Four young Nigerian girls have invented a generator that runs on urine.
The invention was first displayed in Lagos, November, 2012, at the 4th annual Maker Faire, a pan-African innovation fair. Three 14-year-olds, Duro-Aina Adebola, Akindele Abiola, Faleke Oluwatoyin and 15-year-old Bello Eniola are the inventors.
The system separates urine into nitrogen, water and hydrogen.
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.
The girls say that one liter of urine gives six hours of electricity. But they do not specify exactly how much electricity is produced; enough to run a 60 watt light bulb, or a fridge and computer for six hours? We excitedly await more news...
Throughout the mechanism there are one-way valves for safety. Without the safety valves, this generator could be explosive, as hydrogen is flammable. ;-[
A great Solar-Hydrogen Economy advocate... Reply #5 on : Sun June 02, 2013, 03:07:08
My USA friend, scientist Harry Braun, supports getting rid of dependence on oil, petrol, nuclear, and other poisonous polluting fuels, and converting the world to run on clean hydrogen fuel produced by the electrolysis of water with cheap solar, water-current, or wind-generated electricity. See http://PhoenixProjectFoundation.US to connect to a sustainable future. Nigerian sisters, please give links to your project details or contact information.
Susan
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Way to go!!! Reply #4 on : Tue May 14, 2013, 10:55:58
Great job! :) Many blessings to you all!
Fiyinfoluwa
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Detail on project work Reply #3 on : Sat April 20, 2013, 00:05:49
I would be great full if you guys give full detail on your project work
Fiyinfoluwa Andrew Azeez
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Re: Urine Powered Generator Reply #2 on : Fri April 19, 2013, 23:56:49
Waoo great job girl but I have a question did u make an change in the generator parts for it to run on hydrogen fuel
chandrasekhar
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details about the project Reply #1 on : Mon February 11, 2013, 05:35:07
hi
my name is chandrasekhar,pursing masters degree in embedded systems at guntur,a.p,india.i am interested to know details about your details.if you wish to share about your project you can say details about your project
regards,
chandrasekhar
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