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ME 491: Integrated Design and Manufacturing

Vegetable Germinator

Guided By: GROUP 11:

Prof. Bhaskar Bhatt ANSHUL GUPTA (11110017)
ARYAN(11110019)
BAJRANG LAL KUDI(11110023)
SACHCHIT VEKARIA(11110086)
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Content
• OBJECTIVE
• WORK DONE LAST SEMESTER
• WORK DONE THIS SEMESTER
• CALCULATIONS
• PRODUCT & DESIGN FEATURES
• LEARNING
• MISTAKES & PROBLEMS
• FUTURE WORK
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Objective
TO DEVELOP A ROBUST MECHANISM SO AS TO GROW FRESH
VEGETABLES AT ANY REMOTE LOCATION.
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Work Done Last Semester
• IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM.
• LEARNED THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF HYDROPONICS.
• OUT OF THREE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS WE CHOOSE NFT (NUTRIENTS FILM TECHNOLOGY).
• VISITED THE RANN OF KUTCH AND JOTTED THE PARAMETERS:
• General intake of green vegetables.
• Availability of water and electricity.
• Temperature
• Availability of Land
• Wind Velocity
• INCOME AND OTHER DEFINING PARAMETERS.
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• BASED ON THE ABOVE PARAMETER WE CHOOSE COMMUNITY PRODUCT OVER
INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT.
• WORKED OUT A DESIGN:
• Easily assembled and de-assembled.
• Which can be expanded easily since it only requires multiplication of some basic
equipment.
• Which can be easily operated.
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Work Done this Semester
• DISSECTED THE DESIGN TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE SUB-PARTS REQUIRED.
• PREPARED BILL OF MATERIALS (BOM).
• PROCURED MOST OF THE ITEMS IN THE BOM.
• MADE THE FRAME ON WHICH THE ASSEMBLY RESTS.
• MADE THE MECHANISM TO ALTER THE SLOPE OF THE PIPE.
• ASSEMBLING THE PIPES AND OTHER COMPONENTS TO GET THE DESIRED DESIGN.
• ALTERED THE DESIGN IN ACCORDANCE TO THE NEED OF THE PRODUCT.
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 Manning Formulae for open Channel

𝑘 2
3
1
𝑉= 𝑅ℎ 𝑆 2
𝑛
𝑉 = 𝑉𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦
𝑘=1
𝑛 = 0.01 for plastic
𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝜃𝑅2 − 𝑅2 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃
𝑅ℎ = 𝐻𝑦𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑖𝑐 𝑅𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑠 = =
𝑊𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 2𝑅𝜃
𝑆 = 𝑆𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑒 = 1.5 140 = 0.011
−1
𝑅−𝐻
𝜃 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠
𝑅
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𝑄 = 𝑉𝐴
𝑄 = 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒
𝐴 = 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎

Height (mm) Flow rate(liters/min)

6 3.010047
5 2.040445
4 1.266035
3 0.682998
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𝑃 = 0.25 ℎ𝑝 = 186 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑡

Applying Bernoulli’s equation,
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𝑃= 𝜌𝑈 + 𝜌𝑔ℎ × 𝑈 × 𝐴
2
𝑘𝑔
𝜌 = 1000 3 , 𝑔 = 9.81 𝑚 2 , ℎ = 2.5 𝑚, 𝐴 = 2.85𝑐𝑚2
𝑚 𝑠
By Solving this equation we get,
𝑈 = 4.74 𝑚 𝑠
Flow Rate Corresponding to this velocity is,
𝑄 = 1.35 𝑙𝑡𝑟 𝑠
Time required to pump 700 liters water is around,
𝑡 = 8 − 9 𝑚𝑖𝑛
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Product & Design Features

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 Became aware about the situation of Salt Pan Workers

 Learnt different techniques of Hydroponics
 Learnt the design process of product
 Plumbing & piping
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Mistakes & Problems
 We visited the site only once.
 Initially we didn’t dissected the product into components.
 Procurement of components.
 Loss of enthusiasm due to mismanagement of administration.
 Mismanagement of time.
 Generally we didn’t perceived the outcomes of our intermediate actions.
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 Planting of Saplings.
 Experimenting with different parameters such as:
 Slope
 Fertilizers
 Flow rate
 Effect of temperature
 Testing the final setup at actual location.
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