Four teenage girls, Duro-Aina Adebola (14), Akindele Abiola
(14), Faleke Oluwatoyin (14) and Bello Eniola (15) showcased a unique urine powered generator at this year’s Maker
Faire Africa which took place from Monday 5th November to Tuesday 6th November
in Lagos.
Maker Faire Africa, is an event which shows off innovations,
inventions, and initiatives that solve immediate challenges and problems, and
then works to support and propagate them. The urine powered gen was one of the
most remarkable exhibitions at the fair.
Here’s how it works:
Urine is put into
an electrolytic cell, which cracks the urea into nitrogen, water, and hydrogen.
The hydrogen goes
into a water filter for purification, which then gets pushed into the gas
cylinder.
The gas cylinder
pushes hydrogen into a cylinder of liquid borax, which is used to remove the
moisture from the hydrogen gas.
This purified
hydrogen gas is pushed into the generator
to provide power to the bulb.
1 Litre of urine
gives you 6 hours of electricity
The girls claim that one litre of urine is enough to power
the generator for six hours. Not a bad idea as an alternative source for generating
electricity. The urine-powered generator may prove useful, especially in
Africa, where power outages are rife.
Whew!! Gives me a nice feeling reporting about Nigerian
youths putting their creative minds to good use instead of the usual bad stuff.
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