PORTABLE

GENERATOR OUT
OF RECYCLED
MATERIALS GROUP 4
 CHAPTER 1:
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INTRODUCTION
A generator is one of
the best alternative
source of electricity.
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PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

PROBLEM BACKGROUND
▸ Power outages can ▸ A generator can help a
happen unexpectedly family to continue using
for a variety of electricity during power
reasons outages.
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OBJECTIVES

to light up a to determine the to create a

minimal amount
miniature light of effort to successful
bulb produce electricity prototype
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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1. Will it be 2.What is the 3.What would be

able to power required the brightness of
rotation per the diode based
a miniature second (r/s) to on the rotation per
bulb or a light up the light second and the
diode? bulb? variable used?
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HYPOTHESIS
▸ 1. At a three (3) volt DC motor will be sufficient enough to
power a miniature light bulb or diode.
▸ 2. The more rotations per second (r/s) done onto the DC
motor will lead to more light produced from the miniature
light bulb or diode.
▸ 3. The miniature light bulb would produced more lights
because it needs more power but it would require more
effort. However, the diode would produce less light because
it doesn’t require much power
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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

COMMUNITY STUDENTS RESEARCHERS

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SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

▸ Hand-powered
▸ Prototype
▸ Only light up small diodes
▸ Requires low voltage
materials
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DEFINITION OF TERMS

▸ Generator – a machine that converts one form of energy

into another
▸ Portable – easily carried or conveyed by hand
▸ Recycled – To process used or waste materials so as to
make suitable for reuse
▸ Diode – a device, as a two-element electron tube or
semiconductor
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CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Tobey, 2006 Grabianowski, 2009

Generators ensure that most of If a coil of wire was spun around a
the essential appliances can be magnet then a steady current would
run whenever there is a power be made
outage

Destreza, 2014
Identified the components needed for
the realization of the project such as
inverters, transformer, electric motor,
generator, batteries, controller and
wires were the components of the
self-sustaining power generator.
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CHAPTER 2: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

1 Rotation per 1.5 Volts LED
Second (2 pieces)

3 Volts DC 3 Rotations per DETERMINE

Motor Second WHICH BULB
LIGHTS UP

5 Rotations per
2 Volts LED
Second
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CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY
I. Materials Frame/Foundation: Crank:
Tools to be used: Thick wood Compact Disk (2pcs.)
▸ Glue Gun Generator: ▸ Spool of tape
▸ Soldering Iron ▸ Copper wire with ▸ Metal hook
resistor (12 inches)
▸ Soldering lead ▸ Iron rod
▸ Screw driver
▸ DC Motor (3 volts)
▸ Small rectangular
▸ Cross-head screws
▸ Rubber band wood (2pcs.)
▸ Lighter
▸ Small plastic tube ▸ Clay
▸ LED Light bulb (1.5 ▸ Pole of CD rack
volts) (cut)
▸ Plastic hook lock
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CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY
II. Procedure
▹ Glue the spool of tape in between the two compact disks. Add a bit of clay inside the disks.
▹ Put the CD rack through the holes. Make sure that there is still a part that is exposed.
▹ Heat up the metal hook and put through the top end of the pole (the one without the hole).
▹ Using your two pieces of rectangular wood pierce the top part with the iron rod with one of the sides
exposed more.
▹ Nail or screw the rectangular wood to the bottom of the wooden foundation.
▹ Insert your crank to the more exposed iron rod.
▹ Place the small plastic tube (the size of the rotator of the DC motor) on the rotator of the DC motor.
▹ Place the DC motor at the distance where the rubber band is able to stretch from the disk to the
plastic tube.
▹ Place a plastic ring holder on top of the DC motor that it covers its top. Screw it to the foundation.
▹ Solder your LED light bulbs to the copper wire then solder that copper wire to the plugs of the DC
motor. (You can also solder another light bulb to the copper wire of the already connected bulb.)
▹ Stretch the rubber band on the disk of the crank and the plastic tube.
▹ Rotate the crank that the motor goes to a clockwise motion.
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CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

MOTOR Miniature Rotations BRIGHTNESS/LUMINOSITY

Bulb per (Results)
second
3v 2v (1pc) 1/s No produced light
3v 2v (1pc) 3/s No produced light
3v 2v (1pc) 5/s No produced light
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CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Motor Diode Rotations per BRIGHTNESS/LUMINOSITY

second (RESULTS)
3v 1.5v (2pcs) 1/s No produced light
3v 1.5v (2pcs) 3/s Low light is produced,
stutters
3v 1.5v (2pcs) 5/s Bright light is produced,
continuous
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CHAPTER 5: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

1. What kind of LED light bulbs can the recycled generator power?
1.1 Based on our results 2 pieces of 1.5 volts of LED bulbs can be powered by our
generator.
1.2 From our prototype it cannot power a 2 volt light bulb.

2. What is the required rotation per second (r/s) to light up the light bulb.
2.1 At least 3 rotations per second are required to power up our diode
2.2 Based on our study 5 rotations per second is the best rate of rotation for our
prototype generator.
3. What would be the brightness of the miniature bulb or diode based on the rotation
per second and the variable used?
3.1 The miniature bulb did not light up no matter how quick the crank was spun.
3.2 The diode, however, lit up when the crank was spun at 3 rotations per second,
although it was a lowlight and was stuttering.
3.3 The diode lit up the brightest and was continuous when spun at 5 rotations per
second.
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CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS
1. To be able to power larger electronic appliances the
rotation per second of the motor will not matter if the
motor cannot produce a larger voltage

2. Quicker amount of rotations are needed to produce a

continuous source of light.

3. A 3 voltage DC motor were not able to light up a 2 volt

miniature light bulb
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CHAPTER 5: RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Have a larger motor that can produce more voltage to have
different variables to control.

2. Add variety to the dependent variables instead of using LED’s.

3. Instead of transferring mechanical energy, try out different

sources of energy that can be used on the movement of the
shaft of the motor.

4. When experimenting on a larger-scale increase the amount of

motors to be used on varying variables for a different study.
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