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Charcosalt As An Alternative Power Bank
Kristin Revi Kaye C. Tiu
Kristel Joy P. Malana
Julian C’zar F. Junsay
Karl Justine L. Batara
April Nicole A. Bengnan
Charizma Allelie C. dela Cruz
Researchers
James T. Caceres
Research Adviser
January 2020
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Chapter 1
Introduction
Background of the Study
The development of inexpensive, robust high
performance electrochemical storage devices is expected
to be enabled by the development of new electrode and
electrolyte materials. For example, the current mobile
phones are designed compactly and operates with touch
screen based technology. The unique features of these
mobile phones are: data storage, music with audio and
video, navigation system, games and apps with audio and
internet connection,etc., which requires large capacity
battery system(Venkateswarlu, et al.,2018).
The concept of being able to charge mobile phones on
the go has been a pleasant help to almost everyone in the
present times. Ever since the increasing abilities and
the decreasing cost of phones, their utility has
increased but their power consumption is high. The
present day smartphones have a very large storage
capacity and the parallelism with respect to apps
associated with them is increasing rapidly. Running many
applications at a time causes the phones to drain out
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quickly. Although increased charge consumption for a host
parallel and quick applications is a good bargain, this
also calls for the phone being charged frequently. As
power supply sockets are not available all the time,
power banks come in handy. (Abhishek Joshi,2015).Power
bank are portable device comprised of a special circuit
that control power flow. They allow the storage of
electrical energy (i.e. deposit it into the battery bank)
and then later use it to charge any mobile device (i.e.
withdrawn it from the battery bank). Power bank is also
called “plug in battery, external battery and charging
battery” of the digital products.
Its definition is convenient and easy to carry
large-capacity portable power. Power bank is a third
party charger that offers power to your mobile phone when
the need arises. Power banks have become increasingly
popular as the battery life of phones are outstripped by
the amount of time we spend using them each day. By
keeping a battery backup close by, you top up your
devices while far from a wall outlet. The question is
power banks available in the market is comparatively very
high and not everyone can afford to buy a power bank that
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leads to making alternative power bank using indigenous
materials.
According to Quick(2015), activated carbon is a form
of carbon that is shot through with nanosized holes that
increase the material’s surface area and allow it to
catalyse more chemical reactions and store more
electrical charge. In addition, carbon is one of the most
abundant elements on the earth and plays a critical role
in the bio and ecosystems as we know them today. For a
thousand of years, carbon has also been a source of
energy, and human history is closely associated with the
struggle to extract and utilize power from carbon
materials or the activated carbon. The technologies that
have enabled our modern society such as automobiles,
airplanes, computers, lasers and portable electronics,
just to name a few, rely on the development of carbon-
based materials and on the continued supply of energy.
This energy is either in the form of gasoline or
electricity and is generated mainly from fossil fuels and
biomass (Candelaria,et al.,2012). Thus activated charcoal
can produce generate electricity.
According to Sofyan(2018),Coconut shell is usually
discarded and is often limited for its charcoal purposes.
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On the other hand, coconut shell waste could be turned
into a high value and useful products in many
applications specifically to battery or electricity.
Utilization of the coconut shell wastes as a source of
activated carbon is one of the many proposed solution to
increase its value and at the same time to overcome the
aforementioned problems. The use of coconut shell derived
activated carbon as an active anode material to improve
the performance of lithium ion battery has been attempted
by many investigators. This activated carbon attracts
many attentions because of its abundance, cost effective
and environment friendly in nature. It has also been
known that activated carbon synthesized from coconut
shell is considered to have a better performance in
comparison to those obtained from other sources because
of its mesoporous structure, which will make it more
suitable for electrode material and as generate
electricity.
Table salt can serve as the electrolyte in a
battery, generating electricity. A battery has three
parts: an electrolyte and two electrodes, which are made
of different materials, often metals. Some of the first
batteries, made by Alessandro Volta around 1880, used
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saltwater, silver and zinc to generate electricity. In
water, table salt (NaCl), dissolves into positively
charged sodium ions (Na+) and negatively charged chlorine
ions (Cl-). Chemists call a solution of ions such as this
an electrolyte. In a battery, one electrode, called the
cathode, silver and zinc to generate electricity. By
using this, current flow through the circuit creating an
electrical current (Balter, 2018).
With the rapid development of global economy, people
continued to carry more portable electronic products as
mentioned earlier, which are easy to be drain or
discharge as a result of long time uses. Using of organic
material like Table salt, Coconut Shell and Charcoal as a
component in making an alternative power bank for
recharging without the needs of waiting for electric
power supply be restored is being made.
Statement of the Objective
Generally, this study aims to determine the feasibility
of making an alternative power bank. This aims to:
1. Determine the feasibility of a charcoal, coconut
shell, and table salt in generating or producing
electricity to charge a phone.
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2.Determine the effectiveness of the alternative power
bank.
a. Its capacity to charge a phone.
b. Its duration to charge a phone.
3.Evaluate the safeness and convenience of the product.
Hypothesis
There is a feasibility of combined charcoal, coconut
shell and table salt to make up an alternative power
bank.
Significance of the Study
The study is conducted to create an alternative
power bank using reservoir. The power bank is an
electronic device which produces electric energy for
consumption when charge, it is an external charging
battery for mobile phones.
People is being benefited from this research and is
valuable to:
The Researchers to be innovative and use their
creativeness in making an eco-friendly power bank that
will be essential to the community especially to human
beings.
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Department of Science and Technology (DOST) they may
acknowledge the innovativeness of students in creating
products through the use of science and technology.
Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR)
they may advocate and promote the usage of organic
materials and waste to create a new and eco-friendly
products.
The Community for usage of the eco-friendly and
affordable alternative power bank.
The Future Researchers The result of this study is to
give new and additional knowledge for future researches.
Scope and Delimitation
This study is to know the feasibility of combined
charcoal, coconut shell and table salt in charging a
phone and to construct an alternative power bank that can
be use when travelling, in gaming, in school, in times of
brown-out or in general, when the need arises to charge
mobile phones and there is no wall outlet. The three
organic materials to test and combine will be pulverize
and use to generate the electricity of the alternative
power bank.
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The power bank consist of three components such as
alternative battery, hardware protection circuit and
outer case. Among all the three components, the battery
is the heart of the power bank and hardware protection
controls the current, voltage and temperature as well.
The power bank design can only be used for charging
mobile phone device and it cannot be used to charge other
high current consumption device such as laptops, car
batteries etc.
Conceptual Framework
Philippines, being a tropical country is blessed with
reservoir or natural resources such as trees, coal etc.
that can be used to produce charcoal, water resources
such as seas and oceans that produces different kinds of
salt. Throughout the years, phone usage has rapidly
increase to 30% to 70% in the past 3 succeeding years and
many inventions of gadgets arises. In 2009, power bank
was invented and popularized throughout the world. Power
bank became in demand and costly and different
alternative power bank arises. Charcoal, coconut shell
and table salt has a component that generates electricity
and is being tested whether it can charge a phone.
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Research Paradigm
Input Process
1.Determine the feasibility of a Construction of
power bank
charcoal, coconut shell, and table salt a. The
alternative
in generating or producing electricity
battery
to charge a phone. b. Electrical
Circuit
2.Determine the effectiveness of the c. The Outer
covering or
alternative power bank. cage of power
bank
a. Its capacity to charge a phone.
b. Its duration to charge a phone.
3.Evaluate the safeness and convenience
of the product.
Output
There is a feasibility of
combined charcoal, coconut
shell and table salt to
make up an alternative
power bank.
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Definition of terms
1. Power bank- a carry-on charging device that uses to
charge mobile phones.
2. Applications- it is the same thing as a software
program. it is most often used to describe programs
for devices, 1such as smartphones and tablets.
3. Electrolyte- an electric conductor in which current
is carried by the movement of ions that uses for
electrical purposes.
4. Mobile phones- is a wireless handled device that
allows users to make and receive calls and to send
messages, among other features. It is also known as
a cellular phone or simply cell phone.
5. Nano size- a size of things that is very small and
hard to be seen.
6. Catalyze- cause or accelerate {a reaction} by acting
as a catalyst.
7. Electrode-it is a conductor where the electricity
enter and leaves smartphones.
8. Anode- the positively charged electrode by which the
electrons leave a devices.
9. Cathode- the negatively charged electrode by which
electrons enter an electrical device.
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10. Electrochemical storage device- usually found in
smart phones, an energy storage.
11. USB-charged device- a cable used for charging from
an electric source to the gadgets like smartphones.
12. Lithium ion battery- is a type of battery that is
rechargeable.
13. Mesoporous- having pores of a size between 2 and 50
nanometers.
14. Technology- it is a gadgets like smart phones or
mobile phones that is powered by electricity.
15. Feasibility- it is a percentage of things if it is
possible to do or able to made and done.
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