Four female secondary students in Lagos have developed a urine powered generator.
The quad-squad comprises of 14-year-old Duro-Aina Adebola, Akindele Abiola, Faleke Oluwatoyin and 15-year old Bello Eniola showcased their unique innovation at this year’s Maker Faire Africa held in Lagos, Nigeria.
A statement on their website read thus
“Our inventions have largely stayed hidden in the ‘punk of the bush’ and the outer reaches of the informal sector until now.”
Below is a description of how the ingenious creation of these four young Nigerians work:
- 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.