Four female Nigerian secondary students in Lagos have developed a urine powered generator. The group 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 then pushed into the generator. One (1) Liter of urine is said to produce about six hours of electricity.
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