Floor Standing Humidifier

To help maintain high levels of relative humidity within crop storage buildings, Farm Electronics has developed a unique floor standing evaporative humidifier which halts damaging weight and quality loss in potatoes and other root crops during storage.

Farm Electronics have utilised the HUMIDRAFT humidifier coil and installed it in a floor-standing unit. Locating the assembly at floor level, makes installation of electrical and water supplies and drainage much simpler and safer. The unit is then extended vertically through galvanised sheet ducting sections to the height required to allow discharge above the stored crop level.

The standard unit occupies approximately 0.6m2 (6sq.ft) of floor space and may be extended to 5.5 metres (18ft) in height to discharge above six-box high stacking. With an airflow of some 1.7m3/s (3600 cub.ft per min) it is capable of maintaining the relative humidity levels at between 95%-98% in 500 ton store. This enables the replacement of moisture levels normally lost during cooling operations in storage yet, required to keep the stored crop in prime condition.

Controls for the humidifier unit are located in waterproof control panel mounted on the side of the base unit. The control panel is fitted with a door interlock isolator switch, for complete electrical safety and a selector switch providing Automatic Off and Manual Run selections. In the Auto Mode the unit operates intermittently with preset run and off periods. A simple timeclock controls the operation and can be set for almost any variation of On and Off periods.

Technical Details:
Base Unit:          110cm (w) x 53cm (d) x 170cm (h)
Fan:                   450mm dia. 3600cfm 0.3kw 1-phase 2.2amp
Control Panel:    Epoxy coated enclosure with door interlock isolator Auto/Off/Manual selector switch and 24hr On-Off Time clock.