Organic fertilizer is the end product obtained by converting organic wastes such as crop residue, urban waste, poultry dropping and animal dung etc. into a useable fertilizer by composting. In this study, a screw type multi feed pelletizing machine was designed and fabricated. The machine essentially consists of a single phase 3 kW electric motor, 50 mm shaft, screw auger, pelletizer barrel, ball bearing, pulley, 8 mm thick V-belt. The dimension of the machine frame is 800 × 500 × 600 mm. The shaft transmits motion by means of a 3 kW electric motor. The output pellet was formed by compacting the compost through a die opening by a mechanical process. The performance of the machine was based on pelleting efficiency, percentage recovery and throughput capacity of the machine, which was determined at three different mesh sizes; 6 mm, 4 mm and 2 mm. The total mass of pellets was observed to increase as mesh size increases, hence pelleting efficiency increases as mesh sizes increases.
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Composting, Organic Waste, Multi Feed, Organic Fertilizer, Pellet
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Ilesanmi Afolabi Daniyan, Omokhuale Marcus Akhere. (2017). Development of a Multi Feed Pelletizer for the Production of Organic Fertilizer. American Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, 1(2), 44-48. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajmme.20170102.13
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