Friday, November 9, 2012

Four African Teenage Girls Create a Pee-Powered Generator | Living on GOOD

 Necessity is truly the Mother of invention!

 During the Maker Faire Africa, in Lagos, Nigeria on November 5 and 6, 14-year-olds Duro-Aina Adebola, Akindele Abiola, Faleke Oluwatoyin, and 15-year-old Bello Eniola presented their unique proposal. According to The Next Web, 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.
  • 1 Liter of urine gives you 6 hours of electricity.
Six hours of electricity for a couple quick trips to the bathroom sounds like innovation to me.
 This is such a good idea, I think they deserve scholarships and more recognition!

Four African Teenage Girls Create a Pee-Powered Generator | Living on GOOD
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