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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.

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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
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