CE 261.

GROUP D

THEME UTILIZATION OF WASTE

MATERIAL FOR PNG’S FUTHURE. PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

TOPIC. CONVERTING BETEL NUT HUSK FIBER

INTO MATTRESS
INTRODUCTION. OBJECTIVES.
Betel nut husk is the most common waste material that is found in 1) CONVERT BETEL NUT HUSK INTO MATTRESS
All major towns and cities of Papua New Guinea .Many people are now
2) REDUCE BETEL NUT HUSK LITHERING IN PNG
Complaining about it and are now trying to stop the littering of it.
3) IMPROVE CLEANNESS OF TOWNS AND CITIES
Therefore this project is about using betel nut husk waste to make mattress
4) IMPROVE HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE OF CITIZINES
Which will eliminate the waste in all villages, towns and cities and improve
5) UTILIZE WASTE MATERIAL FOR PNG’S FUTHURE
The cleanness of our towns and cities and the life style of the people. This project will
6) IMPROVE THE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRY
Be carried out in the Papua New Guinea University of Technology as part of engineer material
Assignment for 2012 second year engineering students and is based on the theme of utilizing
Waste material for PNG’S future.

Figure 1. Dried betel nut husk

METHODOLOGY.

Problem Result and discussions

Figure 2. Raw nut

From the research, there are many astonishing results about betel nut husk fiber have been determined, results of properties
Possible solution like tensile strength, fiber length, fiber dimension, fiber density, effects of modulus of elasticity, moisture Content, water
absorption and many other related properties have shown that betel nut husk fiber is good material for making mattress.
topic 1) Literature review
Table below shows some of the result of test done of to determine fiber length, diameter and density of the fiber. Since the
2) Sample collection
fiber length, diameter, and density of dried betel nut husk fiber are relative small, many of the fibers are needed for the
3) Interviewing project which means a large scale excavation of betel nut husk is require for the production. The results also shown that the
water absorption of dried betel nut husk fiber is very low and this is very important because it will resist the effects of
Data collection moisture content on the product.

1) Testing Table 2.1. Physical properties of raw, ripe and dried BNH fiber. (Yusriah etal.2012)
2) Experiment
Data analysis 3) Observation Type of BNH Fiber length (cm) Diameter (mm) Density (g/cm3)
4) Trials and errors fiber
Raw 5.7 0.47 0.19
Ripe 5.5 0.45 0.34
Dried 4.9 0.41 0.38
From the table above it is seen that, the length and diameter of raw betel nut fiber was longer than
Model Design Projecting the length at ripe and dried, but the density seem to increase from raw to ripe. (Yusriah etal. 2012)
presentation.

Generally, there are limitations face in this project, there is not enough time to do this project in which such projects takes
years, so many information presented are from doing literature review on other people work. However most of this
information are the same and are need for the production of mattress. Literatures about using the fiber into other products
Advertisement have the same procedures and steps as we encountered in our project.

Conclusion.
To conclude, betel nut fibers has properties that proves to be good for
For the production of mattress. Betel nut husk is a waste material for which
Many ordinary civilians will think alone that line, however for an engineer
Betel nut husk is a useful waste material that can be converted into many
Useful things.
This projects converts betel nut husk into mattress which follows the theme of the
Project that is to utilize waste material for PNG’S future. There are not many literature
Specifically about converting the husk into mattress but there are many about converting References.
The husk into other product and that all steps, procedures are related to each other.
Doing this project will greatly reduce the littering problem of betel nut husk
Ales, Steve K. & Sumanasiri, K.E.D. (nd). Developnment of Natural Fiber Composites in Papua
In the country, improve healthy life style of the citizens, help normal people to make money
New Guinea (PNG). Departnment of mechanical Engineering:
For living and in in some ways increase the economy of the country.
Papua new Guinea University of Technology

Sharon anne Bachman. (2013). Betelnut product Characteristics and Avilability in King Country
Recommendation. Washington: A secret shopper study. University of Washington: USA.

Yusriah, H. , Sapuan, S.M. , Zainudin, E.S. , & Mariatti, M. (2012) Exploring the Potential of Betel
1. More research must be done on this topic Nut Husk Fiber as Reinforcement in Polymer Composites: Effect of Fiber Maturity.
2. Inform people about the possible benefits of this research Departnment of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering: Universiti Putra
3. Good topic for research every on students taking material engineering Malasya.

GROUP D. 2017 Malachi Kumbun.