A bin vent apparatus is described herein for use on a storage bin for agricultural products. The storage bin can have a sidewall and a roof defining an interior. The bin vent apparatus includes a plurality of discrete, roof-mounted vent filters. Each of the vents has an inlet for receiving air from an interior of the bin, an outlet for venting air from the vent, a fluid flow path between the inlet and the outlet, and one or more filters disposed in the fluid flow path between the inlet and the outlet to filter the air received from the interior of the bin. A fan is disposed in the flow path and downstream of the one or more filters, the fan being operable to cause air to flow into the inlet, through the filter, and out of the outlet.

A bin vent apparatus is described herein for use on a storage bin for agricultural products. The storage bin can have a sidewall and a roof defining an interior. The bin vent apparatus includes a plurality of discrete, roof-mounted vent filters. Each of the vents has an inlet for receiving air from an interior of the bin, an outlet for venting air from the vent, a fluid flow path between the inlet and the outlet, and one or more filters disposed in the fluid flow path between the inlet and the outlet to filter the air received from the interior of the bin. A fan is disposed in the flow path and downstream of the one or more filters, the fan being operable to cause air to flow into the inlet, through the filter, and out of the outlet.

A modular particulate storage system includes a plurality of portable skids, wherein each skid includes an elongate rectangular base supporting a floor section and a wall section extending upward from the floor section. The plurality of portable skids are securable together in a side-by-side configuration to form a storage bay having a contiguous rectangular floor that combines the floor sections of the plurality of portable skids and a contiguous wall that combines the walls sections of the plurality of portion skids and extends along three sides of the contiguous rectangular floor. One side of the contiguous rectangular floor includes an open passageway into the storage bay. A skid may be formed as a trailer that may be lowered to be supported by the ground.

A modular particulate storage system includes a plurality of portable skids, wherein each skid includes an elongate rectangular base supporting a floor section and a wall section extending upward from the floor section. The plurality of portable skids are securable together in a side-by-side configuration to form a storage bay having a contiguous rectangular floor that combines the floor sections of the plurality of portable skids and a contiguous wall that combines the walls sections of the plurality of portion skids and extends along three sides of the contiguous rectangular floor. One side of the contiguous rectangular floor includes an open passageway into the storage bay. A skid may be formed as a trailer that may be lowered to be supported by the ground.

A conveying system for conveying a conveyable material from a hopper where the system includes a fluid port located below the hopper outlet and in a vertical flow path into hopper outlet that can be momentarily opened for an on the go release of a charge of compressed air directly upward into the hopper outlet and into the underside of the bridge in the hopper to either disintegrate or unlock the bridged particles from each other thereby causing the bridged material to fall into the hopper outlet and into the conveying system where the material can be transported to a remote location or to remove any material that may be adhering to the wall during an emptying phase.

A conveying system for conveying a conveyable material from a hopper where the system includes a fluid port located below the hopper outlet and in a vertical flow path into hopper outlet that can be momentarily opened for an on the go release of a charge of compressed air directly upward into the hopper outlet and into the underside of the bridge in the hopper to either disintegrate or unlock the bridged particles from each other thereby causing the bridged material to fall into the hopper outlet and into the conveying system where the material can be transported to a remote location or to remove any material that may be adhering to the wall during an emptying phase.

A holder assembly comprises first and second tubular elements adjoined to each other, separated by an annular gap, and jointly surrounding an interior. A first clamping element extends radially outwardly around the first tubular element. A film tube can be guided out of the interior through the annular gap onto an outer side of the first tubular element, and be fixed in a sealing manner along a first circumferential line of the film tube by the first clamping element against a first contact pressure surface of the first tubular element. The film tube can be fixed in a sealing manner along a second circumferential line of the film tube in the annular gap. A gas outlet opens out of the outer surface of the first tubular element between the annular gap and the contact pressure surface, and in direct fluid-dynamic connection with an outer edge of the annular gap.

A holder assembly comprises first and second tubular elements adjoined to each other, separated by an annular gap, and jointly surrounding an interior. A first clamping element extends radially outwardly around the first tubular element. A film tube can be guided out of the interior through the annular gap onto an outer side of the first tubular element, and be fixed in a sealing manner along a first circumferential line of the film tube by the first clamping element against a first contact pressure surface of the first tubular element. The film tube can be fixed in a sealing manner along a second circumferential line of the film tube in the annular gap. A gas outlet opens out of the outer surface of the first tubular element between the annular gap and the contact pressure surface, and in direct fluid-dynamic connection with an outer edge of the annular gap.

A system includes a pump configured to transfer a granular material out of a hopper into a transfer pipe. The pump includes an upstream portion having an upstream helical flight and a downstream portion having a downstream helical flight. The downstream portion includes a tailpiece. An outer diameter of the downstream helical flight is less than an outer diameter of the upstream helical flight, a gap between the outer diameter of the downstream helical flight and an auger housing is greater than a gap between the outer diameter of the upstream helical flight and the auger housing, a thickness of the downstream helical flight is less than a thickness of the upstream helical flight, a surface of the downstream portion has a lesser coefficient of friction than a surface of the upstream portion, or a combination thereof.

A system includes a pump configured to transfer a granular material out of a hopper into a transfer pipe. The pump includes an upstream portion having an upstream helical flight and a downstream portion having a downstream helical flight. The downstream portion includes a tailpiece. An outer diameter of the downstream helical flight is less than an outer diameter of the upstream helical flight, a gap between the outer diameter of the downstream helical flight and an auger housing is greater than a gap between the outer diameter of the upstream helical flight and the auger housing, a thickness of the downstream helical flight is less than a thickness of the upstream helical flight, a surface of the downstream portion has a lesser coefficient of friction than a surface of the upstream portion, or a combination thereof.