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Development of Smart Chopper Composting Monitoring System

Overconsumption of food can result in environmental pollution, making it a particularly concerning issue in modern civilization. In Malaysia, food waste is generated at a rate of 16,688 tonnes per day. Despite its biodegradation properties and strong composting potential, about 80% of food waste is...

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Main Authors:	Daud, Mohamad Khairul Aiman, Mohd Nordin, Najaa Aimi, Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah, Adam, Effendy, Zulkarnain, Noraishikin, Muhammad Razif, Muhammad Rusydi, Rehman, Tariq
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Language:	English
Published:	semarak ilmu 2024
Subjects:	TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Online Access:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/12392/1/J17854_6659bde4fbe52a5e72b80cd57b65a1eb.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/12392/ https://doi.org/10.37934/araset.42.2.197208
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spelling	my.uthm.eprints.123922025-02-21T08:20:03Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/12392/ Development of Smart Chopper Composting Monitoring System Daud, Mohamad Khairul Aiman Mohd Nordin, Najaa Aimi Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah Adam, Effendy Zulkarnain, Noraishikin Muhammad Razif, Muhammad Rusydi Rehman, Tariq TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Overconsumption of food can result in environmental pollution, making it a particularly concerning issue in modern civilization. In Malaysia, food waste is generated at a rate of 16,688 tonnes per day. Despite its biodegradation properties and strong composting potential, about 80% of food waste is still disposed of in landfills. Air, soil and water pollution are risks often associated with food waste disposal. Since two-thirds of total waste is avoidable, preventing the rise of household food waste should be a top priority, among which is through composting. This project aims to build a smart composter that can chop food waste and monitor the mixing of food waste to become mature compost. A DC motor controlled by the Arduino Mega microcontroller was used to spin the chopper blades to shred the food into smaller sizes. Temperature, moisture and pH sensors were used to measure the essential parameters to ensure that the food waste mix can become mature compost. The Liquid-crystal display was used to display the parameter value in real time to facilitate the monitoring process. A fan will be activated if the temperature reaches 60 oC to reduce the heat, followed by a solenoid valve to increase the moisture level by supplying water to the compost when the compost is dry. The sensors were also compared with commonly used measuring devices to assess the effectiveness of the sensors used. From the results, all the sensors used were reliable as displayed by a high percentage of accuracy with an average error percentage per sensor of 3.45% for temperature, 2.62% for moisture and 3.52% for pH. Several improvements can be made in the future to achieve smaller amounts of chopped food waste in lesser time, which can be done by reducing the distance between the chopper blade and the container, besides adding more blades. semarak ilmu 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/12392/1/J17854_6659bde4fbe52a5e72b80cd57b65a1eb.pdf Daud, Mohamad Khairul Aiman and Mohd Nordin, Najaa Aimi and Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah and Adam, Effendy and Zulkarnain, Noraishikin and Muhammad Razif, Muhammad Rusydi and Rehman, Tariq (2024) Development of Smart Chopper Composting Monitoring System. Journal of Advanced Research in Applied Sciences and Engineering Technology, 42 (2). pp. 197-208. ISSN 2462-1943 https://doi.org/10.37934/araset.42.2.197208
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spellingShingle	TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Daud, Mohamad Khairul Aiman Mohd Nordin, Najaa Aimi Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah Adam, Effendy Zulkarnain, Noraishikin Muhammad Razif, Muhammad Rusydi Rehman, Tariq Development of Smart Chopper Composting Monitoring System
description	Overconsumption of food can result in environmental pollution, making it a particularly concerning issue in modern civilization. In Malaysia, food waste is generated at a rate of 16,688 tonnes per day. Despite its biodegradation properties and strong composting potential, about 80% of food waste is still disposed of in landfills. Air, soil and water pollution are risks often associated with food waste disposal. Since two-thirds of total waste is avoidable, preventing the rise of household food waste should be a top priority, among which is through composting. This project aims to build a smart composter that can chop food waste and monitor the mixing of food waste to become mature compost. A DC motor controlled by the Arduino Mega microcontroller was used to spin the chopper blades to shred the food into smaller sizes. Temperature, moisture and pH sensors were used to measure the essential parameters to ensure that the food waste mix can become mature compost. The Liquid-crystal display was used to display the parameter value in real time to facilitate the monitoring process. A fan will be activated if the temperature reaches 60 oC to reduce the heat, followed by a solenoid valve to increase the moisture level by supplying water to the compost when the compost is dry. The sensors were also compared with commonly used measuring devices to assess the effectiveness of the sensors used. From the results, all the sensors used were reliable as displayed by a high percentage of accuracy with an average error percentage per sensor of 3.45% for temperature, 2.62% for moisture and 3.52% for pH. Several improvements can be made in the future to achieve smaller amounts of chopped food waste in lesser time, which can be done by reducing the distance between the chopper blade and the container, besides adding more blades.
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author	Daud, Mohamad Khairul Aiman Mohd Nordin, Najaa Aimi Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah Adam, Effendy Zulkarnain, Noraishikin Muhammad Razif, Muhammad Rusydi Rehman, Tariq
author_facet	Daud, Mohamad Khairul Aiman Mohd Nordin, Najaa Aimi Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah Adam, Effendy Zulkarnain, Noraishikin Muhammad Razif, Muhammad Rusydi Rehman, Tariq
author_sort	Daud, Mohamad Khairul Aiman
title	Development of Smart Chopper Composting Monitoring System
title_short	Development of Smart Chopper Composting Monitoring System
title_full	Development of Smart Chopper Composting Monitoring System
title_fullStr	Development of Smart Chopper Composting Monitoring System
title_full_unstemmed	Development of Smart Chopper Composting Monitoring System
title_sort	development of smart chopper composting monitoring system
publisher	semarak ilmu
publishDate	2024
url	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/12392/1/J17854_6659bde4fbe52a5e72b80cd57b65a1eb.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/12392/ https://doi.org/10.37934/araset.42.2.197208
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