Determination of the Current Conditions and Structural Properties of Cereal Warehouses in Osmaniye Province

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the current conditions and structural characteristics of cereal warehouses in Osmaniye province and to propose solutions for the problems encountered. According to the records of the year 2015, there were 225 cereal warehouses. The number of enterprises to be surveyed was calculated as 142 with the Proportional Sampling Method. Surveys were conducted and evaluated in these enterprises in 2016. In Osmaniye province, 99.3% of the cereal warehouses belonged to private enterprises and 0.7% belonged to condition institutions. Of these, 89.4% were masonry and 10.6% were steel. Only steel warehouses were projected. Storage period was 2-4 months in 42.2% of the warehouses, 5-8 months in 46.6%, 9 months and more in 11.2%. 50% of the warehouses were natural, 10.6% were mechanical ventilation, and 39.4% there was no ventilation. There was no insulation material on the walls and roof. The cradle roof-shaped was in 38% of the warehouses, flat ceilings in 51.4% and conical in 10.6%. There was no generator in the entire cereal warehouses. Due to cracks and moisture on the walls of masonry warehouses, swells and molds were observed. It was determined that the dimensions of the ventilation windows were insufficient and there were no natural ventilation windows in some of the warehouses. The humidity meter was only 30.3% of the warehouses and the temperature meter was 14.1%. It was determined that there were not enough warehouses in Osmaniye province from the obtained results. Steel silos should be preferred in the cereal warehouses which will be newly established in Osmaniye due to easy installation and high storage capacity, short time construction, time and labor saving.