Abstract

Hair dryer is an electromechanical device designed to blow normal or hot air over

damp hair to accelerate the evaporation of water particles to dry the hair faster. This

investigatory project aims to make use of cardboard, dc motor, nichrome wire, 2 batteries

and coca cola empty can as a working hair dryer.

Two 9V batteries are connected to each other and by the use of thin copper wires,

one end is connected to one side (a) switch while the other end is connected to the

nichrome wire and then to the other side (b) of the switch. Using a separate copper wire,

the dc motor is then connected to one side (b) of the switch. This setup is then covered

with the cardboard framework that will give rise to your own home made working dryer.
 Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

Technology is rapidly becoming more creative and useful nowadays. Most of the

things and works are done with the help of any machines, tools or other inventions that

can lessen time consuming or to makes life easier. Energy or power is the top necessity

to make this inventions work. But this energy or power is not for free, like for example in

our house, lights, televisions, electric fans or even gadgets needs energy/power to work

or to use. Of course, this energy/power is not everywhere, you can't watch a television

without plugging it in a socket, and so the electric fan, even the bulb can't light without

electricity/power.

This invention "Battery generated hair dryer" that is produced by scrap materials

and batteries that can help or can make the drying of hair even when it is not plug in. The

battery generated on it is chargeable so you can take it everywhere even there is no

electricity or power. Battery is a device consisting of one or more electrochemical cells

with external connections provided to power electrical devices. This hair dryer is produced

simply to let people use an equipment in any places and to take away the seeking of

sockets in some places.

Statement of the Problem

The purpose of the study therefore, is to create a device, a hair dryer which is mostly

made of household materials. To do this goal, the following statements are stated and

considered.

1. How the proposed study can be constructed?

2. How long is the duration of the batteries when used in the hair dryer?

3. What if the batteries are run out of energy?

4. Does the carboard housing may ablaze by the heating element?

Objectives of the Study

The proposed study aims to attain the following objectives.

1. To know the effectiveness of the battery generated hair dryer

2. To innovate hair dryer that made from household materials

3. To know if can be useful in everyday life

4. To help the people to become more creative and innovative.

Significance of the Study

The results of the study will be of appreciable benefit to the following:

Students - This study will help the students to improve their creativity and

innovation on making DIY (do it yourself) or improvised stuffs.

 Users of Hair Dryer – it will the users of hair dryer to innovate and customize it on

their own way.

Inventors/Researchers -This study will support the future and current researchers

to their studies about creating an improvised hairdryer. Also, this will serve as basis or

reference and this study can give them enough information and vision that can help the

study to its improvement.

Scope and Limitation

The researchers created this ideas that can be useful for hair dryer users where

sometimes forget to dry their hair due to lack of time. The battery generated hair dryer that

can be bring everywhere and also it was mostly made by household materials.

This investigatory project is limited on the battery when it runs out of power or

energy stored in it also the heat that it will provide to dry the hair.
 Chapter 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE/STUDY

This chapter discusses the combination of ideas from selected literature and studies

that aims to enrich the knowledge regarding the topic. The literature and studies were

gathered through different theses, books, and online databases that can help the

researchers in creating ideas for the Battery generated Hair dryer that is mostly made from

household materials.

According to Encyclopedia.com, A hair dryer also known as hair blower, is an

electrical device used to dry and style hair. It uses an electric fan to blow air across a

heating coil; as the air passes through the dryer it heats up. When the warm air reaches

wet hair, it helps evaporate the water. Hair Dryers may be used with a variety of brushes

and combs to achieve different hair styles.

Also, according to Encyclopedia.com, The first handheld hairdryer appeared on the

market in 1925. It produced only 100 watts of heat and therefore it did not have sufficient

power to dry hair quickly. It weighed over 2lb (1kg) because of it was made of heavy steel

and zinc. Over the next 20 years engineers improved the design and managed to triple

the heat output, raising 300 watts. By 1960’s. further improvements in electrical technology

allowed the production of hairdryers with up to 500 watts of power.

According to APOGEE components. Nichrome is a metal with high electric

resistance when current is passed through it. It heats up quickly.

 According to Jose Alarco (2015), A battery is essentially device that stores chemical

energy that is converted in electricity. Basically, batteries are small chemical reactors, with

the reaction producing energetic electrons, ready to flow through external device.

According to Peter Talbat (2015), American scientist and inventor Benjamin

Franklin first used the term “battery” in 1749 when he was doing experiments with

electricity using a set of linked capacitors.

According to UXL Encyclopedia of Science, an electric motor is a device used to

convert electrical energy to mechanical energy. Electric motors are extremely important in

modern-day life. They are used in vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, computer printers, fax

machines, video cassette recorders, machine tools, printing presses, automobiles, subway

systems, sewage treatment plants, and water pumping stations, to mention only a few

applications.

According to Gale Group Inc, The basic principle on which motors operate is

Ampere's law. This law states that a wire carrying an electric current produces a magnetic

field around itself. Imagine that current is flowing through.

According to Columbia University, Fan is a device for agitating air or gases or

moving them from one location to another. Mechanical fans with revolving blades are used

for ventilation, in manufacturing, in winnowing grain, to remove dust, cuttings, or other

waste, or to provide draft for a fire. They are also used to move air for cooling purposes,

as in automotive engines and air-conditioning systems, and are driven by belts or by direct

motor. The axial-flow fan (e.g., an electric table fan) has blades that force air to move

parallel to the shaft about which the blades rotate.

 According to Wikipedia, patented in 1905, nichrome is the oldest documented form

of resistance heating alloy. A common nichrome alloy is 80% nickel and 20% chromium,

by mass, but there are many other combinations of metals for various applications.

Nichrome is consistently silvery-grey in colour, is corrosion-resistant, and has a

high melting point of about 1,400 °C (2,550 °F). Because of its low cost of manufacture,

strength, ductility, resistance to oxidation, stability at high temperatures, and resistance to

the flow of electrons, nichrome is widely used in electric heating elements in applications

such as hair dryers and heat guns. Typically, nichrome is wound in coils to a

certain electrical resistance, and when current is passed through it the Joule

heating produces heat.

According to kidzsearch.com(2013), Patented in 1905, nichrome is the oldest

documented form of resistance heating alloy. A common nichrome alloy is 80% nickel and

20% chromium, by mass, but there are many other combinations of metals for various

applications. Nichrome is consistently silvery-grey in color, is corrosion-resistant, and has

a high melting point of about 1,400 °C (2,550 °F). Because of its low cost of manufacture,

strength, ductility, resistance to oxidation, stability at high temperatures, and resistance to

the flow of electrons, nichrome is widely used in electric heating elements in applications

such as hair dryers and heat guns. Typically, nichrome is wound in coils to a

certain electrical resistance, and when current is passed through it the Joule

heating produces heat.

Theoretical Framework

Figure 2.1
Battery Generated Hair Dryer

The Theoretical Framework of the study was made by the researchers. Figure 2.1

shows how the hair dryer made from household materials functions by representing the

electrical structure of the study. It was power generated by parallel series battery, motor

and fan for wind and nichrome resister as heating element and also for resistance.
Conceptual Framework

The conceptual framework of this study, shown in Figure 2, was derived from the

theoretical framework provided. This framework has been the guide of the researchers in

forming the whole research project.

Figure 2.2
Conceptual Framework

In Figure 2.2 shows the process of function of the battery generated hair dryer. First,

it will start in the switch to flow the electricity from the battery. Second, as the switch is on

also the fan will start moving and generate air. Third, Nichrome will provide resistance and

act as a heating element as the air pass through the nichrome the air will be heated.
Definition of Terms

The following terms defined operationally to facilitate the understanding of the

study.

Electricity- is the presence and flow of electric charge.

Nichrome - or Nickel-Chrome can be used for heating, but most metals conduct electricity

with great efficiency, requiring them to be formed into very thin and delicate wires in order

to create enough resistance to generate heat.

Motor - a machine, especially one powered by electricity or internal combustion, that

supplies motive power for a vehicle or for some other device with moving parts.

Switch - a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit.

Fan - an apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or

ventilation.

Battery - a container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is

converted into electricity and used as a source of power.

Hair Dryer - an electrical device for drying a person's hair by blowing warm air over it.
 Chapter 3
METHODOLOGY

This chapter tackles the design and question of the research, and also the different

method used in this study. This chapter also explains where source of the data gathered

was and the processes of the study to have output. The purpose of the methodology

chapter is to give an experienced investigator enough information to replicate the study.

Project Design

This section of this chapter discussed the project design. It explained the totality

of how the project was brought up. If you look at figure 3.1, the battery generated Hair

Dryer is made of material that can only found on our household like the motor that took

out from broken toy car, the fan was only made from tin can or can of soft drinks and the

housing of the product is made of cardboard.

Figure 3.1
Design of the Product
 The project design, shown in the figure 3.1, illustrate how the product is conducted

and structured. Battery, Switch, Nichrome, Motor, Fan and wires were set up. The Fan is

attached to motor to make the fan rotate and produce wind. The Nichrome provides

resistance and also acts as heating element. So, when the air pass through the nichrome

the air will be heated and gives warm air to dry wet hair.

Project Components

The following equipment and tools used in the project is for generating and

conducting the energy that is produced by the project. All specifications are stated and

functions of how these components contributed to the subject.

Tin Can Fan

This component served as the main piece of the project as it used as the equipment

for producing air to make the battery generated hair dryer works. In the figure 3.2, the fan

is made from tin can or soft drinks can that could fit inside the housing of the hairdryer.

Figure 3.2
Tin Can Fan
9V Battery (2 Pieces)

This component served as power source or provides energy for the project, it will

make whole the project function.

Figure 3.3
9V Battery (2 Pieces)

Toy Car Motor

This component served as material to function the tin can fan and to produce air.

Figure 3.4
Toy Car Motor
Nichrome Resistor

This component served as the resistor for the project and also as heating element.

When the air from the fan pass through the nichrome the air will be heated.

Figure 3.5
Nichrome Resistor

Switch

This component served as making and breaking the connection or turning on and

off of the project.

Figure 3.6
Switch
Cardboard

This component served as the housing for the project.

Figure 3.7
Cardboard

Cutter

This component served as the material for cutting cardboard to make the housing

for the project.

Figure 3.8
Cutter
Glue Gun

This component served as the material for sticking things inside and outside the

project.

Figure 3.9
Glue Gun
 Project Development

The Utilization of Battery to generate the hair dryer made

from household vessels

Project Need Project Construction

- Tin Can Fan The process starts with Project Conclusion
preparing the component and
- 2pcs 9v Battery connecting the components at
- Toy Car Motor each other, making the housing The battery generated hair
and sticking the components dryer is as useful as the hair
- Nichrome Resistor that we know.
inside the housing made from
- Switch cardboard.

Table 3.1
Project Development

The project utilized the household appliances to make a hair dryer like the tin can

of soft drinks to make fan, the motor of broken toy car and cardboards. Battery generated

hair dryer can be rechargeable when the batteries are run out of power, not to buy again

batteries.

Project Construction

The basic model (prototype) of the rechargeable battery generated hair dryer

consist of the following components:

1) 2 pcs of 9v battery
 2) Tin can

3) Cardboards

4) Nichrome resistor

5) Wires

6) Toy car motor

7) Switch

Figure 3.10
Project Construction

In the figure 3.10, you can see the materials that is used in construction of the

prototype and how it places inside of the housing made from cardboards before sticking

the whole housing of the prototype.

a. The batteries are parallel series connected.

b. Sticking the motor before placing the tin can fan in it.

c. The nichrome resistor is attached to the cardboard.

 Figure 3.11
Rechargeable Battery Generated Hair Dryer

In figure 3.11, it shows the finish product of the research. The materials used in

the research are household materials, by the use of that materials we can construct a

portable hair dryer that we can bring whenever and wherever.

Testing and Operations

Performance and Analyzing Operation – The students tend to test their project

to know if it will function well or stability also the researchers test the resistor if it works,

the wires and the motor.