nabraxas Posted November 7, 2012 Posted on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 · 4 Comments Possibly one of the more unexpected products at Maker Faire Africa this year in Lagos is a urine powered generator, created by four girls. The girls are Duro-Aina Adebola (14), Akindele Abiola (14), Faleke Oluwatoyin (14) and Bello Eniola (15). 1 Liter of urine gives you 6 hours of electricity. The system works like this: 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. Along the whole way there are one-way valves for security, but let’s be honest that this is something of an explosive device… http://makerfaireafrica.com/2012/11/06/a-urine-powered-generator/ 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bundy Bear Posted November 7, 2012 very cool, although i think solar panels would be easier in africa Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilli Posted November 7, 2012 very cool, although i think solar panels would be easier in africa Urine powered solar panels? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bℓσωηG Posted November 7, 2012 it would never take off how would they tax everyone for something that doesnt have to be raped from the earth ... farkin brilliant idea though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PositiveHAL Posted November 7, 2012 three girls and a generator 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PositiveHAL Posted November 7, 2012 those girls are dehydrated 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thegribbs Posted November 21, 2012 (edited) Don't most people do this experiment at school? Except water, not urine . I've helped run a mower off hydrogen and fuel vapour with no modifications to the engine. I'm in no way putting these girls down, but this thing is going to use far more electricity than it puts out. Maybe its their first project on the parth for a perpetual hydrogen cell? EDIT: Typical Nigerian scam Edited November 21, 2012 by Thegribbs 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dionysus Posted November 21, 2012 handy for bush parties; "quick, everyone piss in the genny!", would save someone a trip into town lol 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Uri Posted November 22, 2012 (edited) Folks - stop taking the piss out of them! They might have entirely different plans for that hydrogen...and with some our urine after a Dionysus bush party there'd be wonders indeed concentrating anode end! (Evidently one has used the "power" to become invisible - the caption reads 4 girls.) Edited November 22, 2012 by Pat Uri 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psylo Posted November 22, 2012 (Evidently one has used the "power" to become invisible - the caption reads 4 girls.) Spectacular observation, and the funniet post this week. Keep up the good work. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Uri Posted November 22, 2012 (edited) Thank you Psylo - but I think Negative Dave was pretty damn good with that "dehydrated" comment. I didn't get it at first, until I saw the electrolyte. Now it is not that I have a "thing" about schoolgirls - but such clever and attractive young ladies are bound to have hot grannies! Edited November 22, 2012 by Pat Uri Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigred Posted November 23, 2012 do you think it would produce enough to kick it over or is it a fuel mix Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dizzyanarchist Posted November 24, 2012 these ppl need their water for driniking most likely so i reckon its a good idea if its efficiant enough. solar panels are expensive let alone to a country that probably doesn't produce a good amount of them. reckon itd be funny seeing a toilet block of urinals connected to a generator. as long as noone shits in the urinal making funny's and block the lines Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Uri Posted November 24, 2012 No - I dare say it is just a high school demonstration model and the real energy comes from the gas bottle they have it connected to:- but you must commend their efforts in promoting alternative energy. Photo-galvanic cells - the silicon solar cell - we are used to in the first world would be price prohibitive there. Indeed some desperate soul would "appropriate" it to swap for cornmeal to feed their starving family. Of greater use would be the type of solar hydrogen cell where sunlight is concentrated onto a platinum sponge catalyst to produce the hydrogen fuel. Where would impoverished people get platinum - even the traces used in such cells? Why, their land is a primary producer of it - except that vicious psychopathic capitalists from multi-international mining companies will not allow them possession of the resource that is really rightfully theirs. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites