CHAPTER 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

This chapter covers the various information related to the research study

being developed. In the form of theoretical literature acquired from published and

issued materials such as books, periodicals, and literatures, including work like

thesis, dissertations and other papers. This also includes the similarities and

differences of the existing projects to the presently conducted study.

2.1 Related Literature

This covers the different articles and literature works that have its

similarities or likeness to our proposed project.

In the article entitled “Aside from being portable, a Solar-powered

Phone Charger is as efficient as the Wall Phone Charger” a research has

been done to test if a solar mobile phone charger is as efficient as the wall phone

charger. The researcher’s finds out that the usage of solar energy as an

alternative source of power is also as efficient as the source of energy we could

get from a wall charger. The result shows that there is only a little difference on

the time required for a battery to be charge from both ways. If we look into it, it is

more efficient to use the energy from the sun because definitely it’s for free rather

than wall phone charger that consumes electricity as you keep on charging. This
literature validates the present study that we were developing it gives us the idea

that using renewable sources of energy are very essential these days in terms of

being practical on consuming electricity.

K. Cabrillos, J. Vingem, G. Reg, V. Natividad, R.C. Santua. (10/7/2013) Retrieved

from http://finalresearchtoprint-131214231204-phpapp02.pdf

A review entitled “Waka Waka Power solar lamp and device charger” is

a project that uses a solar powered LED light to be used in campsites or homes. It

provides light and on the same time charge an electronic gadget. It validates the

project were making in the sense that solar energy is really a usable source of

powering devices nowadays. What more in the future these source of energy will

definitely be helpful for many.

“Review: Waka Waka Power solar lamp and device charger”. B. COXWORTH.
(JUNE 27, 2013). Retrieved from http://www.gizmag.com/review- waka-waka-
power-solar-lamp-phone-charger/27543/

A literature review entitled “The Use of Cell Phones and Phone Charging

Stations in Developing Countries “states that the world’s population has almost

have the access to mobile phones and the appearance of a charging stations has

now been introduced to the market. According to the article having a charging

station in a developing country will counter the electricity issues in that certain

place and it will be one of the provided solution to every local consumer. Relating

it to our study these shows that the project we were developing will be helpful if

ever implemented for there has never been an available charging station here in

our municipality. In case the device will be given a chance and tested our
developed project will be the solution for a much easier way for the prospective

users to plug-in their mobile phones whenever needed.

May 15, 2013. Retrieved from https://chargetech.com/the-use-of-cell-phones-and-

phone-charging-stations-in-developing-countries/.

2.2 Related Studies

The following research study where the basis in the designing and

developing the proposed project. It is the form of studies or experiment that

already been conducted.

A research study from International Research Journal entitled “Coin Based

Mobile Charger on Solar Energy” covers about a mobile charger using coin

insertion these project validates that it is possible for us to develop our

proposed system because there has already been a conducted study before us

that is already been made. Their study has been one of our basis in the

development and designing of the project that we were making.

K. Chafle, B. M. Faruk, R. S. Shrivas, and N.S.Sawarkar, International Journal of

Research – Granthaalayah, Vol. 3, No. 1(2015): 13-18. Retrieved from
http://granthaalayah.com/Articles/Vol3Iss1/02_IJRG15_A01_01.pdf

Another study entitled “Automated Mobile Phone Charger System with

Coin Detection Using Image Processing” their project was to make an

automated mobile phone charger system with image processing and an infrared

sensor for the coin detection of the coin so that no one could just put metal-coin
like object to the slot. In their project they use MATLAB software. The difference

between their work to the one were developing is that we use an Arduino UNO

controller compare to the 40 pin microcontroller they’re using. Our system is

related to their study because of the main functionality present in both our projects

the charging of mobile phones and detecting the coin. In our case we have use a

programmable coin acceptor.

Usha Nandhini Sridhar, G.Swathi (7 TH FEB 2015). Retrieve from

http://ijartet.com/papers/TIRD2015/V02I080227.pdf

A study entitled as “NATURAL RESOURCES FOR CHARGING

BATTERY OF CELL PHONE” is a research study about charging mobile phone

using human speech, nano scale vibrations in human body, room and body

temperature converting it to electrical energy. They also use solar power. They

have make it possible because of a transducer that coverts voice signal into

electrical signal, and a silicon nanowire that converts heat into electricity. Their

approach has been different among other that we have studied they used a more

interesting way of creating electricity out of natural sources.

G.A. Bhalerao,Supriya A. Jadhav,Anup A. Kawathekar. © 2015 JIRT Volume 1

Issue 12 | ISSN: 2349-6002. Retrieved from
www.ijirt.org/vol1/paperpublished/IJIRT102026_PAPER.pdf

A patented study entitled “Portable cell phone battery charger using

solar energy as the primary source of power” invented by Po-Jung (John) Hsu

published on December 2005. He has been able to develop a charging station for

cellular phones that uses solar energy as primary source of power. The device

has two separate panels and a battery unit. The panel has been joined together
wherein they are parallel with the battery. His invention was already being

patented and granted. According to the inventor his objective was to provide a

compact and portable battery charger for cell phone users which is similar to our

study we only differ in some way because of the using of coin detectors.

Po-Jung (John) Hsu. December 20, 2005. US6977479 B2. “Portable cell phone
battery charger using solar energy as the primary source of power”.
http://www.google.com/patents/US6977479.