In a recent news update Engineers at the University of Warwick have been able to power a sports car from the refuse of the Sewage. The ingenious move had led the group engineers to become the subject of headlines. Waste to race is the moniker behind which the group of engineers are planning to solve the issues of being sustainable while racing.
The Engineers have been able to generate hydrogen out of the sewer waste and then run the car with the use of the Hydrogen. Even the car that the group uses for racing has been built using the repurposed materials. The project showcases sustainable technologies that could shape the future automotive design.
How Does It Work
Cheif Engineer Dr James Meredith spoke on the new research and reported to Reuters about how his team have developed a new Microbial electrolysis cell. This new cell is used to clean out the waste water, when the sewage goes through this process Microbes growing on a carbon fiber substrate would eat out the sewage and produce Hydrogen during that process. The Main aim of the process is to push sustainability into motor racing. The Process is different from any other previous development as the development of hydrogen is done off the car and than the hydrogen is used to power that car that does the racing. The car cannot itself actively digest Sewer waste and produce Hydrogen.
The Car In Use
The race car uses a internal combustion engine that has been adapted to be easily able to provide the capability of easy combustion to power the race car. Sustainability is the main aim of the whole process, the chief engineer also spoke about how the battery used in the car has been purposed from another vehicle that was crashed ,and the individual cells have been used to power the ancillaries in the vehicle.
Here’s How Green Hydrogen Is Produced From Waste water
In most cases, to make Hydrogen from Waste Water the water goes through electrolysis, which splits the water into Hydrogen and Oxygen. The Mendota Case study is one of the most seminal works that has been used to understand the overall hydrogen generation better. Its possible that if the new study that has been conducted in Warwick has scope for expansion it might be executed at a more Expansive level.
