SMART AUTOMATIC BLACK PEPPER DRYING TRAY

ABSTRACT Farmer find it difficult to complete their work of drying a pepper in a day because of the unpredictable weather conditions in Malaysia. There are existing drying machines, but these machines are either not smart or they are hard to install and maintain to the drying pepper process. In comparison to the United States where electric drying is mostly used, about 16 billion kW is consumed per year or 5.8% of the whole resident electricity consumption. Equating this electricity consumption rate to that of Malaysia, it will be very expensive for farmer to afford. This capstone project presents the design and prototype that facilitates of smart shield from rain for black pepper drying process from rainy environments. The smart shield from rain for black pepper drying process is divided into four parts: The drying rack frame, the linear actuator, sensors, and motor controls, and the cover curtain mechanism. The drying rack frame is a scissors-like mechanism, that releases and exposes the black pepper based on the weather conditions of the environment. This paper entails the processes taken in coming up with the design, the prototype implementation, the result and analysis from the prototype testing, and some suggested future work.

Penyelia : CHEN WONG KEONG

20DKM20F1071

FENDREXSON TABOR ANAK LAWRENCE KARIN

DKM5A

20DKM20F1080

KENNET ANAK MELUDA

DKM5A

20DKM20F1086

ERICK NUING ANAK NGALAI [KETUA]

DKM5A