ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Numerical Study of Temperature Fields and Control Methods for Improving the Grain Storage Safety of Semi-Underground Granaries.
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The semi-underground granary is a new type of energy-saving grain storage facility that can use shallow geothermal energy to reduce energy consumption during grain storage. However, unclear temperature fields and the lack of grain pile temperature control methods are not conducive to the design and application of semi-underground granaries. In this study, the temperature fields and temperature control methods for grain piles in a semi-underground granary were numerically investigated by using an experimentally verified COMSOL model and a collaborative simulation method combining steady-state heat transfer and dynamic heat transfer. Multiple grain storage temperature control methods for the semi-underground granary were presented to improve grain storage safety, including an intermediate floor slab, an embedded-pipe wall, floor burial depth, and envelope insulation. The results showed that there was significant spatial heterogeneity in the temperature field distribution of the grain pile in the semi-underground granary. The large thermal inertia of the soil and the stable low-temperature soil environment reduced the influence of outdoor air temperature variations on the grain pile temperature field. Installing an intermediate floor slab could achieve natural low-temperature grain storage in the underground section of the semi-underground granary. An embedded-pipe wall could effectively solve the problem of local temperature increases in grain piles caused by heat transfer through the granary walls. The floor burial depth of the semi-underground granary was a key influencing factor of heat transfer through the granary wall. Granary wall thickness had a significant impact on the thermal performance of the walls and the grain pile temperature field due to changes in wall insulation. These results can provide beneficial suggestions for guiding the design of grain storage temperature control methods in semi-underground granaries.
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