THE ABILITY OF GRAPHENE OXIDE (GO) AS AN ELECTROSTATIC AIR

FILTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC WATER GENERATOR

SCIENCE INVESTIGATORY PROJECT OF THE STUDENTS OF

GRADE 9 SCC DALTON

RESEARCHERS:
VON DEEJAY L. DOCOSIN
MHIKKO LUIS B. GODOY
R-JAY A. ESPINOSA

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 CHAPTER 1

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Nowadays, people in urban places are working hard to gather drinking water.
They are traveling a few miles just to accumulate a few gallons of water, an
example of this problem is a documentary from KMJS which is entitled “LOLA,
BUWIS-BUHAY NA UMAAKYAT SA BUNDOK PARA LANG MAKAPAG-IGIB NG
TUBIG. ‘’ Lola Matilde is traveling a few mountains to gather 3 gallons of unsafe
water’’.

Unsafe drinking water is very dangerous, with the increasing water crisis,
water should never be drunk or used without treatment. Before drinking water or
using it for oral hygiene make sure that it is safe. Water is used for washing
vegetables, fruits, and other foods. The cooking utensils are also washed with
water. So It is important that water is free of any harmful organisms.

Deaths from dirty water and related diseases is alarmingly huge. The World
Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 3.6 million people die from water-
related diseases a year.

Atmospheric Water Generator is a technology that is created to make water

from air by taking HYDROGEN (H) and TWO (2) OXYGEN (O) in the open air.
This technology is invented by Moses West, which is supposed to help people
with no access to potable water.

The researcher’s goal is to create an Atmospheric Water Generator that has

the same performance as the one being sell in the market. By using GRAPHENE
OXIDE (GO) as an electrostatic air filter.

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 By using GRAPHENE OXIDE (GO) to the Atmospheric Water Generator the
performance of the machine will be the same as the one in top of the
Atmospheric Water Generator market.

The reason we researchers choose this study is because we aim to give a

better and safe water to people that lacks the ability to buy or have safe and
accessible water.

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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The main purpose of this study is to know if the GRAPHENE OXIDE (GO)
can be an electrostatic for Atmospheric Water Generator
It seeks answers for the following questions:
1. What ability of GRAPHENE OXIDE (GO) can be used as an electrostatic
air filter for Atmospheric Water Generator;
2. Which ability of GRAPHENE OXIDE (GO) can be used as an electrostatic
air filter for Atmospheric Water Generator;
3. Is there a significant difference between the GRAPHENE OXIDE (GO)
and normal electrostatic air filter for Atmospheric Water Generator;

OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

1. To know what ability of GRAPHENE OXIDE (GO) can be used as an
electrostatic air filter for Atmospheric Water Generator.
2. To find out which ability of GRAPHENE OXIDE (GO) can be used as an
electrostatic air filter for Atmospheric Water Generator.
3. To find out if there is a significant difference between the GRAPHENE
OXIDE (GO) and normal electrostatic air filter for Atmospheric Water
Generator.
HYPOTHESIS

NULL HYPOTHESIS:
1. There are no ability of GRAPHENE OXIDE (GO) can be used as an
electrostatic air filter for Atmospheric Water Generator.
2. There is no significant difference between the GRAPHENE OXIDE (GO)
and normal electrostatic air filter for Atmospheric Water Generator.

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ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS
1. There is an ability of GRAPHENE OXIDE (GO) that can be used as an
electrostatic air filter for Atmospheric Water Generator.
2. There are significant difference between GRAPHINE OXIDE (GO) and
normal electrostatic air filter for Atmospheric Water Generator.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The study is about GRAPHENE OXIDE (GO) and its ability as an

electrostatic air filter for Atmospheric Water Generator. This technology can help
people that has no definite source of clean water, such as people in urban
places like mountains, forest and deserted islands. People in urban places has
no definite source of clean water, they sometimes need to travel a long distance
or gather water in dirty sources such as water wells.

This technology is gathering water from air which is available to everyone. If

this technology succeeds we can assure that people who has been suffering in
poor and dirty water can have the luxury and safety for water supply.
GRAPHENE OXIDE (GO) is currently expensive, but dew to its common source
which is GRAPHITE, in the distance future it might be as expensive as a pencil.

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SCOPE AND DELIMITATIONS

COST OF THE STUDY:

GRAPHENE OXIDE = Php 22,500
ATMOSPHERIC WATER = Php 38,200
GENERATOR

TOTAL = Php 60,700

LIMITS

We can say that the biggest problem we researchers are having about this study
is FINANCIAL and SUPPLIER. The FINANCIAL problem is because of the prices
of the needed apparatus and materials. The SUPPLIER problem is about the
GRAPHENE OXIDE, the companies that supplies GRAPHENE OXIDE is rare
and even if we find someone who, we researchers can buy some GRAPHENE
OXIDE the FINANCIAL problem will still hold us back.

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DEFINITION OF TERMS

GRAPHENE OXIDE – A unique material that can be viewed as a single

monomolecular layer of graphite with various oxygen-containing functionalities
such as epoxide, carbonyl, and hydroxyl groups.
ATMOSPHERIC WATER GENERATOR- A machine that gathers certain
element to produce water. It takes hydrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere and
turns it into a safe and drinkable water.
ELECTROSTATIC AIR FILTER- It’s a material that filters the oxygen and
hydrogen before it enters the AWG. It is where the needed material first contact
to the machine.
OXYGEN- Oxygen is an element with an atomic number of 8, located in group 16
with the family oxygen group also called as chalcogen.
HYDROGEN- Hydrogen is an element with an atomic number of 1, located in
group 1 with no family it belongs to.
GRAPHENE- It’s a material created from a common mineral graphite, it is a
superconductor and has a strength of 130,000,000,000 pascals(130
gigapascals). It is one thick atom material and a very light material and also
transparent.
GRAPHITE- It’s a mineral made of carbon and commonly used in pencils.

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 CHAPTER 2

RELATED LEGAL BASIS

In according to this study there are no LAWS, ORDINANCES and REPUBLIC

ACTS that have been passed nor created by the GOVERNMENT OF THE
PHILIPPINES for ATMOSPHERIC WATER GENERATOR and GRAPHENE
OXIDE.

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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

ELECTROSTATIC AIR FILTER

FOR ATMOSPHERIC WATER
GRAPHENE OXIDE GENERATOR

Figure1.

Figure 1 is showing the conceptual framework of the study. It has two variables
which is GRAPHENE OXIDE and ELECTROSTATIC AIR FILTER
ATMOSPHERIC WATER GENERATOR.

In Figure 1 the independent variable is GRAPHENE OXIDE, it’s a material

that is a used in biomedical,solar cells,batteries,supercapacitors and etc. It’s
maked into a thin film for it to reach its full potential. GRAPHENE OXIDE is
produced when an oxidising agents react to a graphite, it increases the
interplanar spacing between the layers of graphite. The complete oxidised
graphite is then dispersed in a based solution such as water, then a GRAPHENE
OXIDE is then produced. We researchers choose to use GRAPHENE OXIDE as
an ELECTROSTATIC AIR FILTER because it has the perfect ability to filter
certain element that is perfect for the machine not just that, GRAPHENE OXIDE
is also strong and it can also kill bacteria which is dangerous if added in water ,
with this GRAPHENE OXIDE it will kill bacteria and filter the needed element
which is Oxygen and Hydrogen.

Another variable is ELECTROSTATIC AIR FILTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC

WATER GENERATOR. ELECTROSTATIC AIR FILTER is the flter that accepts
the element for ATMOSPHERIC WATER GENERATOR. It’s the responsible for
element gathering and the machine ATMOSPHERIC WATER GENERATOR will
then combine the gathered elements into water. ATMOSPHERIC WATER

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GENERATOR is a machine that has the basic idea of turning air into water. Its
like a cloud which creates water from air.

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

The increasing demand for freshwater as drinking water and agriculture

makes it necessary to develop improved methods for gaining water and ways of
purifying it.

Wencai Ren, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Chinese

Academy of Sciences, and colleagues have developed reduced GRAPHENE
OXIDE (rGO)-based nanofiltration with high water permeability, separation
efficiency, and stability. The team prepared GO sheets by exfoliation of graphite
oxide and used either tannic acid (TA) or theanine (TH) as a reducing agent and
cross-linker.

The TA or TH molecules increase the interlayer distance between the rGO

sheets, which improves water permeability. The cross-linkers will also help to
block solutes from passing through the membrane, which leads to a high
separation efficiency. In contrast to GO membranes, which disintegrate in water
after only five days, the synthesized membranes are stable in aqueos solutions
for over a month and can even withstand acidic and basic conditions.

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 RESEARCH PARADIGM

INPUT

Using GRAPHENE OXIDE as an

ELECTROSTATIC AIR FILTER for
ATMOSPHERIC WATER
GENERATOR.

PROCESS

Putting GRAPHENE OXIDE in

an ELECTROSTATIC AIR FILTER
for ATMOSPHERIC WATER
GENERATOR.

RESULT

An ELECTROSTATIC AIR FILTER

MADE OF GRAPHENE OXIDE
for ATMHOSPHERIC WATER
GENERATOR.

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 CHAPTER 3

RESEARCH DESIGN

We researchers used a Complete Randomize Design (CRD) because the

research need a clean and controlled environment to ensure that the experiment
is not compromised by external factors which nay result to inaccurate results.

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

MATERIALS
The materials that is going to be used in this study is ATMOSPHERIC
WATER GENERATOR and 1gram of GRAPHENE OXIDE. We also need PPE
such as gloves, goggles, laboratory coat, and a curve tip tweezers.
COLLECTION OF MATERIALS
We are going to order the gloves, goggles, laboratory coat, and curve tip
tweezers in an online multipurpose store SHOPEE that is based in the
Philippines. The GRAPHENE OXIDE and ATMOSPHERIC GENERATOR, we
are going to buy it in an online store ALIBABA that is based in an international
market.

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GENERAL PROCEDURE AND TREATMENT

After we discovered what materials is needed for the project, we start to

gather information about the different types of ATMOSPHERIC WATER
GENERATOR and its way of working. We gathered this information for 2 Years,
since grade 7 we have been thinking of a good topic and in our early days in
grade 8 we decided about this topic to be used for our Research Proposal.

Our topic is about GRAPHINE OXIDE as an ELECTROSTATIC AIR FILTER

for ATMOSPHERIC WATER GENERATOR, to know if the GRAPHENE OXIDE
will work as an ELECTROSTATIC AIR FILTER. We are going to remove the
ELECTROSTATIC AIR FILTER from the machine and we are going to replace it
with a thin filmed GRAPHENE OXIDE.

First we are going to remove the lock that is holding the ELECTROSTATIC
AIR FILTER using a tool (different screws were used so a specific tool for a
specific screw is used). After that we are going to remove the ELECTROSTATIC
AIR FILTER and replace it with a thin filmed GRAPHENE OXIDE, we will then
put back the lock and then try using it.

We will then push the start button and observe if it works, if it didn’t work just
wait for a bit for it to adjust to the new filter.

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REFERENCES

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