Thermo - Cathalytic - Recycling Station
University of applied science Coburg, Team project
For this project we teamed up with the Fraunhofer Institution which provided the technologie for our recycling station. The machine is designed to make use of critical waste such as excess dung in rural areas, sewage sludge or any other organic waste which can not be composted because of heavy metal or germ contamination. The machine processes the waste into coal, oil and gas which can be used to either power the recycling station itself or to be refined into green fuels.
As Fraunhofer Institiution provided the technologie our task was to design the interactions with the machine and create a workflow from loading the machine to changing the output containers. Material is fed in via forklift or other aids, such as wheelbarrows, through a permanently installed hopper. The machines output containers are aligned along the side of the machine and the control unit and the switch cabinet are mounted on the opposite side of the input. The division into the various process steps results in an ordered unit.
The machine body is engineered for durability and efficiency, housing the thermocatalytic process hung from a robust main frame. The design balances industrial functionality with a clean, futuristic aesthetic. For matters of maintenance the sheet metal cladding can be removed as it is made out of a number of pannels.