Universities win grant for environmental control for potato storage
The $413,681 grant will focus on the development of an integrated miniaturized air scrubber and wireless distributed sensor network. The network would monitor and control the environment for stored potatoes.
As its part of the project, ISU will work with Isaacs Hydropermutation Technologies (IHT) to develop a miniaturized prototype of its Humigator machine. The Humigator humidifies the air, preventing potato shrinkage, while also scrubbing the storage environment of airborne pathogens.
BSU will work on creating a sensor system that can identify “hot spots” created by the presence of pathogens.
source: potatogrower.com
