Design and Fabrication of a Sawdust Screw Conveyor for a Steam Boiler Power Plant

Authors

  • Babawuya Alkali Federal University of Technology Minna https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8563-7259
  • Abubakar Jibril Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Niger State Polytechnic, Zungeru
  • Elkanah Bagudu Samuel Pipeline and Product Marketing Company, Kaduna-Nigeria
  • Idris Umar Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Niger State Polytechnic, Zungeru
  • Ayuba Elkanah Jatau Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Niger State Polytechnic, Zungeru
  • Clifford Ogheneme O. Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10341040

Keywords:

screw-conveyor, Hopper, sawdust, blower, Boiler, steam plant.

Abstract

Materials are required to be conveyed to the combustor for combustion so that heat can be released to convert the water to steam for propelling the turbines. As manual feeding of the material into the combustor may be to non-uniform distribution of combustor performance, hence, this study designed and fabricated a simple sawdust screw conveyor with the sole aim material conveyance into the combustor for combustion. The conveyor was fabricated using local materials considering the design and functional requirements of the sawdust screw conveyor The conveyor is powered by an 5Hp electric motor and blower through a direct shaft drive. The produced machine was tested using sawdust and the screw conveyor gave a screw linear velocity of 1.99 m/s and a volumetric capacity of 0.00004m3/min. the machine gave a combined blade and nozzle efficiency of 57.

Author Biography

Babawuya Alkali, Federal University of Technology Minna

Associate Professor of Mechatronics Engineering, Department of Mechatronics Enginering, Federal University of Technology, Minna.

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Published

2023-12-10

How to Cite

Alkali, B., Jibril, A., Bagudu Samuel, E., Umar, I., Elkanah Jatau, A., & Ogheneme O., C. (2023). Design and Fabrication of a Sawdust Screw Conveyor for a Steam Boiler Power Plant. Advances in Engineering Design Technology, 5(3). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10341040

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3 (2023): August

Section

Articles