DST iHub – AWaDH
Agriculture & Water Technology Development Hub
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
AWaDH is a Technology Innovation Hub established by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) – Government of India at the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar in the framework of National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM - ICPS) to improve the overall ecosystem of agriculture in India in the line with developed countries. Water/industry discharge assessment, treatment, and management Advancement of land resources and farm preparation. Agriculture automation and precision farming. CPS in harvesting and post-harvesting. The application of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the domain of Agriculture and Water.
In this work, rice straw and other particles has taken as manufacturing of acoustic boards Show in (Fig.1.1) using are sound absorbing Products which when placed on walls or ceilings helps to reduce the noise, reverberation and echo in present in the room. The method used for making it is like as in the hot press industry.
Complete details of the material used with compositions
Material Used
Weight % (in gms)
Stubble
300
Egg Tray
150
Thermocoal
100
White Cement
0.010
Cost: 700 (Approx.) without labour charges
The manufacturing components were rice straw, Thermo-coal, (weight of rice straw and other components) of wt. %. Commercial Epoxy Resin is use as the composite binder.
Cost: 1000 (Approx.) without labour charges
Material Used
Weight % (in kg)
Stubble
4
Cow Dunk
8
Organic manure
1.5
Cow Urine
8 Littre
Poultry Waste
2
Cost: 500 (Approx.) without labour charges
In this work has made new a brick by using agro-waste with Clay brick waste and cement.
Cost: 70 (Approx.)
In this work is made new bio-brick Show in (Fig.1. 5) by using agro-waste and mixture of Cast Iron Slag with soil and cement is used as binder.
Cost: 100 (Approx.)
Develop Hand Made Stubble Product
We have made some handmade handicraft products from stubble which is useful in our daily lives. Handicrafts products are mostly defined as items made by hand, often with the use of simple tools. They are also objects of utility and objects of decoration. India is known as the land of handicrafts, numerous artisans are engaged in craftwork on part-time basis making diverse crafts from pottery to baskets, stone ware, glass ware, handmade paper products and other utility items made of locally available material.
The industry provides employment to over six million artisans, which includes a large number of women and others belong to weaker sections of society. It also allows women to participate in their free time using tools they can well manage leading to supplemental income. We know that Stubble handicrafts are made from raw materials and can be produced in unlimited numbers. Such products can artistic, creative, culturally attached, decorative, socially significant.
Along with making the stubble products, we are making a plan to develop a machine which will be useful to people doing work in this field. Since product structure and the required size of stubble’s rope create problem to develop handicraft products from stubble.
People worked: Mandeep Singh, Fateh Singh. Sypervising faculty: Dr. Prabir Sarkar
Mechanical Engg. Department, IIT Ropar