Prayagraj: Scientists of the biotechnology department of Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) have been successful in generating electricity from dirty water found in drains in the lab. For this work, a patent for 10 years has been given to the institute from the Government of India.
This research will have far reaching impact as it will prove to be a boon, especially for the polluted water coming out from factories, which is not only adversely affecting the rivers and the environment but is also causing many diseases.
This work has been the result of tireless effort of the lab of Radharani, the assistant professor of the department of biotechnology, MNNIT. She had received an important project from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) for this, on which she has achieved success by working with her team. She said that under this project, ‘Microbial Fuel Cell’ was prepared in the lab of the department. The mobile phone was charged as an experiment with the electricity generated. The experiment was successful, after which a patent was applied for by sending the complete report to SERB.
She further said that along with generating electricity, polluted water can also be purified and used for washing clothes, irrigation etc. According to Radharani, electricity was generated from 15 to 20 liters of contaminated water in the department’s lab.
The contaminated water was fed into the ‘microbial fuel cell’, which is a bio-electrochemical system and electricity was generated from it, she explained. The micro-organisms were isolated in water and as organisms which eat harmful substances, they produce electrons. We convert this electron into electricity through the circuit, she added. Earlier, in 2020, a research scholar of the institute, Jeetendra Prasad, was successful in harnessing electricity from soil from the riverbed of the Ganga, for which he was awarded the prestigious ‘SRISTI-Gandhian Young Technological Innovation’ Award 2020. The technology developed by Prasad comes handy for lighting in remote areas. Prasad has charged a 12 volt battery and then converted it into an AC voltage of 230 volts and illuminated the electric bulb for 9 hours. The technology will provide a power source to electronic devices, military wireless sensors in remote areas. He did his PhD under Prof Ramesh Kumar Tripathi of the department of electrical engineering.
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This research will have far reaching impact as it will prove to be a boon, especially for the polluted water coming out from factories, which is not only adversely affecting the rivers and the environment but is also causing many diseases.
This work has been the result of tireless effort of the lab of Radharani, the assistant professor of the department of biotechnology, MNNIT. She had received an important project from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) for this, on which she has achieved success by working with her team. She said that under this project, ‘Microbial Fuel Cell’ was prepared in the lab of the department. The mobile phone was charged as an experiment with the electricity generated. The experiment was successful, after which a patent was applied for by sending the complete report to SERB.
She further said that along with generating electricity, polluted water can also be purified and used for washing clothes, irrigation etc. According to Radharani, electricity was generated from 15 to 20 liters of contaminated water in the department’s lab.
The contaminated water was fed into the ‘microbial fuel cell’, which is a bio-electrochemical system and electricity was generated from it, she explained. The micro-organisms were isolated in water and as organisms which eat harmful substances, they produce electrons. We convert this electron into electricity through the circuit, she added. Earlier, in 2020, a research scholar of the institute, Jeetendra Prasad, was successful in harnessing electricity from soil from the riverbed of the Ganga, for which he was awarded the prestigious ‘SRISTI-Gandhian Young Technological Innovation’ Award 2020. The technology developed by Prasad comes handy for lighting in remote areas. Prasad has charged a 12 volt battery and then converted it into an AC voltage of 230 volts and illuminated the electric bulb for 9 hours. The technology will provide a power source to electronic devices, military wireless sensors in remote areas. He did his PhD under Prof Ramesh Kumar Tripathi of the department of electrical engineering.
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