Information Package / Course Catalogue
Design of Crop Production and Storage Buildings
Course Code: BSM324
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to give information about the importance, purpose, planning and design of food storages.

Course Content

Importance and rules of storage; design criterias of grain storages, green feed silos and fruit and vegetable storage structures; dimensioning of the storage structures and the design of storage areas for various agricultural products

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Yasin MERCAN
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to establish, to evaluate and to use relationships between structure-plant-environment in planning.
2.To be able to use basic engineering knowledge in planning.
3.To be able to reach and evaluate necessary data by cooperation with different disciplines for planning.
4.To be able to develop proper storage plans for desired objectives and conditions.
5.To be able to analyze the storages and to develop and to apply new scientific approaches to solve the problems.
6.To be able to follow and to transfer developments regarding the storage of agricultural products.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Doğan, H., 2002. Havalandırma ve İklimlendirme Esasları. Seçkin Yayıncılık, Ankara.
2.Karaçalı, İ., 2009. Bahçe Ürünlerinin Muhafaza ve Pazarlaması. E.Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi yayınları, No: 494, İzmir.
3.TSE, 1978. TS 2995: Meyve ve Sebzeler-Soğuk Hava Depolarındaki Fiziksel Koşullar, Tarifler ve Ölçme. Türk Standartlar Enstitüsü (TSE), Ankara.
4.TSE, 1995. TS 9048: Soğuk Hava Depoları-Genel Kurallar. Türk Standartlar Enstitüsü (TSE), Ankara.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Course Introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Storage requirements in crop production
Week 3 - Theoretical
Storage requirements in animal production
Week 4 - Theoretical
Storage types and structural features.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Stowing types in storages and planning the stacks.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Positioning of the storages according to marketing requirements, transportation conditions and soil structure.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Warehouse types and structural features, stacking types in warehouses and planning of stacking layouts (Midterm Exam)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Planning of conditioning systems in simple storages.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Planning of conditioning systems in simple storages.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Planning of building systems in cold storages.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Determination of cold requirement and cooling system.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Calculation of construction and operating costs of storages.
Week 13 - Theoretical
An overall assessment of storage facilities in the world and Turkey.
Week 14 - Theoretical
An overall assessment of storage facilities in the world and Turkey.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142142
Lecture - Practice142142
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
OÇ-1
5
4
4
4
OÇ-2
4
4
4
3
4
3
OÇ-3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
OÇ-5
5
3
4
4
4
OÇ-6
5
3
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026