Design And Development Of Food Waste Compactor

Rozman, Rozaidi (2016) Design And Development Of Food Waste Compactor. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Increasing effects of global warming could be easily traced throughout the continents. Natural disasters such as tsunamis, hurricanes and earthquakes are flooding the world news each day. Sadly, human race is the main contributor of global warming but there is always a silver lining, human is also the only solution to the global warming problem. Food waste produced by human is one of the major reasons of global warming because the food waste released methane gas, a type of greenhouse gas, and the a amount of energy needed to process the food waste starting from houses and restaurants until landfills is staggering, making it dangerous to the environment. Thus, by controlling the amount of food waste thrown away will greatly reduce the effects of global warming. The main rational of this project is to help reduce the amount of food waste that ends up in landfills by compressing the food waste into a more manageable form so it could be used as compost or livestock feed for example. In this project, five concepts for the food waste compactor that suits the customers demand, shown using the Product Design Specification (PDS), are generated and then, the best design is chosen by concept selection method. Then, final design undergoes structural analysis to see the structure reaction under practical application. Finally, prototype is fabricated for the sake of testing its working principle.

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