PROPELLER: A PORTABLE POWER SOURCE FOR MOBILE DEVICES

PHYSICAL

A RESEARCH PAPER PRESENTED TO SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AS A

REQUIREMENT IN RESEARCH II

Proponent

Ernest Joseph L. Aquino

Dominic J. Austria
Shane M. Gumarang
Nyssa Jhea C. Marcos
Bea Sherielle S. Mendoza
Krishtelle Anndrhei L. Salazar
10 - Edison

Resurreccion D. Medina, MaEd

Research II Teacher
 Bataan National High School

Roman Superhighway, City of Balanga, Bataan

PROPELLER: A PORTABLE POWER SOURCE FOR

MOBILE DEVICES
Ernest Joseph L. Aquino
Dominic J. Austria
Shane M. Gumarang
Nyssa Jhea C. Marcos
Bea Sherielle S. Mendoza
KrishtelleAnndrhei L. Salazar
Adviser: Resurreccion D. Medina
Bataan National High School, Balanga City, Bataan Philippines

ABSTRACT

Mobile phones had become part of lives in the current time but to be able to
maximize the usage of the device, the battery must be kept from getting low or empty.
Power banks have been a great help in times when mobile devices are running out of
battery, especially during the travelling times and when there’s no available direct
connection to the electricity. This study aimed to create a device that can convert
mechanical kinetic energy to chemical energy that would allow the battery or mobile
device to be recharged separately or simultaneously.
The power storage device uses DC motor and is made out of prototyping board,
male pins, male jumper cables and solid wire. It can generate 5 volts to recharge the
battery or the mobile phone separately or at the same time. It is also small enough to be
carried outdoors conveniently. The results of the experiments done showed that, to be
able to generate 5 volts that would charge the device or the battery the wind speed has to
be at the minimum of 40 kilometers per hour. Based from the statistical test conducted,
there is a significant difference between the wind speed that powers the propeller and the
ouput it generates in terms of voltage.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

RESEARCH PLAN

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................1

MATERIALS AND METHODS .....................................................................................5

I. Wiring the Circuitry of the Device ................................................................................. 6

II. Making of the Propeller................................................................................................. 6

III. Building the Case of the Device .................................................................................. 6

IV. Testing the Device ....................................................................................................... 7

Statistical Analysis ..............................................................................................................7

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS .....................................................................................8

CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................11

RECOMMENDATIONS..................................................................................................12

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................13

BIBLIOGRAPHY .............................................................................................................14

APPENDICES ...................................................................................................................15
 INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

An estimate of 4.68 Billion people in the world is connected to mobile phones

according to statistics as of 2019. And by the year 2020, it is expected that the

number of mobile phone users would be equal to 75% of the global population

according to the business insider.

The statistics only proves that mobile phones have become a significant part of

our daily lives. Since phones can be used in different ways, it can be used as

entertainment, by playing music, watching videos or even by playing mobile games.

It can also be used for communicating with someone; distance from them doesn’t

matter as long as both of your devices receives signal. They are also a useful thing for

capturing moments, by taking picture, or even videos. And for some other times,

phones can be a useful tool for emergency since it has a flashlight feature.

By continuous usage of cellphones, its battery level lowers at a faster rate,

especially for phones with poor battery performance. And low-charged cellphone

disables some of its features. For poor quality of batteries of mobile devices, power

banks are great solution. However, once the battery of the power banks has been

drained, it is finally over for them.

An average power bank takes 3 to 6 hours for it to be fully-charged. But not

everyone has an access for electricity, especially for those who love traveling. But if

the mobile phone battery storage that charges using kinetic energy, then it won’t be a

problem since they often encounter strong wind.

 A handy mobile device would not only help the user but will also be

environmental friendly as it makes use of winds as a source of energy. It will also give a

lot of convenience as it can be brought anywhere.

For remote places, especially islands, the utilization of wind energy resources

need to be promoted and encouraged. The availability of wind energy in certain seasons

can be very much useful and contribute to the electrification of the area. Wind hybrid

system application will be a good solution for such area in community based or to

support public facilitation. (Martosaputroa and Murti, 2014).

In the study of Savonius type wind turbine model in wind tunnel and simulation

using ANSYS 13, showed that the number of blades influence the performance of wind

turbine. Savonius model with three blades has the best performance at high tip speed

ratio. The highest tip speed ratio is 0.555 for wind speed of 7 m/s.(Wenehenubuna,

Saputraa and Sutantoa 2015).

A 1kW @ 11m/s, 1 meter diameter wind turbine designed with the support of

software. The wind turbine blades power and efficiency has been measured at different

tip-speed-ratios as well as calculated using software tool. The wind turbine blades power

and efficiency has been measured at different tip-speed-ratios and a maximum efficiency

of 30% at a TSR of 11.6 was recorded, verifying the blade calculator’s accuracy. (Sarkar

and Behera, 2012).

Gideon Quartey,and Stephen Kwasi Adzimah (2014), The wind turbine is

appropriately designed to extract maximum amount of energy from the wind to power the

electric car. Through the theoretical calculation on the power generated from the wind, a
significant amount of electrical power (about 3.26 kW) is restored to the batteries when

the car is moving at a speed of 120 km/h. (Quartey and Adzimah, 2014)

An aerodynamic study of a small scale portable wind turbine is performed, using

simplified theoretical models and 2D and 3D ANSYS calculations. Turbine power output

is estimated and compared with experimental measurements. Pressure distribution over

the blades is calculated, in order to perform ANSYS analysis. (Rapelli, Suryavanshi,

Shelke, Patil and Tikar, 2017)

A wind turbine turns energy in the wind into electricity using the aerodynamic

force created by the rotor blades, which work similarly to an airplane wing or helicopter

rotor blade. When the wind flows across the blade, the air pressure across the two sides of

the blade decreases. The force of the lift is stronger than the drag and this causes the rotor

to spin. The rotor is connected to the generator, either directly or through a shaft and a

series of gears that speeds up the rotation and allow for a physically smaller generator.

This translation of aerodynamic force to rotation of a generator creates electricity.

(USA.gov, 2013)

This study aims to create an affordable and portable power source for mobile

phones and to make an environmental-friendly power bank that uses stored kinetic energy

to charge the battery or the mobile device or both at the same time.

With this device, mobile phone users will benefit by charging their phones or

power bank with a portable power source that can be powered with just the wind. They

could be anywhere and move wherever they want while charging their phones. There will

be no need for a power socket and at the same time save money. Travelers won’t have the
problem of finding power sockets and can travel happily. Students can now communicate

anytime without worrying about their phone’s battery charge.

Statement of the Problem

This study aims to create a device that would allow travelers to recharge their

mobile phones or power bank even without a direct access with electricity.

Specifically, the study seeks to find answer to the problem:

How will the device be described in terms of the:

a. production of 5V to charge a mobile device and power bank

b. convenience given by the device to the user

c. durability of the device to withstand the challenges in nature

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Materials

Wiring the
Circuitry of the
Device
.

Making of the
Propeller

Building the Case

of the Device

Testing the
Device
 I. Wiring the Circuitry of the Device

Prepare the DC motor, wires, illustration board, female USB port, 7805 IC or

voltage regulator, IN4007 diode and 1000uf 25v capacitor. First, put the female USB

port, IC, capacitor and glue gun it on to the board. Connect the wiring of the circuit

correctly and solder it. Connect and solder the diode to the positive of the DC motor and

to the IC’s input. Solder the wire of the output of the IC to the Vcc of the female USB

port. Connect the ground of the female USB port to the negative of the DC motor. The

capacitor is place in between diode and the IC in which it is positive and the negative is

in between of the negative of DC motor and ground of the female USB port. The ground

of the IC is soldered to the connection of the negative of DC motor and negative of the

female USB port.

 II. Making of the Propeller

Using the used PVC plastic, draw and cut out the blades depending on what is

your preference size and shape of it. Using a toy’s gear as the base of the edge of the cut

out blades, glue or paste the blades above it. Let it rest for a while and after that, try to

rotate it if it will rotate easily.

III. Building the Case of the Device

Use the illustration board to create the case of your device. Draw and cut out the

desired size of your case. Draw a circle and cut it at the top front side of the case to make
way to the DC motor and the propeller. Attach them together and don’t touch it until it is

fully intact and pasted to one another. At the back of the case, cut out the size of a USB

port since it will be used as the passageway of the charger of your phone or power bank

to the entire circuitry.

IV. Testing the Device

To test the device, make sure that it will not fall out or break due to strong winds.

Stick it out outside the mirror of the car and gradually speed up until the mobile phone

and power bank connected to the device is charging.

Statistical Analysis

The propeller device was tested by the use of the wind speed. The wind

speed due to the acceleration of the car led up to faster rotation of the propeller.

Due to the acceleration of the car, the DC motor can now charge the mobile phone

and power bank at a minimum speed of 40 kph. The raw data was subjected to the

statistical test using independent t-test.

 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

Voltage Output Test

Table 1. The recorded data from the Voltage Output Test

Wind
Speed(kph) Voltage Output (Volts)

TRIAL 1 TRIAL 2 TRIAL 3 Mean

10kph 0.732 0.749 0.745 0.742

20kph 1.67 1.709 1.698 1.682

30kph 3.734 3.741 3.739 3.738

40kph 4.762 5.463 5.252 5.159

50kph 5.903 6.031 6.251 6.062

60kph 6.941 7.029 6.961 6.977

The first column shows the speed run by the car which is also the wind speed, in

the next columns are the voltages recorded by the researchers in 3 trials, while the last

column is mean output voltages at each speed.

Table 1 shows the relationship between the different speed levels of the wind and

the voltage output that the device generates. As the table shows, the wind speed is

directly proportional to the voltage generated by the device. As the wind speed increases,

the voltage generated by the device also increases.

 Figure 1. The mean of recorded data in terms of volts from the three trials

Mean of the output

8

6
Voltage Output

3 Mean

0
10 kph 20 kph 30 kph 40 kph 50 kph 60 kph
Wind Speed

Table 2. Test of significance in the voltage output of the device in three trials
Group Statistics

trial N Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean

>= 6.00 3 6.977000 .0461303 .0266333

speed
< 6.00 15 3.478600 2.0882428 .5391820

Table 3. Test of the similarity of the variance in the test groups

Independent Samples Test
Levene's t-test for Equality of Means
Test for
Equality of
Variances
F Sig. t df Sig. Mean Std. Error 95% Confidence Interval
(2- Difference Difference of the Difference
tailed)
Lower Upper
s Equal variances 10.534 .005 2.832 16 .012 3.4984000 1.2354642 .8793330 6.1174670
p assumed
e
e Equal variances 6.480 14.068 .000 3.4984000 .5398394 2.3410832 4.6557168
d not assumed
 Table 4.Decision rule in accepting and rejecting the hypothesis for the output
voltage of the device in three trials
HYPOTHESIS INTERPRETATION RESULT DECISION

Null There is no Α0.05 < the level Reject Null

Hypothesis significance difference of significance Hypothesis

Alternative There is a significant Α0.05 > the level Accept Alternative

Hypothesis difference of significance Hypothesis

The hypotheses, the null and the alternative are found in the first column. The

second column provides the interpretation of the hypotheses. From the results of the third

column, the fourth column contains the decision. Therefore, based from the results of the

tests conducted, there is a significant difference between the different wind speeds to the

voltage output the device generates.

 CONCLUSION

The propeller works when obtaining a minimum speed of 40kph attached to a

moving car. Based from the statistical tests conducted, the propeller powered by wind

will produce enough voltage to separately charge the battery and phone or both at once.

We therefore conclude that the propeller can recharge mobile phones, even

without direct access with electricity, by using kinetic energy from the wind. However, the

battery may also be recharged directly to the socket if the wind speed is not enough to

generate the 5 volts required to recharge the battery or the mobile device.
 RECOMMENDATIONS

Given the encouraging result of the performance of the device, the following

recommendations are suggested:

 Use a drop-proof case so that the components inside the case will not

destroy easily even though it will drop from three feet (one meter) or

higher.

 Using a waterproof case that will prevent the power source from the water

if you want to use it during typhoon.

 Use a lighter material for the propeller for it to rotate easily. For example,

aluminum and stainless, steel alloys of nickel, aluminum and bronze

which are 10~15 % lighter than other materials and have higher strength.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researchers would like to acknowledge their sincerest thanks and gratitude to

the following important people who have supported them. Ma’am Resurreccion

D.Medina, MaEd, Research Adviser, who gave the most motivation, full guidance and

support throughout their research project. The parents of the researchers, who gave their

time, knowledge and thoughts on how to make and improve their project, for the

unending support, encouragement and guidance throughout this pursuit of knowledge.

Mostly, this piece of work is highly dedicated and offered unto the Lord. To God

be all the Glory!

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 Appendices
I.

Figure 1. DC Motor

Figure 2. Battery
Figure 3. Alligator Clips

Figure 4. Propeller
 Figure 5. Charging module

Figure 6. DIGI Sounds Electronics in Balanga City, Bataan

Figure 7. Microhm’s Electronics Trading and Services in Balanga City, Bataan

Figure 8. Finished Product

II.

MATERIALS PRICE
DC Motor Php 300.00
USB Female Port Php 30.00
Capacitor Php 4.00
Volatage Regulator Php 30.00
Wire Php 14.00
Mighty Bond Php 69.00
Solder Wire Php 13.00
TOTAL Php 481.00