Bangladesh University of Textiles

Air Purifier and Humidifier

Team: Group-B
Team members:
SK Kaimul Hasan Mostafa Shahriar Shoeb Akter Badhon
ID:201917009 ID:201917015 ID:201917017
Shafiqul Arefin MD. Mahmudul Huq Talukder
ID:201917019 ID:201917027

Supervised by:
AL MUNTASIR SADMAN SAKIB
Lecturer Lecturer
Bangladesh University Of Textile Bangladesh University Of Textiles
1.Introduction
• As for now we have visited 3 industries and one of the common
problem we noticed was that, on the working floors the workers,
supervisors and others face too much heat in the floors due to
running machines, lack of proper exhaust fans etc.
• We, the team members of Group-B thought how can we eliminate
this problem. Air conditioner can not be used, neither setting fans
can be a solution. So, we came up with an idea that if we can
produce cool air and run it in the floors and exhaust the hot air of the
floor through exhaust fans then we may be able to solve the heat
problem of the industrial working floors.
Purpose of the product:

• To cool the air of the working floor.

• To maintain comfort humidity level.
• To ease the working environment for the workers.
• To work as a substitute of air conditioners.
Project chapters:
• Chapter 1 : Product proposal submission
• Chapter 2: Evaluating customer requirement through survey
• Chapter 3: Implementing Quality Function Deployment
• Chapter 4: Functional decomposition
• Chapter 5: Material selection
• Chapter 6: Cost analysis
2. Evaluating Customer Requirement Through
Survey
We,Group-B of IPE department are going to design a product
and we named it “Air Purifier and Humidifier”,mainly for
industrial purpose.But before creating the product we
conducted a survey to get a general idea about customer needs
and their expectations from a product.
The Voice of Customer is given below:
What aspect of purchasing an air What do you prefer while buying
purifier important to you? a product?
3%

17%
37%
89%
8%

43% 3%

User friendly High performance

Low cost Easy maintenance Cost Design Both

Which season do you think is Have you heard about a humidifier

suitable for using a humidifier? before?
4%

16% 30%

80% 70%

Summer Rainy Spring

Yes No
 Is it suitable for all ages? Do you think humidifier will be
useful for industrial and shop-
ping mall use?

30%

70% 49% 51%

Yes No
Yes No Maybe
How much lifetime you prefer for
a product? What is your preferable
3%
method of ordering a product?
3%

19%
30%

68%
78%

Online Visiting a showroom

3 months 6 months 1 year Calling on a showroom
Why evaluating initial survey for a product is
important?
• The initial product research will help us evaluate our idea for a new product and
service and see if there is a need for it and what it is that our potential customers
are looking for. If the product or service already exists, product research will tell us
whether the available options on the market are meeting the needs and expectations
of existing customers. This way we can learn what we can do differently, to meet
the needs and expectations but also to exceed and outdo the competition.
• One of Steve Jobs’s famous quotes is “It isn’t the consumers job to know what they
want”. There is certainly some truth to this statement but the results from a product
research survey are still an essential baseline measurement. While the results are
not a guarantee that our new product or service is a success, they do provide you
with an insight into what it is that customers are looking for, and that itself is very
helpful.
 Air Purifier and Humidifier Function
Functional
Decomposition
Functional decomposition is a Air cooling Humidifying mechanism
method of analysis that dissects a mechanism
complex process in order to
examine its individual elements.
A function, in this context, is a Temperature
sensor Humidity sensor
task in a larger process whereby Motor
decomposition breaks down that
process into smaller, easier to Control
comprehend units. mechanism
Functional decomposition for our Water flow
product is shown in the right:
Humidifier

Cool air flow

Fan
Material selection by weighted property method
• Selecting the proper type of material for designing a product is important. In the
weighted-properties method each material requirement, or property, is assigned
a certain weight, depending on its importance to the performance of the part in
service. A weighted-property value is obtained by multiplying the numerical
value of the property by the weighting factor (α).
• Then the weighting factor is multiplied with scaled factor and the values are
compared with different types of materials and decision is taken that which
material is more preferable.
 4.4. Material Selectioon
5.5.1: Controller Cover Board
Determination of Relative Importance of Goals Using Digital Logic Method:
Table 1: Determination of Relative Importance of Goals Using Digital Logic Method:

Selection    
Criteria
(Goals)
Positive Decisions R
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Table 2 : Preferred material’s properties and selection criteria
s
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of the product:
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α
Selection Criteria PVC Polycarbonate

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Strength 1 1 1 1 4 0.
4   Strength 4 5
Durability 0 1 0 0 1 0.
1   Durability 3 4
Flexibility 0 0 1 0 1 0.
1  
Flexibility 2 1
Sustainability 0 1 1 1 3 0. Sustainability 4 5
3  
Cost 0 1 0 0 1 0. Surface protection 5 4
1  
Total number of possible decisions (N) = 10
∑α
=1
 Table:3 Numerical Value
(Rating) : Table 4 : Calculation of the Material Performance Index:
Very High 5 Selection Criteria Weighted PVC Polycarbonate
Factor, α
High 4
Scaled Weighted Scaled Weighted
Property, β property, αβ Property, β property, αβ
Medium 3
Strength 0.4 80 32 100 40
Low 2
Durability 0.1 75 7.5 100 10
Very Low 1 Flexibility 0.1 100 10 50 5
Sustainability 0.3 80 24 100 30
Surface protection 0.1 100 10 80 8
Material Performance Index, ϒ = ∑ αβ 83.5 93

5.5.2: Fan Blade

Table 5: Determination of Relative Importance Table 6 : Preferred material’s properties and
of Goals Using Digital Logic Method selection criteria of the product:
Selection    
Criteria Selection Criteria Aluminium Steel
(Goals) Lightweight 5 4
Positive Decisions Relative emphasis
co-efficient α Economic 3 2
Strength 4 5

Table 7: Numerical Value (Rating) :

Very High 5
1 2 3 4 5 6
Lightweight 0 0 1 1 0.143 High 4
Economic 1 0 1 2 0.286 Medium 3
Strength 1 1 1 3 0.428
Low 2
Length 0 1 0 1 0.143
Very Low 1
Total number of possible decisions (N) = 7 ∑α= 1
Solidworks Design:
Before:

After:
Cost analysis & Breakeven Analysis
Breakeven analysis is done to find out after how many sales the
company will have profit. Here
variable cost $265.00 per unit

Fixed cost $871.00

expected sales 50 unit

price $299.00 per unit

total revenue $14950.00

Total variable cost $14121.00

Profit $829

Break-even point will be found after selling 25 units

Future of the product
• The expected lifetime of our product is 16 to 18 months.
• At present our water tank is refilled manually,but in future we hope
to develop this feature and make it automated.
• We also look forward to add other features such as a filtration
system and mosquito vaporizer.
• We are hopeful that our product will be adapted by the industries in
future.
Conclusion
The aim of this paper is to provide readers with a detailed overview of manufacturing Air
Purifier and Humidifier considering the point of view of customers or users. We divided the
overall Air Purifier and Humidifier control into many fundamental tasks and examined the
available approaches for each of those tasks. With the expanding use of many Air Purifier
and Humidifier in new fields of application, studies on purifying and humidifying systems
are entering a new era.