Call for Papers:Vol.11 Issue.4

Submission
Last date		 28-Aug-2025
Acceptance Status In One Day
Paper Publish In Two Days
Submit ManuScript

News & Updates

Submit Article

Dear Authors, Article publish in our journal for Volume-11,Issue-4. For article submission on below link: Submit Manuscript


Join As Board

Dear Reviewer, You can join our Reviewer team without given any charges in our journal. Submit Details on below link: Join As Board


Paper Publication Charges

IJARIIE APP
Download Android App

For Authors

Archives

IJARIIE Board

Downloads

Android App

Download IJARIIE APP

Authors

Title: :  DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION OF AUTOMATED COCOPEAT COMPACTION MACHINE
PaperId: :  18398
Published in:   International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education
Publisher:   IJARIIE
e-ISSN:   2395-4396
Volume/Issue:    Volume 8 Issue 5 2022
DUI:    16.0415/IJARIIE-18398
Licence: :   IJARIIE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Author NameAuthor Institute
Evans Magara Multimedia University of Kenya,
Abel . N. Mayaka Multimedia University of Kenya,
Charles OndiekiMultimedia University of Kenya,
Bernard ikuaMultimedia University of Kenya

Abstract

Mechanical Engineering
Coconut, Cocopeat, Moisture content, Density, Compaction.
ABSTRACT Coconut is one of the major crops grown by small-scale farmers in Kenya coast. This crop has a great potential to contribute to the economy of the region, owing to the wide applications of its products. Virtually all parts of the crop including its leaves, fruit, stem and roots are useful for many products, such as food, beverages, cosmetics, medicine, furniture, textiles and cocopeat. Cocopeat is used as a planting medium in soilless culture in agricultural production and as a soil substitute in containerized crop production. Recently, these soilless media have received much interest in commercial applications in Kenya, especially in horticultural farms. Since the cocopeat is a loose material, its transportation poses a challenge due to its bulkiness. Therefore, a need for compacting it for ease of transportation from the point of production to the point of use.. For this purpose, an automated cocopeat compactor was developed and its performance evaluated. The compactor is a machine that is used to reduce the volume of the cocopeat material through compaction in a confined space. In performance evaluation of the cocopeat machine, dry cocopeat of 2.8% moisture content was compacted at pressures of 2.2 bar to 25 bar and compaction force of 4.5 kN to 50 kN Below 2.2 bar the cocopeat blocks produced disintegrated easily while above 20 bar the blocks produced had irregular edges and easily deformed on handling. For moisture content values below 10%, blocks were obtained at high pressures, while for moisture contents of above 30%, the excess moisture was squeezed out. Well compacted blocks were realized for moisture contents of between 10% and 30%. The cocopeat block machine developed has a blocking capacity of 48 blocks per hour.

Citations

Copy and paste a formatted citation or use one of the links to import into a bibliography manager and reference.

IJARIIE Evans Magara , Abel . N. Mayaka , Charles Ondieki, and Bernard ikua. "DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION OF AUTOMATED COCOPEAT COMPACTION MACHINE" International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education Volume 8 Issue 5 2022 Page 2068-2077
MLA Evans Magara , Abel . N. Mayaka , Charles Ondieki, and Bernard ikua. "DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION OF AUTOMATED COCOPEAT COMPACTION MACHINE." International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education 8.5(2022) : 2068-2077.
APA Evans Magara , Abel . N. Mayaka , Charles Ondieki, & Bernard ikua. (2022). DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION OF AUTOMATED COCOPEAT COMPACTION MACHINE. International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education, 8(5), 2068-2077.
Chicago Evans Magara , Abel . N. Mayaka , Charles Ondieki, and Bernard ikua. "DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION OF AUTOMATED COCOPEAT COMPACTION MACHINE." International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education 8, no. 5 (2022) : 2068-2077.
Oxford Evans Magara , Abel . N. Mayaka , Charles Ondieki, and Bernard ikua. 'DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION OF AUTOMATED COCOPEAT COMPACTION MACHINE', International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 8, no. 5, 2022, p. 2068-2077. Available from IJARIIE, https://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/DESIGN_CONSTRUCTION_AND_EVALUATION_OF_AUTOMATED_COCOPEAT_COMPACTION_MACHINE_ijariie18398.pdf (Accessed : ).
Harvard Evans Magara , Abel . N. Mayaka , Charles Ondieki, and Bernard ikua. (2022) 'DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION OF AUTOMATED COCOPEAT COMPACTION MACHINE', International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education, 8(5), pp. 2068-2077IJARIIE [Online]. Available at: https://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/DESIGN_CONSTRUCTION_AND_EVALUATION_OF_AUTOMATED_COCOPEAT_COMPACTION_MACHINE_ijariie18398.pdf (Accessed : )
IEEE Evans Magara , Abel . N. Mayaka , Charles Ondieki, and Bernard ikua, "DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION OF AUTOMATED COCOPEAT COMPACTION MACHINE," International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 2068-2077, Sep-Oct 2022. [Online]. Available: https://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/DESIGN_CONSTRUCTION_AND_EVALUATION_OF_AUTOMATED_COCOPEAT_COMPACTION_MACHINE_ijariie18398.pdf [Accessed : ].
Turabian Evans Magara , Abel . N. Mayaka , Charles Ondieki, and Bernard ikua. "DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION OF AUTOMATED COCOPEAT COMPACTION MACHINE." International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education [Online]. volume 8 number 5 ().
Vancouver Evans Magara , Abel . N. Mayaka , Charles Ondieki, and Bernard ikua. DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION OF AUTOMATED COCOPEAT COMPACTION MACHINE. International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education [Internet]. 2022 [Cited : ]; 8(5) : 2068-2077. Available from: https://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/DESIGN_CONSTRUCTION_AND_EVALUATION_OF_AUTOMATED_COCOPEAT_COMPACTION_MACHINE_ijariie18398.pdf
BibTex EndNote RefMan RefWorks

Number Of Downloads



Save in Google Drive

Similar-Paper

TitleArea of ResearchAuther NameAction
PARAMETRIC INVESTIGATION STUDIES OF WELDS MADE BY HYBRID FRICTION WELDING PROCESS FOR HARD STEEL ALLOYSMECHANICAL ENGINEERINGDARSHAN R. MISKIN Download
Evaluation of wear properties of Al 7075 alloy reinforced with herbal extracted SiCMechanical EngineeringSrinivasa rao G Download
FRICTION SURFACING OF AA5083 ON AA7075: INFLUENCE OF PROCESS PARAMETERS ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIESsajjar99@gmail.comYANAMALA NAVEEN KUMAR Download
Performance Analysis Of Ceramic Composite For Bearing ApplicationMechanical EngineeringMr. P. J. Waditke Download
Urban Heat Island Mitigation Using Advanced Reflective Pavement CoatingsM.Tech.Radha Download
Design And Development of Battery Thermal Management System for Electric Vehicle ApplicationMechanical EngineeringSagar Bhandare Download
Analysis of Thermal Enhancement on Spiral Radiator with Different Fin ShapeMechanical EngineeringPintu Kumar Download
Performance and emission analysis of waste cooking oils blended with diethyl ether for variable compression ratioMechanical Chetan B.Satkar Download
Design, Fabrication and Experimental Analysis on Horizontal Axis Rose Profile Wind Turbine.MechanicalDr.P.D.Kabudke Download
A Comprehensive Review of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology: Developments, Applications, and Future ProspectsMECHANICAL ENGINEERINGMr. AMOL DILIPRAO PATIL Download
To design and develop pedal operated turnstile power generation systemMechanical EngineeringNagare Abhijit Ramkrushna Download
Development of a biomass digester for domestic useRenewable energy systemsObadiegwu Bright Nnebuike Download
Investigation of Metal inert Gas welding process through different parameter for Chromium Nickel Stainless Steel and Hot Rolled Medium and High Tensile Structural SteelEngineeringMr. Vikrant Khandare Download
Review on Design and development of air cooler with integrated air conditioningMechanical Engineering Rahul Bhosale Download
REVIEW ON CIRCULAR PIN FINS IN FORCED CONVECTIONMechanical EngineeringSalunke Sopan Download
12