Pee power: A prototype τουαλέτα that converts urine into electricity and uses that energy to light light bulbs has now been installed near the student union bar in University of West Anglia in BristolAt United Kingdom.
The toilet has a device called microbial fuel cells (microbial fuel cells). Simply put, the device contains a large number of live microbes that, while fed with urine, produce biochemical energy. This allows the toilet to become a source of electrical energy.
In case the original toilet in Bristol prove to be effective in converting urine into electricity (Pee power), scientists who developed it can begin to place such plants in countries with electricity shortages.
The idea is that, thanks to these toilets, people who do not have access to a power supply will be able to have night lighting and feel safer.
The research team of Pee power it is headed by the Greek professor Ioannis Leropoulos, Director of the Bristol Bioenergy Center located in the robotics laboratory of the university of the same name, who we see presenting his device in the following newsletter video.
Of course as Professor Ioannis Leopoulos and his associate Andy Bastable agree that the cheap sustainable aspect of this technology is based on the rich and free supply of urine.
And we think of it iGuRu now that in countries with a shortage of drinking water it is difficult to hope that you will have a rich urine production. On the contrary, in countries with high beer consumption, such as in England or Germany, such a device would work better.
The researchers who worked on the development of the prototype toilet in Bristol report that, if they were to be manufactured on a large scale, then their construction costs would rise to the price of ₤600 (about €830).
