Monday 4 November 2013

Teen girls create a urine-powered generator

Four teen girls – Duro-Aina Adebola (14), Akindele Abiola (14), Faleke Oluwatoyin (14) and Bello Eniola (15) – unveiled their unique product at last year’s Maker Faire Africa in Lagos – a urine powered generator.

It’s reported that one litre of urine generated 6 hours of electricity.

How does the system work?
* Urine is put into an electrolytic cell, which separates out the 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.
* One-way valves are included in the system for security.
Wow, what a device!
Credit: Maker Faire Africa

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