Coffee Tumbler with Built-in Power Bank

A power bank is being generated by electricity by the process of “thermo-electric generation” using the waste heat
coming from the vacuum type tumbler with the help of peltier effect. A peltier battery is a device used commonly in
heating and cooling but it can also generate electricity by applying different temperature (hot or cold/warm) at its
upper and lower phases. It is accompanied by an aluminum conductor helping the peltier to absorb more heat. After
absorption is the direct generation of electricity; it is then transferred to a special kind of storage called “Joule
Thief Battery” It can increase the voltage of a power that helps the power bank to be more efficient. Using the waste
heat coming from the tumbler, the project aims to save the battery life of the gadgets in times of unexpected
shutdowns. After finalizing the most ideal design and fabrication testing was conducted by using multi-meter and it
is found that in a 95 degree Celsius heat of a 350 ml coffee can generate 0.6 watts of power in 10 minutes at
constant heating and it is about 13-15 percent of the battery life on an android phone. But the power generated is
inconsistent; it will depend on how fast the coffee was consumed and on how many times you open it before
drinking. It is recommended that the usage of household thermos as the source of heat could produce more
electrical energy. The batteries that are use should also be enlarged so that it could store more electricity.

INTRODUCTION One of the apparent differences of the

researcher’s design is bringing these room size
Drinking coffee or milk has been an generators into portable electricity source which is in
everyday routine for everyone. Most people really a form of power-bank. This project: Coffee Tumbler
spare their time especially during mornings just to with Built-in Power Bank uses Peltier effect to
have some coffee or something that makes their generate electricity as it performs two functions in a
system awake or warm. For some, drinking coffee is single set. With its practical design, people could
a vice; they drink more than three times a day. Coffee bring their tumblers with a function of a charger. In
serves as their stress reliever and according to some, addition, the built-in power bank does not require
their day is not complete without drinking coffee. charging.
Coffee actually brings benefits in our body; it is an
instant detoxifier that flashes out toxins out of our
body.
The project was designed based on these
But not all people are able to enjoy coffee at aims:
its ideal temperature. People who have hectic
morning jobs especially in the office are not able to Convenience of the Product
take their coffee at home so they tend to use vacuum
type coffee tumblers to at least maintain its ideal Regular tumblers are more useful in the past
temperature while they are on their way going to compared today. The enormous appearance of
work. convenient stores made consumers to buy their drink
instead of bringing one. On the other hand people
Converting heat to electricity or also called nowadays are more likely to bring their mobile
as “Thermoelectric Generation”, is a process by phones or tablets and because of the "imperfect"
which heat is being converted into chemical energy technology these gadgets has only short minimum
to electrical energy. This will be the ground work of battery life span.
the project. Waste heat will be converted into energy
that people nowadays really need, which is Economical Factor
electricity.
The project provides great economical
Thermoelectric generators are usually a feature. People usually consume 8 watts of power
machine that consumes space. It is usually used in every day. Charging gadgets (usually android
factories and big plants to convert heat into electricity phones) is one of the contributors of high electricity
for their own electric consumption. There are also consumption that also leads to high electric bill. The
available thermoelectric generators in the in the project is found economical since it uses renewable
market, which are large and room size and requires source of energy to generate electricity.
big amount of heat in order to generate electricity.
 Environmental Concern Patrick George, a project manager at
NASA's Glenn research center in Cleveland said this
The researchers found the project system would give more energy for experiments and
environmental since it conserves energy without other operations and would increase the life of key
emitting hazardous chemicals that might deteriorate components. The thermoelectric generators are small,
the environment. flat units wired together and stuck to a square pipe. It
can convert heat to electricity by See beck effect, it
Target Market determines the electron flow inside the material
depends on the flow of temperature.
The profession that consumes the most
coffee in our country are Journalist & Media Staff, The higher the difference in temperature, the
Nurses Company Executives, Drivers. But this greater the amount of electricity produced. These
modern tumbler with built in power bank is ideal for generators where placed inside a double pipe heat
everyone. Its wide extensive use is perfect for exchanger through which a hot fluid and cold fluid
everybody. This product targets profession that both would flow. To be safe they used boiling and iced
in need of coffee tumbler and built-in charger mainly water in experiments on a 20 generator system that
the product focuses on Journalist and Media staff can provide 25 volts of electricity which is enough to
since they're the number one consumers of coffee as make the system self-sustaining.
well as they commonly uses mobile phones in their
profession. Today, they are efficient enough to supply
its onboard pumps but they are still developing these
Also, this product could be very useful to generators making it enough to send the excess
College Students; the multiple use of its arrangement electricity back to a spacecraft so that others can use
is helpful to those who stayed all night doing it as well.
assignments and research. Also due to its wide design
the heat that converts to electrical energy could be
used to charge their gadgets. Furthermore, a person in
the BPO industry in the country is highly popular. Electrochemical Cell A
They are expected to contribute to the consumption
of coffee due its different working hours. Finally, Team from MIT has created an
Nurses and Medical staff will also provide market to electrochemical cell which uses different temperature
the product. to convert wasted heat to useful electricity. The cell
requires less than 100C to charge batteries and better
than other similar devices which requires external
circuits or higher heat source like 300C.
LITERATURE REVIEW AND
TECHNICAL FRAMEWORK The cell was made of Prussian blue
nanoparticles and Ferro cyanide. At 60C it can be
The following are some of the Patents which have charged and discharged at following cooling to 15C.
similar functionality to our project. In lower temperatures the cell discharged more
energy than the charged converting heat to electricity.
Thermoelectric Generators in Space The generated amount of heat energy depends on the
temperature and the Carnot limit.
Senior engineers or the "Team space ring"
from International Space Station (ISS) are using Carnot limit is the maximum absolute
thermoelectric generators where the heat created by amount of wasted heat energy that can be converted
electronics on space usually gets tossed overboard to useful electricity. The low grade heat conversion
into the void but a new technology that turn that devices will never be able to achieve high conversion
wasted heat into electricity can put it back to work to efficiencies while the most heat energy conversion is
run the myriad systems on board. The thermoelectric based on high temperature.
generators have several purpose, they generate
electricity while cooling the station and its Their first prototype can only convert 2% of
components or reverse where they could send hot wasted heat to electricity and Professor Vasallo, delta
coolant at the desired temperature back into the electricity chair in sustainable energy development at
station. the University of Sydney, predicted that the Carnot
limit will be less than 10%.
 Damon Honnery, a research engineer at thermoelectric materials and a compression assembly
Monash University, said "There is a demand for low system.
power sources. Lots of electrical systems require low
power, and there could be niche uses for smaller An engine's coolant or exhaust can be
devices where the energy density doesn't need to be converted into electricity. This process can decrease
so high.” fuel consumption by the electric generator load on
the engine. But this concept has to consider the cost
The researchers want to try this new of the limit and the extra fuel consumption due to its
technology to harvest heat from the environment in weight. The materials where packed between the hot
remote areas but nowadays we have solar arrays side and cold side exchangers and the temperature
dominating the market and operates more efficiently, between the two surfaces of the thermoelectric
it is unlikely heat conversion technology will surpass module generates electricity.
it any time soon. The battery would require fairly
extreme fluctuations in temperature in order to The exhaust temperature of 700C or more,
function outside the laboratory, the heat conversion the temperature difference between exhaust gases on
battery needs two temperatures to operate. Rapid the hot side to the cold side is hundred degrees, that
charging may happen that the amount of electricity difference can generate 500-700W of electricity. Its
generated over a day would be small. Today, they are goal is to reduce the fuel consumption and therefore
still developing this idea and try to put it in the reduce the operating cost of a vehicle or help the
market. vehicle to comply with fuel efficiency standards.
40% of an IC engine's energy is lost through exhaust
gas heat. When converting wasted heat to electricity
it decreases fuel consumptions by reducing the
Steam Electric Power Station in Power Plants electric generator load on the engine. It allows the
automobile to generate electricity from the engine's
Almost all coil, nuclear, geothermal, solar thermal energy rather than using mechanical energy
thermal electric power plants, waste incineration to power an electric generator.
plants as well as many natural gas power plants are
steam electric. The engine burn less fuel to power the
vehicle's electric components cause the electricity is
Steam electric power station is a power generated from wasted heat that would be released in
station in which the electric generator is steam the environment if not reused, then the engine
driven. It heats water then turns into steam and spin releases fewer emissions. Increasing of fuel economy
the steam turbine which drives an electric generator is a result of decreased fuel consumption. The
then the steam is condensed in a condenser. Gas automobile generator has the ability to generate
turbines' wasted heat can be used to raise steam in a electricity without moving parts unlike mechanical
combined cycle that improves overall efficiency. electric generator alternatives
Most electric power is produced by steam
electric power plants that produce about 86% of all
electric generation. Hydroelectric and gas turbine are Power watch by Matrix industries
other types of plants which can burn natural gas or
diesel then we also have photovoltaic panels, wind Power watch is a watch that converts body
turbines, and binary cycle geothermal plants which heat to electricity and use it as its charge to keep it
are also non steam electric but don't produce much running. This technology uses thermoelectric
electricity. generator in this concept one side of the watch is
cooler than the other, the idea is the temperature
difference of the two side can make the watch
generates electricity. The watch absorbs your own
Automotive Thermoelectric Generator in Car body heat 98.6 a constant internal temperature then
Engines the other side will absorb the environment's
temperature. When not worn, the watch goes on low
The device converts waste heat of an power sleep mode to keep track with time till you
internal combustion engine into electricity. The wear it again, powered by an internal battery. Since
typical generator consists of four main elements: a the watch knows how much body heat you release it
hot side heat exchanger, a cold side heat exchanger,
also has a feature of knowing how many calories you
lose.

METHODOLOGY

The researchers have decided to make a

development research in the present problem of
Millennial. Electricity has been a necessity for all
since we are all using gadgets especially android
phones that averagely requires of watts of power in
order to the fully charged. The product is an instant
source of electricity at unexpected situations.

I. Conceptualizing and Designing P

eltier Battery
The tumbler is the usual type of vacuum
type tumbler that prevents heat from escaping out of
the containers. It has a stopper that has the same
concept on the “thermos” that people usually use at Aluminum Conductor
home.
Is a wind of metal that has high heat conductivity. It
Below the tumbler is a power bank made of Peltier helps the Peltier battery to absorb more heat by
battery, Aluminum conductors, USB port and a Joule concentrating the temperature at its full extent.
Thief Battery. Peltier Battery and Conductor are
directly in contact at the bottom of the tumbler for the
absorption of heat.

Aluminum Conductor

USB port

It is a port connected to a positive and negative

wives, it is where the charger is connected.

Peltier Battery
USB Port
Is a device usually used for heating or for
cooling but it can be used as thermo electric Joule Thief Battery
generator.

This device is used for power generation by

allowing two regions of temperature affect its two
phases (usually upper phase and lower phase).
Is a simple voltage booster circuit. It can increase the Alloy covers the Peltier Battery preventing it from
voltage of a power source by charging the constant burning the tumbler and the battery itself. Also, it
low voltage signal into a series of rapid pulses at a serves as an element used to increase electricity by
higher voltage. It is where the electricity is stored helping the Peltier Battery to concentrate the heat it
after the conversion of heat. absorbs.

The tumbler is now detachable to avoid

short circuits while washing. The design is based
from the concept of blenders.

V. Final Testing

The tumbler was filled at its maximum

capacity of 350 ml providing 0.6 watts of electricity
after leaving it for 10 minutes. Due to the use of
Alloy the heat coming from the tumbler was
absorbed at full extent filling 13%-15% of the Joule
Thief Battery. In addition, the usage of Super Alloy
Joule Thief Battery
prevented the Peltier Battery and the tumbler from
burning.

II. Initial Testing

The main elements of the study are hot CONCLUSION

beverages that are to be filled in the tumbler. The
The 350 ml coffee tumbler was able to
maximum capacity of the tumbler is 350 ml only.
generate 0.6 watts of power through peltier effect. It
Using the Peltier Battery in absorbing the heat, the
is safe when washing since the power bank is
Joule Thief Battery is expected to collect 0.6 watts
detachable from the tumbler to avoid short circuit.
within 10-15 minutes.
RECOMMENDATION
III. Problem Encountered
It is recommended that the usage of
From the initial test that was conducted,
household thermos as the source of heat could
researchers found out that the Joule Thief Battery
produce more electrical energy. The batteries that are
have not accumulated enough electricity. It was
use should also be enlarged so that it could store
discovered that the design of the tumbler have not
more electricity. Since the battery portion is
used conductor to concentrate the heat to the Peltier
detachable to the thermos. The built power bank
Battery which then be converted to electricity.
could be brought outside.
Moreover, due to the absence of conductor, the
Peltier Battery is directly attached to the tumbler It is also recommended to study a design
causing it to burn and deteriorate after a long run. In that can make the whole structure water proof to
addition, the attached Peltier Battery prevents the neglect the detachment of the power bank when
tumbler from cleaning. Since electrical system is cleaning up the tumbler.
involved, the product must not be introduced to water
or else it would cause short circuit leading to
malfunction.

IV. Design Enhancement

Submitted By:
It was found out that some features of the
product are ineffective and might cause short circuits. Ayson, Abigail
The researchers have decided to redesign the Corpuz Matt Julius
structure. Enriquez Rodwin Jan
Figueroa, Mennard Kennan
Peltier Battery is covered at the top with a Guevarra, Joemari
Super Alloy (Aluminum and Cupper conductor) that Pabalan, Rafael
serves as the first stage of absorption of heat. The
Patawaran, Christian Dave
Payabyab Aronne
Santiago, Arsenio Jr.