Friday, November 19, 2010
[size=14pt]Pupils invent generator that doesn't use fuel[/size]

Agency reporter


Two pupils of Doregos Private Academy, Lagos, Olajumoke Adebayo and Eniola Adewale have invented a power generator that does not use fuel.









The invention was showcased at the Pan-African Women Inventors and Innovators Network Symposium, Expo and Awards at the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja.

While speaking during the programme with the theme, themed, "Innovative Women with Innovative Solutions for Africa," the pupils both in SS3 and members of the Junior Engineers, Technicians & Scientists, said the idea was borne out of a need to minimise the cost of fuel for powering generators. Both pupils are coordinators of JETs Club in their school.

According to them, the generator does not emit any toxic waste neither is it a threat to human health.

They said, "We used magnetic flux to generate electricity which the conventional magnet cannot. It consists of a shaf fixed with eight neodymium magnets which rotates when an initial current is passed through the field coils. The electricity is then passed from the copper coil to a step-up transformer which steps up the power voltage from 32 volts to 200 volts to power the output of the generator."

Speaking on their motivation for the project, the 15-year-old Adebayo and Adewale who is 14 years old said the JETS club afforded them a vantage avenue to think, analyse and work on scientific research.

"It was this that made us to embark on the project based on our scientific knowledge that a generator can still exist without using fuel. It is possible to produce cheaper and more dependable source of electricity for both domestic and industrial use.

"The invention is not easy as we had to make several presentations and seminars on the project to the audience comprising our teachers and the school authorities. It was finally selected having defended the significance of the project."

While commending the efforts of the club for giving them the exposure and the ability, they said it was their intention to pursue a career in engineering and develop a bigger generator that could power the whole school in future. "This is just a prototype to showcase our endowment and potential," they added.


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