat Bed Paddy Rice Dryer are likely too expensive to own, operate and maintain for most small farm operations and therefore are more suited to community ownership.
|PAT Technology Development Level=Well established regional use: Thousands of similar Flat Bed Paddy Rice Dryer are in use. The design vastly improves the drying process of cereals over current passive solar methods. However, this design mostly does not yet include renewable energy use for fan blower operation. The Pioneer Post Harvest Development Group has installed more 350 units since 2012 in Myanmar.
|PAT Maintenance=The technology can be locally maintained through its life cycle but requires tools and moderate training for maintenance due to the use of the internal combustion engine.
|PAT Infrastructure=Medium: Technology development requires uncommon tools, mid-development level supporting technologies and moderately trained personnel. A good network for further deployment already exists. All materials used in operation are relatively common or easily obtained.
|PAT Required Resources Manufacture=Steel, cement, rubber, plastics, lubricants;
|PAT Required Resources Operation=Fuel and lubricants;
|PAT Deployment Level=Well established regional use; Thousands of Flat Bed Paddy Rice Dryers are in use in various Pacific Rim countries.
|PAT Deployment Capability=This technology can be further deployed. It requires only moderately trained individuals for installation. The potential to reduce post harvest losses is enormous.
|PAT Requirements for Deployment=This technology is well developed and can be immediately deployed. It has to be adapted to renewable energy sources.
|PAT Relevance Autonomy=The technology does not support autonomy as it requires supporting technology, energy, and services. However, it does contribute to food security as it results in reducing post harvest losses.
|PAT Environment Impacts=The operation of the small internal combustion engine requires fossile fuels for operation and therefore has CO2 and other related emissions.
|PAT Bio-Cybernetic=The technology does not generally conform to all the Bio Cybernetic Rules.
|PAT Links=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jw5stfCwyA

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pioneer-Post-Harvest-Development-Group-PPHDG/180796861943864
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=588861587804054&set=p.588861587804054&type=1&theater
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzSIuyaP004
http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/

http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5427E/x5427e0d.htm#TopOfPage
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Flat Bed Paddy Rice Dryer (PA Technology) - Revision history

Axel Heinemann: 1 revision

Franz Schreier at 18:14, 6 November 2014