Group 2

Arizapa, Kenneth
Espinosa, Neil
Oxales, Alxander
Rubia, Paul

GENERATION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM AMPLIFIED SOUND ENERGY IN

OPEN AREAS

CHAPTER I: THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

A. Introduction

Developmental countries such as the Philippines are at the peak of industrialization. Increase in
number of vehicles for transportation and factories for production can be observed. The demand for
electricity needed for such processes is also increasing. According to the 2016 Power Situation Report of the
Department of Energy, 36.55% of the country’s dependable electric supply comes from coal, 17.23% from
ntural gas, 14.77% from oil-based resources, and the remaining from renewable energy resources such as
geothermal, hydroelectric, and solar.

The dependence on non-renewable energy resources such as coal presents a threat on scarcity. On
the other hand, renewable energy resources are not fully dependable because these resources rely on
weather and presence of raw materials in an area. For example, solar energy can’t produce enough
electricity during rainy days and not all places are suitable for geothermal electricity.

The search on dependable and stable source of electricity continues, and researchers turned into
sound as a possible candidate. As the law of thermodynamics states, energy can be converted from one
form to another. Two previous studies Converting Sound Energy to Electric Energy, and Generation of
Electrical Energy from Sound Energy failed in terms of sound collection efficiency, sound conversion
efficiency, and cost of raw materials used.

As a solution to these inadequacies, the researchers will build a device that will collect and convert
sound energy into electricity. This device will be made of wood and an old speaker diaphragm and will not
use piezo electric materials. It will be able to collect sound from open areas, unlike the previous models
which relied on sound-insulated channels that connect the source of sound to the converter. It will also
have a built-in intensifier which will intensify the force created by vibrations of sound, hence increasing the
amount of output electricity generated from the same amount of sound.

PREPARED BY:
NEIL ESPINOSA
B. Statement of the Problem

The main problem of this study is to develop a product that will generate electricity from sound energy.
Specifically, it aims to answer the following research question:

1. What is the amount of sound the device can collect for a specific area?
2. How many volts can be generated from a specific decibel of sound.
3. Is there a significant difference between the three models in terms of sound collection, sound
conversion, and generation of electricity using mean & ANOVA test.

PREPARED BY:
PAUL RUBIA

PREPARED BY:
NEIL ESPINOSA

D. Hypotheses

1. The device could not collect any amount of sound.

2. There are no volts generated from a specific decibel of sound.
3. There is no significant difference between the three models in terms of sound collection, sound
conversion, and generation of electricity using mean & ANOVA test.

PREPARED BY:
PAUL RUBIA
E. Significance of the Study

The development of this study will provide a dependable alternative source of electricity. As sound is
renewable and highly available, generating electricity from sound will decrease the use of non-renewable
resources as it degrades our environment leading to community health problems. The low cost of raw
materials and easy engineering of device will make said device easier to manufacture and distribute, rivaling
other alternative sources such as solar power. Additionally, the availability of sound even at open areas
solves the problems of other sources that are conditional. Rural areas lacking electricity may be able to
depend to the device for miniscule electricity. Household bills wil be lighter.

Sound, being a minor alternative source, will not solve said problems completely but furthering
research of sound and remodelling the device may utilize full energy of sound and be a major alternate
source, greatly increasing the supply of electricty. Also, it may reveal new applications for sound. If sound
were to be fully utilized, Philippines will rival other countries for cheap electricity.

PREPARED BY:
KENNETH ARIZAPA

F. Scope and Limitations

This study is limited only to develop a device that can generate electrical energy from sound energy.
This will be conducted in one of the researcher’s house and the study will be conducted for 3 months with
an allocated budget of atleast P5,000.

Development will be limited to 3 Models, where Model A will be built with an old speaker
diaphragm, wood, copper coil & magnets. Model A will be built with an old speaker diaphragm, wood,
copper coil, magnets, & levers. Model C will be built with an old speaker diaphragm, wood, copper coil,
magnets, levers and a water reservior. This is to test each model for their capabilities.

PREPARED BY:
ALEXANDER OXALES
G. Definition of Terms

Generator. A machine that converts one form of energy into another, especially mechanical energy into
electrical energy, as a dynamo, or electrical energy into sound, as an acoustic generator.

Sound. A mechanical disturbance from a state of equilibrium that propagates through an elastic material
medium.

Pressure. An object at rest on the ground will develop pressure between itself and the point, or area,
where it meets the ground.

Energy. A capability of doing work it can be potential and kinetic energy.

Decibel. Unit for expressing loudness of sounds, one decibel equals to 10 times more common of the
power ratio

Sound wave. A wave of compression and refraction. It can be propagated through air or other types of
elastic medium.

PREPARED BY:
ALEXANDER OXALES
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

A. Related Literature

I. Wave

A wave is an oscillation accompanied by a transfer of energy. The wavelength, λ, of a wave is the

distance from any point on one wave to the same point on the next wave along. The frequency, f, of a wave
is the number of waves passing a point in a certain time.

II. Sound

A vibration that typically propagates as an audible wave of rpessure, through a transimission

medium such as gas, liquid or sold. Sound is transmitted through gases, plasma, and liquids as longitudinal
waves, also called compression waves. It requires a medium to propagate. Through solids, however, it can
be transmitted as both longitudinal waves and transverse waves. Longitudinal sound waves are waves of
alternating pressure deviations from the equilibrium pressure, causing local regions
of compression and rarefaction, while transverse waves (in solids) are waves of alternating shear stress at
right angle to the direction of propagation.

Pitch is perceived as how "low" or "high" a sound is and represents the cyclic, repetitive nature of
the vibrations that make up sound. For simple sounds, pitch relates to the frequency of the slowest
vibration in the sound (called the fundamental harmonic).

Loudness is perceived as how "loud" or "soft" a sound is and relates to the totalled number of
auditory nerve stimulations over short cyclic time periods, most likely over the duration of theta wave
cycles.

III. Diaphragm

A thin piece of material (such as paper, plastic or aluminium) which vibrates when it is struck by
sound waves. When the diaphragm vibrates, it causes other components will vibrate. These vibrations are
converted into an electrical current.

IV. Boyle’s law

A decrease of volume results in an increase of pressure.

V. Pascal’s law

Pressure set up in fluid is transmitted equally and at right angles to all containing surfaces

VI. Intensifier

An intensifier is a “transformer”. It steps up preesure but reduces momentary movement because of

a difference in volum.
III. Electromagnetic coil

An electromagnetic coil is an electrical conductor such as a wire in the shape of a coil, spiral or helix.
Electromagnetic coils are used in electrical engineering, in applications where electric currents interact
with magnetic fields, in devices such as electric
motors, generators, inductors, electromagnets, transformers, and sensor coils. Either an electric current is
passed through the wire of the coil to generate a magnetic field, or conversely an external time-
varying magnetic field through the interior of the coil generates an EMF (voltage) in the conductor.

B. Related Studies

I. Local
There are no local studies concerning the topic.

II. Foreign
One of the first people to be successful in converting sound energy to electrical energy was the
researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory in collaboration with the Northrop Grumman Space
Technology, USA. The model they built was a compact generator which used the movement of helium gas to
generate sound waves that drives a piston to move a coiled copper wire. This study failed to use the
available sound in the environment because of the use of an artificial source of sound. In addition, the use
of helium which is non-renewable.

Another study entitled Conversion of Sound to Electric Energy used piezoelectric transducers to
convert sound into electrical energy. However, the demerits of this study are the expensive cost of the
materials, lots of work lost, and inefficiency on low sound decibels.

Lastly, a study entitled Electrical Energy from Sound Energy utilized speaker diaphragm as
transducers to generate electricity from sound. The following tables show the results of the study

Table 1. Car horn as a source of sound

Table 2. Motorbike silencer as a source of sound

The researchers are able to collect a sufficient amount of electricity from sound, but their downfall is that
they are not able to collect sound from open areas. Instead, they used a sound-insulated channel to direct
the sound from the opening of the source to the opening of the transducer.

References
Bansal, A. K. (2015). Generation of Electrical Energy from Sound Energy. Jaypee Institute of Information
Technology, 410-412.
Bhatnagar, S. (2012). Converting Sound Energy to Electric Energy. International Journal of Emerging
Technology and Advanced Engineering, 2(10), 267-270.
Goel V., G. A. (2014). Conversion of sound to Electric Energy. International Journal of Scientific &
Engineering Research,, 5(1), 2146-2149.