TEMP-AIR is committed to continuous improvement while
offering our customers and consumers the best insect heat treatment
equipment and services. Our mission is to actively collaborate with
our research partners to further develop and enhance this viable,
non-chemical alternative for effective Integrated Pest Management. In 1999, TEMP-AIR sponsored basic research with Kansas State University
to investigate the effect of high temperatures on stored product
pests. The results prove that temperatures greater than 122ºF
effectively kill all life stages of insects (eggs, larvae, pupae, and
adults) unlike chemical fumigation, where a higher concentration might
be required to kill the eggs.
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Recently, TEMP-AIR, with funding from the Propane Education and Research Council (PERC), collaborated with Purdue University on demonstrating the efficacy of heat to control stored product pests in bins and silos (2007-09) and with the University of Minnesota (2008-09) on the effect of high temperatures on bed bugs. As part of the MBT (methyl bromide transition) grant, TEMP-AIR, with support from PERC, sponsored the 6th Heat Treatment Workshop organized by Dr. Subi, Department of Grain Science & Industry, KSU, Manhattan, KS, where TEMP-AIR heat-treated the state-of-the-art Hal Ross Flour Mill.
TEMP-AIR is currently (2009-2010) collaborating with the Propane Education and Research Council (PERC) and Kansas State University on a project entitled “Demonstration of Heat Treatment as a Viable Methyl Bromide Alternative for Disinfesting Grain-processing Facilities" under a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Research Partners:
Propane Education and Research Council
Gas Technology Institute
University of Minnesota
Purdue University
Kansas State University
Plunkett's Pest Control
And many others!
