VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Belagavi- 590018

FABRICATIONOF AUTOMATED SEWAGE CLEANER

PROJECT FIRST PHASE REPORT
Submitted by
PREETHAM MANIL DSOUZA 4CB16ME077
RAKSHITH 4CB16ME082
RISHAB M 4CB12ME087
SRIGANESH 4CB12ME110

In the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
IN

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

(Visvesvaraya Technological University)

Under the guidance of

Mr. PRASHANTHA M.V, B.E, M.Tech.

Assistant Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

(Accredited by NBA- New Delhi)

CANARA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

(Affiliated to VTU Belagavi)
BENJANAPADAVU, BANTWAL-574219, KARNATAKA
2019-2020
 CANARA ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(Affiliated to VTU, Belagavi)
Benjanapadavu, Bantwal-574219 D.K Karnataka.

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

(Accredited by NBA- New Delhi)

APPROVAL

This project entitled “FABRICATION OF AUTOMATED SEWAGE CLEANER” is

hereby approved a creditable study of an engineering subject carried out and presented in a
satisfactory manner to its acceptance as a pre-requisite to the degree of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Mr. PRASHANTHA M.V Mr. NIRANJAN RAI

(Project Guide) (Project Coordinator)

Dr. B. Krishna Prabhu   Dr. Ganesh V. Bhat

(Head of the Department) (Principal)

Examiner 1:…………………………………………..

Examiner 2:…………………………………………..
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Benjanapadavu, Bantwal-574219

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

(Accredited by NBA- New Delhi)

DECLARATION

We, the students of final semester of Mechanical Engineering, Canara Engineering College,
Benjanapadavu, Bantwal- 574129, declare that the work entitled “FABRICATION OF AUTOMATED

SEWAGE CLEANER” First phase has been successfully completed under the guidance of Mr.
PRASHANTHA M.V, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering. This dissertation work
is submitted to Visvesvaraya Technological University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
award of Degree of Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering during the academic year 2016 -
2017. Further the matter embodied in the project report has not been submitted previously by anybody for
the award of any degree or diploma to any university.

Place: Benjanapadavu, Bantwal

Date:

Project Associates:

1. PREETHAM MANIL DSOUZA 4CB16ME077

2. RAKSHITH 4CB16ME082
3. RISHAB M 4CB12ME087
4. SRIGANESH 4CB12ME110
 CANARA ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(Affiliated to VTU, Belagavi)
Benjanapadavu, Bantwal-574219 D.K Karnataka.

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

(Accredited by NBA- New Delhi)

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the project entitled “FABRICATION OF AUTOMATED SEWAGE

CLEANER” First Phase has been carried out by

PREETHAM MANIL DSOUZA 4CB16ME077

RAKSHITH 4CB16ME082
RISHAB M 4CB12ME087
SRIGANESH 4CB12ME110

Students of 8th semester B.E in Mechanical Engineering under my guidance and submitted in
partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of “BACHELOR OF
ENGINEERING” in “MECHANICAL ENGINEERING” from “VISVESVARAYA
TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY” during the academic year 2019-2020.
Further it is certified to the best of my knowledge that the matter embodied in this
work has not been submitted for the award of any other degree.

Mr. PRASHANTHA M.V

Assistant Professor
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
CANARA ENGINEERING COLLEGE BENANAPADAVU, BANTWAL
(Project guide)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We respect and thank our project guide Mr. PRASHANTHA M.V, for providing me an
opportunity to do the project work in Canara Engineering College and giving support and
guidance, which made me complete the project duty. I am extremely thankful to him for
providing such a nice support and guidance.

We owe my deep gratitude to our PPAC MEMBERS Prof. Nagesh C. Kamath and Prof.
Naveen Kalal who took keen interest on our project work and guided us all along, in our project
work by providing all the necessary information for developing a good system.

We heartily thank our project coordinator, Mr. Niranjan Rai for his guidance and suggestions
during this project work.

We are thankful to and fortunate enough to get constant encouragement, support and guidance
from all Teaching staffs of MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT, which helped us in successfully
completing our project work. Also, I would like to extend our sincere esteems to all staff in
laboratory for their timely support.

We would not forget to remember our HOD Dr B Krishna Prabhu, for their encouragement
and more over for their timely support and guidance to our project work.

We would like to express our deep sense of gratitude to principal Dr. Ganesh V Bhat
and management of Canara Engineering College for the support.

This work will be incomplete if we forget to thank God for guiding us in the right path and our
parents for their constant support and blessings. These are the driving force that kept us going all
through the work.

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ABSTRACT

In this project the proposal concept is to replace the manual work in drainage cleaning by
automated system. We know that water has a great importance in human being life, the water
flow in drain full of wastes like polythene, bottles etc. The drains get blocked due to these wastes
in water. Now a day’s even through mechanical machine plays a vital role in all applications in
the proper disposal of sewages from industries and commercials are still challenging task.
Drainage are using for the disposal and unfortunately sometimes there may be loss of human life
while cleaning the blockage in the drainages. The government also spends too much money to
clean the drainages.

To overcome this problem and to save the human life we implement design “Automatic sewage
cleaning system”. We designed our project to use this inefficient way to control the disposal of
wastages and with regular filtration of wastages. The system has a wiper motor that starts
running as soon as the set-up is switched on. The process starts collecting the sewage wastes by
using the arm and it throws back the waste into the bin fixed in the machine at the bottom. An
arm is used to lift the sewage and in turn a bucket is used to collect them.

The set-up runs even in sewage area with water (limited to a particular amount) so that the
wastages which floats on the water surface also gets collected. The garbage which affects the
drainage is also picked up and removed. This system has limited human intervention in the
process of cleaning and in turn reduces spreading of diseases to mankind.

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LIST OF FIGUERS

CONTENTS Page no

Fig 1.1 Floating wastes in sewages 1

Fig 4.1 3D MODEL OF Automated sewage cleaner 6

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENTS Page no.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i
ABSTRACT ii
LIST OF FIGURES iii
NOMENCLATURE iv

1. INTRODUCTION 1-2

2. LITRETURE SURVEY 3-4

3. OBJECTIVE AND METHODOLOGY 5

4. DESIGN AND DEVELOPEMENT 6-7

5. CALCULATION

CONCLUSION 8

REFERENCE 9
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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

The Drainage water cleaner system are used to clean wastes from water like polythene, bottles
etc. present in water. This can be used to overcome the problem of filtration of wastes from
water and it save the time and cost that spend on cleaning the drainage. As the industry setup
increase in the environment the water coming from industries are full of wastes like polythene,
bottles, and other materials and that water mix with the other water that are used by people and
we know that that water is not good for the for health of people. So to overcome from these
problems we can filter the water drainage water before it mix with other water. This type of
filtration of water is called primary filtration. In this project we use DC or AC motor to run the
system when power supply is available& the Equipments we used is motor, chain, driver, bucket,
frame, wheel, sprocket gear, solid shaft etc. Water is a basic necessity of human and all living
beings.
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Fig.1.1 Floating Wastes in Sewages

There is a plenty of water on earth that is not suitable for human use. The impurities present in
water can cause hazardous diseases. Waste water is defined as the flow of used water from
homes, business industries, commercial activities and institutions which are subjected to the
treatment plants by a carefully designed and engineered network of pipes. The biggest impact of
cleaning the chemical wastes can cause respiratory diseases and it plays a challenging issue for
the municipality officers. Water damage is classified as three types of contaminated water. They
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are clean water, gray water and black water. Clean water is from a broken water supply line or
leaking faucet. If not treated quickly, this water can turn into black water or gray water,
depending on length of time, temperature, and contact with surrounding contaminants. Gray
water is contaminated water that causes discomfort or illness. It includes washing machine
overflow; toilet overflow with some urine, and dishwasher overflow. Black water is grossly
contaminated and could cause severe illness or death if ingested and avoided such as flooding
from rivers or streams, water from beyond the toilet trap, water from the toilet bowl, or standing
water that has begun to support microbial growth.

A drainage ditch is a narrow channel that is dug at the side of a road or field to carry away the
water. Nowadays, even though automation plays a vital role in all industrial applications in the
proper disposal of sewages from industries and sewage cleaning is still a challenging task.
Drainage pipes are used for the disposal of sewage and unfortunately sometimes there may be
loss of human life while cleaning the blockages in the drainage pipes. The municipality workers
are only responsible to ensure that the sewage is clean or not. Though they clean the ditches at
the side of buildings, they can’t clean in very wide sewages. The municipality workers need to
get down into the sewage sludge to clean the wide sewage. It affects their health badly and also
causes skin allergies. With the continued expansion of industries, the problem of sewage water
must be urgently resolved due to the increasing sewage problems from industries to the
surrounding environment.

CHAPTER 2

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 LITERATURE REVIEW

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1.Ganesh U L, showed the usage of mechanical drainage cleaner to replace the manual work
required for drainage cleaning system. Drainage pipes are very dirty. Sometimes it is harmful for
human life while it is need for cleaning drainage system. To overcome this problem, they
implemented mechanical semi-automatic drainage water cleaner and so the water flow is
efficient because of regular filtration of wastages with the help of that project. Different kinds of
environment hazards reduced with the help of Drainage system machine.

2. James C. Conwell, G. E. Jhonson proposed the design and construction of a new test machine
configuration that offers same advantages over the traditional one. The new machine and
attendant instrumentation provide more realistic chain loading and allow link tension and roller
sprocket impact monitoring during normal operation. The incorporation of idle sprocket allows
independent adjustment of test on length and preload.

3. R. Sathiyakala 2016, said that the usage of mechanical drainage system cleaner to replace the
manual work required for drainage cleaning system. Drainage pipes are very dirty. Sometimes it
is harmful for human life while it is need for cleaning drainage system. To overcomes this
problem, they implemented a mechanical semi – automated drainage water cleaner and so the
water flow efficient because the regular filtration of wastage with help of that project.

4.karthikeyan explained flow of used water from homes, business, industry, and commercial
activities are called waste water. 200 and 500 litter wastage water are generated each person
every day. So using the waste water technology that removes, a pollutant in a drainage system.

5. S S Rattan explained a bucket use for draining system because bucket lifted sewage and used
evaporation system for this sewage wet sewage was converted into dry matters, with the ARM
board this process was performed. After this process they were add this waste a government
without any kind of affection of the bacteria.

6.S D Rahul Bharadwaj, et.al. [5] proposed with the automatic cleaning of waste water in order
to prevent global warming and melting of glaciers. The results emphasize the need of waste
water treatment plants, through which the water is treated before suspending in rivers. Initially
power is generated and that power is used for waste water cleaning process.
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7.Mr. Nikhil S. Pisal1, et.al. [7] proposed safe load for the chain and the ability of the same to
withstand the use of Finite Element Modeling would be the core objective of the work. An
existing chain link was used for benchmarking the research work. Finite Element Analysis tools
like Hyper Mesh and ANSYS were suitable to find the performance of the link under tensile
loads. The design for the chain would be subjected to F.E Analysis to find the effect of loads
(tension) on the link. The proposed method utilizes software in the FEA domain for analyzing
the effects of the variation in the values of the design parameters influencing the performance
criterion. The FEM method is used to analyze the stress state of an elastic body with a given
geometry, such as chain link.

8.K Mahadevan and Balveera reedy [9] proposed safe load for the chain and ability of the same
to with stand the use of finite element modeling would be the core objective of the work. An
existing chain link used for benchmarking the research work. The FEM method is used analyze
the stress state of the elastic body with a given geometry, such as chain link.

2.2 OBSERVATION FROM LITERATURE SURVEY

• Improper maintenance of drainage sewer system cause urban flooding.
• Accumulation of dumped debris or disposal of solid waste in the drainage is the main
reason for drain blockages.
• Motor, chain and sprocket, lifter and collecting bin are used to achieve semiautomatic
control of sewage waste water treatment.

CHAPTER 3

OBJECTIVE, METHODOLOGY AND SCOPE

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3.1 OBJECTIVE
 To design and fabricate a drainage cleaning machine.
 To clean and control the suspended waste in drains eliminating the human labour
involved in doing it.
 To design an economical machine for collection of waste from drainage.
 To design mechanical drainer, taking into account the various factors that might affect the
functionality of the equipment.

3.2 METHODOLOGY
 Literature survey.
 Problem identification.
 Design of drainage cleaning machine and mechanism.
 Selection of standard parts and materials.
 Fabrication of each component and constructing the setup.
 Conducting the Test.

3.3 SCOPE

 It can be installed for domestic drain lines treatment for Municipal Cooperation.
 It can be used for proper treatment of sewage as well as to avoid blockage of drains.
 It is portable and compact in size which initiates easy handling
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CHAPTER 4

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

4.1 3D MODEL

Fig.4.1 3D MODEL
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4.2 DIMENSIONS

Description of motor-

Supply- 12volt DC supply, Rpm- 100, Weight- 145gm.

Dimension of the lifter-

width-12.7cm, Total length of lifter-60cm,Weight of lifter-150gram,Thickness of lifter-2cm.

Dimension of the collecting bin-

Width of collecting bin-50cm, Depth of collecting bin- 34cm, Length of collecting bin-92cm.

Shaft Dimensions

MATERIAL USED- MILD STEEL

LENGTH OF SHAFT- 90cm

DIAMETER OF THE SHAFT- 20cm

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WORKING PRINCIPLE

The proposed Automatic Sewage Cleaner is placed across the drain in order to filter the waste
things like Bottles, Papers etc. Floating in drain is lifted by bucket conveyor which is connected
to chain. This chain is attached by sprocket with shaft driven by wiper motor which is energized
by solar photovoltaic cell. When wiper motor runs the shaft, chain starts to circulate making the
bucket conveyor to lift up. The waste materials are lifted by lifter and are stored in waste storage
tank. Once the storage tank is full, wastages collected in the collecting bin are removed by using
belt conveyers.

TESTING/EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE

 Tests are to be conducted in different drainage.

 Tests are to be conducted with different types of waste.
 The test is to be conducted calculating the time and total weight of the waste collected
within the given time.
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CONCLUSION

In the treatment system of drainage Waste water control by the motor, roller chain and sprocket,
lifter and the collecting bin to achieve semi-automatic control of sewage waste water treatment.
Drainage from industries is treated through this project to meet the national emission standards,
with stable operation, low cost and good effect. Drainage wastewater control is treated by this
method to irrigate plants, clean toilets, etc. The cleaner functioned move effectively during the
heavier rains which had more volume of running water with garbage and high velocity.
Automation is a technology concerned with his application of mechanical, electronic and
computer based systems to operate and control production. This system is used To Operate
Automatic Sewage Cleaning System. This project may be developed with the full utilization of
men, machines, and materials and money. Also we have followed thoroughly the study of time
motion and made our project economical and efficient with the available resources.

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REFERENCES
[1] Ganesh U L,et.al.“Semi-Automatic Drain Sewage Water Treatment Of Floating
Materials”, International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology, Vol No- 05,
Jul-2016.

[2] James C. Conwell, G.E. Jhonson, “Design, Construction and Instrumentation of a

Machine to Measured Tension and Impact Forces in Roller Chain Drives”, December 1989.

[3] R.Sathiyakala et.al., “Smart Sewage Cleaning System” International Journal of Innovative
Research in Computer and Communication Engineering, Vol No- 4, February 2016.

[4] S D Rahul Bharadwaj, Shraddha R Jogdhankar, “Automatic Wastewater treatment

process to reduce global warming” International Journal of Environmental Science:
Development and Monitoring, Vol No- 2 (2013).

[5] S S Rattan Department of Mechanical Engineering Regional Engineering College

Kurukshetra (2004). “Theory of machines” Publication: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing
Company Limited.

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