| Abstract: | Dust emissions from agricultural processes have never been considered much of a problem in years past. With most of these processes taking place in rural areas, government regulatory agencies have very often exempted agriculture from regulations placed on other industries. However, agriculture will not be so fortunate in the years to come. Agricultural processing in urban areas has already come under various government regulations; and if the present trend continues, the regulations will become stricter. Also, these regulations are beginning to affect even the smallest rural agricultural process. The research reported in this paper involved the sampling of a small country elevator handling grain sorghum during harvest. Using high-volume samplers, upwind and downwind concentrations were observed with a net concentration level due to the installation being calculated. Also, grain sorghum was sampled to determine the amount of dust actually entering the elevator proper, via the grain. |
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