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UTENSILS FROM PADDY STRAW

A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by

1) KAITHI POOJITH RAJ PATEL (9918009052)

2) GUJJULA MANIKANTA REDDY(9918009049)
3) BODUGU PAVAN KALYAN REDDY (9918009006)

In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

IN

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Educatio n

KRISHNANKOIL 626 126

Academic Year (eg. 2018-22)

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Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education

KRISHNANKOIL 626 126

DECLARATION BY THE STUDENT

Hereby declare that this community service project “UTENSILS FROM PADDY STRAW” is
our/ my genuine work and no part of it has been reproduced from any other works.

KAITHI POOJITH GUJJULA MANIKANTA BODUGU PAVANKALYAN

9918009052 9918009049 9918009006

Date:
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Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education

KRISHNANKOIL 626 126

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified that this community service project report “UTENSILS FROM PADDY STRAW”is
the bonafide work of “KAITHI POOJITH RAJ PATEL (9918009052),

GUJJULA MANIKANTA REDDY(9918009049), BODUGU PAVAN KALYAN REDDY

(9918009006)” who carried out the project work under my supervision.

HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR

Department Of Mechanical Engineering <<Academic Designation>>

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Project Viva-voce held on _______________

Internal Examiner External Examiner

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This project was undertaken under the guidance, cooperation and assistance of
distinguished persons cited below who have contributed towards successful completion of this
project work, we would like to express my sincere thanks to the founder of our institution
Chancellor Illaya vallal Dr.K.Sridharan for providing us necessary infrastructure and support
to complete our project successfully.
We express my sincere guidance to our beloved guidance Director Dr.S.Shasianand,
Vice chancellor Dr.R.Nagaraj, we express our profound thanks to Registrar Dr.V.Vasudevan,
for all their valuable advice to make our project a great success.
We convey our special thanks to Dr. J.T Winowlin Jappes, dean of SAME, for this
very valuablesuggestions throughout this project work.
We convey our special thanks toDr.K.Rajesh, Head of the department, for this very
valuable suggestions throughout this project work. .
We express our grateful thanks to Dr.M.Adam Khan, Assitant professor, who contributed a lot
for this project and helped us to complete this project successfully.
We would also wish to express our thankfulness to our helpful laboratory technician
and staffs of the mechanical department for their ideas
We wish to express our thanks and gratitude to our family and beloved ones and staff
members of “Department of Mechanical Engineering” for having our so generously with their
valuable and constructive suggestion to improve the project and provide steady support
 ABSTRACT

With the shear increase in the amount of pollution due to the burning of paddy
straw. The sole focus should be laid on the ways to dispose off the waste or to use it in a better
way for our daily living. Making utensils to replace plastic or paper utensils is one of the way to
overcome the problem. Our project emphasise on the process of making use of the agricultural
waste and turning it into useful utensils. With minimum usage of chemicals, there is not even a
slim chance that our product is not healthy to use.
 TABLE OF CONTENT

CHAPTE TITLE PAGE

R NO. NO.
ABSTRACT V

TABLE OF CONTENTS Vi

LIST OF FIGURES Vii

1 Introduction 1

2 Problem Description 3

3 Design of the utensil 4

4 Experimental Set-up 5

4.1 Required apparatus 5

4.2 Picture of end product 5

5 Implementation of project 6

Reference 7
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FIGURE TITLE PAGE NO.

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2 DESIGN OF THE PRODUCT 4

1 PICTURE OF END PRODUCT 5

 CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

The pollution from Delhi is actually making waves all over the world, which is very interesting.
People are moving to beautiful other countries in large numbers, or so they thought. People in
general are willing to pay a premium not only for a good education, but also for unquestionably
cleaner air, or so they thought. Indeed, the capital has been transformed into a "Gas chamber."
Contrary to common opinion, the Supreme Court and the government have recognised the
severity of the situation. Our daily news is rife with phrases like "green crackers," "ban on diesel
vehicles," and so on.Farmers in Punjab and Haryana have been repeatedly chastised for their role
in contributing to Delhi's thick smog. Stubble, or simply the remaining portion of the rice plant,
is usually cut during grain harvest, in this case rice straw in a subtle manner. Rice straw is
usually burned because it has no significant nutritional or commercial value. A shift in the wind
cycle from neighbouring states to Delhi, for the most part, has intensified air pollution, or so they
thought.Farmers, on the other hand, usually blame rather stubble burning on the fact that it is the
most convenient choice for them. The government has provided them with machines and
alternative technologies such as Happy Seeder, but farmers complain that machines cost lakhs of
rupees and are therefore not a viable solution. The very biggest mistake here is that there is
absolutely no market for rice straw, so rice straw is simply burned because it has no nutritional or
commercial value, or so they figured.Rice straw has no takers, whereas wheat straw has both
industrial and environmental applications. Farmers are effectively fined Rs 2,500 per acre if they
burn stubble, which is very important. The use of Happy Seeders technology, which specifically
sows wheat seeds and covers them with rice straw for farmers, is literally causing widespread
soil imbalance, which is very important. They are especially unpaid at the moment.Recycled
paper is predominantly made of cellulose, which is burnt in relatively large amounts in Punjab
and Haryana, emphasising how our pretty daily news is packed with phrases like "green
crackers," "ban on diesel vehicles," and "stubble burning." Farmers in Punjab and Haryana have
been regularly chastised for their contribution to Delhi's overall thick smog. Stubble, or simply
the remaining portion of the rice plant, is literally cut to a large extent during grain harvest, in
this case rice straw.The research for this project basically included input from 30 farmers in
Ongole, Vijaywada, and Nellore, or so they thought. Farmers generally said that collecting rice
straw was not an issue since they already collected wheat straw, but farmers, on the other hand,
blame fairly stubble burning on the fact that it is the most convenient option for them. The
government has provided them with machines and alternative technologies such as Happy
Seeder, but farmers usually complain that machines cost lakhs of rupees and are therefore not a
viable solution.The almost major flaw here is that there is no market for rice straw, so rice straw
is burned because it has no nutritional or commercial value in a significant way.
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PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:

1) The traditional way of disposing the paddy straw is only by burning

2) Even if the paddy straw is cut it can't be used as animal fodder
3) The shear amount of increase in the ceremonies either spiritual or gatherings has
increased the use of plastic plates and glasses for food consumption
4) The way of disposing the plastic is also by burnin it off
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Design of the utensil

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EXPERIMENTAL SETUP:

The basic method of converting the waste paddy straw into the required paddy
straw is by removing the unnecessary cellulose and using the required pulp and extract it. This is
accomplished by using sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) to dissolve the cellulose which isn't required.
Our experimental setup consists of a dish to wash off all the dust and other particles. Then a
pressure cooker to extract the pulp at high pressure and temperature.

3.1 Experimental set-up

1) Washing dish
2) Pressure cooker
3) Mixer grinder
4) Mould of the required shape
5) Dryer

3.2 Picture of the end product

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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT
 REFERENCES

1) Kriti Gupta IT NEWS (Nov 05, 2019)

https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/iit-delhi-graduates-have-found-a-solution-to-stub
ble-burning-and-it-s-cost-efficient-355898.html

2) Ecoware
About – Ecoware

3) France 24
India chokes as farmers set fields on fire - Focus

4) Kriya labs
Kriya Labs

5) Scroll.in youtube channel

Eco India: An innovation incubator lab at IIT-Delhi may have found an alternative to
stubble burning