KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

MID-TERM PRESENTATION ON
STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT OF PEDAL OPERATED POND
WATER CLEANING SYSTEM

Presented By:
Project Supervisor PRADEEP ARYAL [21121]
Er Niranjan Bastakoti BISHAL BISTA [21125]
RAJENDRA SINGH DHAMI [21128]
Project Coordinator SUNDAR SHRESTHA [21145]
Er Niranjan Bastakoti SAUGAT UPRETI [21148]
CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• OBJECTIVES
• SIGNIFICANCES
• LIMITATIONS
• STUDY AND DESIGN
• COMPONENTS USED
• WORKING MECHANISM
• MATHEMATICAL CALCULATION
• GANTT CHART
• BUDGET ESTIMATION
• EXPECTED OUTCOMES
• REFERENCES
 INTRODUCTION

• Traditional method of removing the surface

wastes is highly inefficient
• In this system floating wastes are collected by
mechanism operated with pedal by pedaling
the wheel
 OBJECTIVES
• To clean the solid wastes floating on pond or
lake water
• To learn project management and fabrication
skill
• To study the working mechanism of sprockets,
chain, bearing, pedal and so on
 SIGNIFICANCES

• It is very easy to operate by using pedal

arrangement
• It is portable and compact in size which
initiates easy handling
• It is relatively eco-friendly and pollution free
 LIMITATIONS
• It is able to collect only the floating wastes in
pond
• High chance of corrosion
 STUDY DESIGN

Mathematical
Literature review Design
calculations

Testing and Fabrication Material selection

modifications

10/12/2021
 COMPONENTS USED
Shaft
 rotating machine element
 transmit power from one part to another
Sprocket
 a profiled wheel with teeth
 used in vehicles or other machinery either to transmit rotary motion
between two shafts
Chain
 serial assembly of connected pieces, called links
 designed for transferring power in machines
Wire frame (net)
 Welded wire mesh
 widely used in agricultural, industrial, transportation, mines, gardening,
machine protection and other decorations
 CONTD…
Bearing
 machine element that constrains relative motion to only the desired
motion
 reduces friction between moving parts
Pedal
 the part of a machine that the rider pushes with their foot to propel
the assembly
 the pedals are attached to a crank for driving sprockets
Mild steel rod
 type of low-carbon steel that is widely used for vehicle bodywork
 can be safely welded, heat shrunk, and cold worked without seriously
affecting their strength
 CONTD…
Bucket
 made of plastic
 used for collection of wastes
Jaw
 curved material (preferred of plastic)
 used for holding or lifting the wastes
WORKING MECHANISM

Fig:- side view of cleaning system

 CALCULATIONS
Power supply from pedal = 70.66 Watts
Tension on shaft due to waste and lifter,
= mgsin45˚
= 20.79 N⋅m
• Length of shaft = 50 cm = 0.5 m
• Reaction at each supported end = 10.24 N
 CONTD…
•  
Using 44 and 18 teeth sprocket.so,
= Or, =
∴ =N
To calculate torque on shaft,
P = Or, =
∴ = 9.20 N⋅m
Bending moment at shaft,
= F.d
= 10.4 N * 0.05 m
= 0.52 Nm.
Equivalent twisting moment is given by,
=
= = 9.22 N⋅m
 CONTD…
•For  shaft design;
We have,
=
Where,
= equivalent twisting moment
=torsional shear stress
= diameter of shaft
We get, D= 9.21 mm
So, shaft with diameter 10 mm selected.
DESIGNS

Figure: Upper shaft

Figure: Lower shaft

Figure : pedaling system
Figure : Ball bearing

Figure : semi cylindrical waste lifting jaw

Figure : side view of system
Figure : front view of system
Figure : top view of system
 GANTT CHART
 
  2018/2019
Year

Months Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug

                       
Literature Review
                       
Market Survey
                       
Designing
                       
Fabrication
                       
Modification and
Testing
                       
Final report

Work Completed Work Remaining

 BUDGET ESTIMATION

S.N Materials Quantity Price

1 Mild steel rod 3 meter 800
2 Bearing 4 pcs 600
3 Sprocket 5 pcs 1000
4 Chain set 4 meter 1000
5 Shaft rod 1 meter 200
6 Pedal arrangement 1 set 1200
7 Wire net 1 m² 300
8 Miscellaneous 500
Total 5600
 EXPECTED OUTCOME

• Expect to design and develop the working

model of pedal operated pond water cleaning
system
• Could be integrated in pedal operating boat
and can be operated simply by pedaling
 REFERENCES
• [1]Bhuyan, R. (2018). " AUTOMATIC DRAIN CLEANER RUN BY SOLAR
POWER"<http://www.globalscientificjournal.com/researchpaper/AUTOMA
TIC-DRAIN-CLEANER-RUN-BY-SOLAR-POWER.pdf >[Accessed 28 Dec.
2018].
• [2]V.Dhande, P. (2017)"DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF RIVER CLEANING
SYSTEM"2017<https://www.ijmter.com/papers/volume-4/issue-2/design-
and-fabrication-of-river-cleaning-machine.pdf> [Accessed 3 Jan. 2019].
THANK YOU !!!