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Design And Construction Of A Solar Powered Multiple Cell Phones Charging Booth
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1.4 Problem Statement
According
to the International Energy Agency, in 2011 1.4 billion people around
the world did not have access to electricity [3]. And most users of cell
phone in rural areas find difficulty in charging their cell phones.
Therefore this project is to overcome the problem and also to create a
means of charging a number of cell phones simultaneously. The Solar cell
phone charging booth runs solely on produced sustainable energy in the
form of DC power. The project has no dependence on the power grid.
The
system consists of Solar PV, a solar charge controller, USB port and
cell phone battery. A solar charger is similar to the voltage regulator.
It regulates the voltage and current that is coming from the solar
panels and going to the battery [5]. My goal by the end of the semester
is to have a product that provides safe, cheap, clean and reliable
energy to under-privileged families, villages and areas of developing
and third world countries.
1.5 Justification of the Project
Solar
power is one of the widely available energy sources. It has been in
focus worldwide and solar installations of capacities in megawatts order
are reality today. The efficiency of the solar panels remains low even
today and the requirement of ensuring highest efficiency outside the
panel remains stringent. Thanks to this, several techniques have been
deployed to harness the maximum energy, Maximum Power point tracking
being one of them.
Consumer electronic devices typically need few
watts and many of these devices/gadgets now use USB port for charging.
The standardization to USB voltage presents opportunity to design more
and more chargers that conform to this form factor and voltage
requirements.Solar charging is slow and this presents another challenge
of keeping the devices in the sunlight (daytime). This may not be always
practical and hence there is a need to have battery backup solutions.
Solar
USB chargers can be used to charge gadgets like mobiles, PMP, PDA’s and
even e-book readers or any other devices that use a USB or mini USB
interface. It can be especially useful during
Conferences/All Day Meetings
Camping trip /Picnic
Power outages
Natural disasters
No access to power outlet
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Cell phones need electric sources to charge their batteries in order to work, but there are people in developing and third world countries that find it hard to access electric sources.In an attempt to provide an alternative means of charging to those unfortunate areas in third world and developing countries, a solar powered cellphone charging booth is to be designed and constructed in this project.The goal of this project is to create a multiple output solar cell phone chargers for Local areas t ... Continue reading---
