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AUTO CURE VARIABLE FAN DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

  • US 20120012092A1
  • Filed: 05/19/2011
  • Published: 01/19/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for controlling interior air temperature inside a crop storage facility, wherein a fan moves heated air from a burner in the storage facility and can draw air into the storage facility through an air intake, the method comprising:

  • detecting a first temperature of air inside the storage facility;

    comparing the first temperature to a second temperature;

    if the first temperature is less than the second temperature, increasing an operating level of the burner;

    if the first temperature is less than the second temperature and the burner level is at a predetermined maximum operating level, decreasing a fan output;

    if the first temperature is less than the second temperature and the fan throughput is at a predetermined minimum level and the burner is at or above a predetermined maximum, at least partially closing the air intake; and

    if the first temperature is less than the second temperature, the burner is at the predetermined maximum operating level, and the air intake is fully closed, recirculating the air inside the storage facility.

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