Initial Settings
Grain - Corn, Yellow
Moisture - 14.5%
Airflow - 4 Hours
Mode - Storage 1
Probes - Off
Clock - Central Time
Lockouts - Disabled
Backlog - 15 Hours
Upper Temp Limit - 117 Degrees
Lower Temp Limit - 0 Degrees
Upper Humidity Limit - 99%
Lower Temp Limit - 5%
Upper Target Limit - 60 Degrees
Lower Target Limit - 20 Degrees
Constant Temp Band - 50 Degrees
Constant EMC Band - 0.1%
Fall Cooldown - On
Scroll Speed - 3 Seconds
Average Temp - Nothing for 24 Hours Unless Set
Setting
Most settings are made by following procedure:
1. Press the key of choice
...on 2 program models you will be prompted for program 1 or program 2. Press either ARROW key to toggle between the programs. Press SET to select the desired program. Other settings you choose will default to this program until you change to the other program.
2. Press either ARROW key to display the selections one at a time
3. Stop at the desired selection
4. Press the SET key to make choice
Required Steps for Normal Storage
1. Verify that the average temperature is set
2. Set GRAIN, MOISTURE, and AIRFLOW
3. Press AUTO RUN
All other settings are optional. However, initial settings of modes, limits and options may not be appropriate for your climate and/or goals.
Grain
One of 20 different grains may be set on the Sentry Pac:
Barley
Canola
Corn, Yellow
Cottonseed
Edible beans, red
Fescue, tall
Garbanzo beans
Oats
Peanut, kernel
Peanuts, whole
Pinto Beans
Popcorn
Rice, brown
Rice, rough
Sorghum/Milo
Soybeans
Sunflowers
Wheat, Durum
Wheat, hard red
Wheat, Soft
An equilibrium formula specific to each of these grains is utilized when calculating EMC.
moisture
A moisture setting can be chose from 4.0% to 20.0 % by tenths.
This key sets a moisture percentage that is used in 3 different ways:
1. The Target Moisture Content (TMC) that is the center point for the adaptive and constant EMC bands.
2. The moisture point that is the upper limit int he drain mode.
3. The moisture point that is the lower limit in the rewetting mode
Airflow
Budgeted time is set using the AIRFLOW key. This amount of time will be added to the backlog each midnight. It does not mean the fans will run this amount each day.
Actual fan runtime each day will be between 0 and 24 house depending on weather conditions and the amount of backlog.
The key is labeled AIRFLOW because the rate of airflow is the most important factor for proper setting, but budgeted time per day is what is actually set.
This setting is used by storage modes 1, 2, & 3 and special mode 2.
This setting can be reduced in winter and summer when n further temperature change in the grain required.
This to consider when setting:
1. CRM per bushel available
2. Cost of electricity
3. Objectives
The following recommendations are for normal storage maintenance at typical moisture contents. Higher moisture contents may require higher-settings for safety.
CFM Per Bushel
Fraction 1/20 = Decimal .050
Fraction 1/15 = Decimal .066
Fraction 1/12 = Decimal .083
Fraction 1/10 = Decimal .100
Fraction 1/9 = Decimal .111
Fraction 1/8 = Decimal .125
Fraction 1/7 = Decimal .142
Fraction 1/6 = Decimal .167
Fraction 1/5 = Decimal .200
Fraction 1/4 = Decimal .250
Fraction 1/3 = Decimal .333
Fraction 1/2 = Decimal .500
Fraction 2/3 = Decimal .666
Fraction 3/4 = Decimal .700
1 = Decimal 1.00
1 and 1/4 = Decimal .1.25
1 and 1/2 = Decimal 1.50
2 = Decimal 2.00
Budgeted Runtime
8 Hours = 0 Minutes
6 Hours = 0 Minutes
4 Hours = 48 Minutes
4 Hours = 0 Minutes
3 Hours = 36 Minutes
3 Hours = 12 Minutes
2 Hours = 49 Minutes
2 Hours = 24 Minutes
2 Hours = 0 Minutes
1 Hour = 36 Minutes
1 Hour = 12 Minutes
1 Hour = 48 Minutes
36 Minutes
32 Minutes
24 Minutes
19 Minutes
16 Minutes
12 Minutes
Airflow (continued)
If a temperature change is being moved through the grain mass within several weeks, adequate runtime is being budgeted. This can be determined by how close the top grain temperature (assuming the air is blowing up) is to the target (average) temperature. If the stop grain temperature (in the least airflow spot) is normally within 5 degrees of target temperature, enough fan runtime is being budgeted.
Choose the setting of the least airflow spot.
For economy, try eating lower than these recommendations but watch the relationship between the top grain temperature and the target temperature. The top grain temperature should not lag the target too much (regularly more than 10 degrees).
To accomplish rewetting or drying with the Sentry Pac, settings that are higher than these recommendations will result in faster moisture change. Budgeting 4-6 hours per day seems to result in achieving uniform moisture contents, Settings much higher than this may result in poor uniformity of moisture content because the higher the setting , the more Tim that his added to the backlog, and the wider the adaptive bands are set. This can result in less uniform temperature control that is uniform moisture control.
SUMMARY
1. Set high enough to achieve a uniform temperature throughout the grain mass near target temperature.
2. Within reason, budget more run time than the minimum required to control temperature to achieve more moisture change.
Because we are budgeting future runtime e, one way to view this setting is to divide the daily budgeted amount by 24 hours to determine the percentage. Not each day bu tiger several weeks, the PAC will pick this percentage of weather that comes closest to achieving the desired goals.
8 Hours - the fans run 33.3% of the time
6 Hours - the fans run 25.0% of the time
4 Hours - the fans run 16.7% of the time
3 Hours - the fans run 12.5% of the time
2 Hours - the fans run 8.3% of the time
1 Hours - the fans run 4.2% of the time