Systematic Design of a Mixing and Transporting Robot for Solar Drying of Biogenous Residuals

Publikations-Art

Kongressbeitrag

Autoren

Starcevic, N., M. Bux und J. Müller

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Veröffentlicht in

Proceedings International Conference ORBIT 2006

Herausgeber

Kraft, E., W. Bidlingmaier, M. de Bertoldi, L.F. Diaz und J. Barth

Verlag

Verlag ORBIT e.V. , Weimar

ISBN / ISSN / eISSN

3-935974-10-8

Seite (von - bis)

947-957

Tagungsname

5. Int. Conf. ORBIT 2006 "Biological Waste Management - From Local to Global"

Tagungsort

Weimar (Germany)

Tagungsdatum

13.09.2006

Solar and solar assisted dryers for sewadge sludge have shown to be an interesting and commercially viable alternative compared to other known drying processes. A cost-efficient mixing and transporting robot for processing and handling of biomass and biogenous residuals during a solar drying process was developed. To ascertain a systematic and fast design procedure, the discursive design method VDI 2221 and innovative CAE software tools were used. The analysis of the complex technical system is based on four function structure plans. The derived technical solutions were organised on five morphological charts. The computed technical-economical value (> 0,7) testifies a high-grade design concept. By FEM structure analysis, kinematics and assembly simulation the final design concept was validated. A prototyp of the robot was manufactured and tested. First drying experiments demonstrate the general functionality and applicability. Hence, the combination of the VDI design method with specific CAE-tools is suitable for reducing the development period on the innovation driven market of biomass processing and biogenous residuals treatment.