At IDIN, we’re all about learning, especially when it’s hands-on. Here we’ve compiled some of our favorite resources, many of which are used at our trainings and summits around the world.
Resource Library
Production of Biogas from Fruit and Vegetable Wastes
- Student Papers
This KNUST student thesis presents results on biogas production from mixtures of fruit and vegetable waste materials and a mixture of fruit and vegetable waste materials.
Potential Causes of Failure in an Aluminum Sand-Cast Pot from Zambia
- Student Papers
This report explores the failure of sand-cast aluminum pots, and how such pots could be improved to prevent future failure.
Evaluation of Hand and Foot Operated Rice Threshers
- Student Papers
This KNUST student thesis analyzes the threshing speed, threshing losses, drugery, threshing efficiency and threshing capacity of two rice threshers produced in Ghana: a hand-operated and a foot-operated thresher.
Innovations in Cassava Grating in Ghana
- Student Papers
This report explores the design and development of a portable, off-the-shelf cassava grater in Ghana by students at Olin College.
Performance Evaluation of a Motorized Mini Rice Thresher
- Student Papers
This KNUST student thesis evaluates a mechanized rice thresher developed in Konongo, Ghana on the parameters of capacity, efficiency, optimum speed for threshing, and fuel consumption.
Innovations in Cassava Pressing in Ghana
- Student Papers
This report explores the design and development of a portable screw-based cassava press for gari producing women in Ghana by students at Olin College.
Modification of Furnace Design for the Production of Coke from Palm Kernel Shells for Metallurgical Processes
- Student Papers
Palm kernel shells are produced as waste from palm oil and are utilized by blacksmiths after they have been charred to burn off the remaining oils in them. This KNUST student thesis analyzes the calorific value of palm kernel shells used during this process.
Agricultural Mobile Irrigation System Engineering Senior Design Report
- Student Papers
This report has been compiled with the intent of summarizing the progress made on the Agricultural Mobile Irrigation System (AMIS) and includes the problem scope and development, current design specifications and how they came about, the benchmarks for evaluation, and the results. The main objectives were to build and evaluate the performance of a complete AMIS system.
Bikultivator: Cultivating Our Way Through Zambia
- Student Papers
This UC-David D-Lab project sought to provide improvements for this push cultivator, formerly known as the Northwestern Bike Plow. Through a series of proposed modifications our objective was to make this push cultivator more farmer-friendly, versatile, crop sensitive and soil conserving.
Analysis of Emissions and Energy Content of Coconut Husk
- Student Papers
This KNUST student thesis measured the energy content and emissions from biocharring coconuts to assess the potential of using coconut husk as an energy source.