Urine-Powered Generator Created By Four Girls

Scientific research is all about improving lives. In Nigeria today and indeed, most parts of Africa, power supply is a big issue and researchers are busy looking for alternatives to carbon-based fuel due to all its shortcomings.

 So in 2012/13, the quartet of Duro-Aina Adebola, Bello Eniola, Akindele Abiola and Faleke Oluwatoyin – all students of Doregos Private Academy, Ipaja, Lagos, came up with urine-powered generator, they were applauded the world over.

Although people liked the urine-powered generator  but they complained of the urine odour so the trio of Oluwatomisin Osibote, Kpakpando Akaeze and Eveshorhema Samuel-Alli, all  14-year-old SS2 students of same school, improved on the work of thier predecessors, replacing the urine with waste oil and water to come up with the 2WP Tri-powered generator which won them  $6,000 scholarship, a bronze medal and $150 cash at the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in Los Angeles, USA.

This  invention also won  them the National Science Fair and Quiz competition held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State with a 76.4 aggregate score.  In this chat with Vanguard Learning, the three spoke on the reason for embarking on the project . Excerpts:

BY  EBELE ORAKPO

THE project: According to Oluwatomisin Osibote, “Our aim was to achieve the goal of creating a cheap and sustainable energy source for homes and businesses which does not release carbon monoxide.”

Kpakpando Akaeze: “The tri-powered generator is like an evolutionary technology from the urine-powered generator made by our seniors. (See http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/02/research-devt-four-nigerian-students-generate-electricity-from-urine/).

“The urine-powered generator was created by four girls in this school who thought of how  to stop carbon monoxide (CO) from destroying the ecosystem and save lives and also generate free electricity without any obnoxious substances being released. Some people complained about the odour of the urine. Even when we tried to suppress it with chemicals like sodium carbonate or sea shells, the odour was still there so we tried to look for other ways to create a generator that works on waste.”

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