14-year-old twins from Kano, have designed a cooking stove that uses petrol and water to provide fire that cooks for over five hours.
Hassan Muhammad Nawad and Hussaini Muhammad Nawad, in an interview with Daily Trust, presented the battery powered stove that has an engine which the battery energizes to propel the water and petrol to produce fire.
According to them, one litre of petrol in the stove could be used for cooking for almost a year, and will only need to be replaced when it has turned black.
The twins, still in secondary school, said they were inspired to design the cooking stove after seeing how difficult it can be for people to access affordable and reliable cooking fuel.
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One of the twins, Hassan said, “I been thinking of how gas is used to produce fire for cooking, and the possibility of doing something that will even ease the process by using an electronic method to provide the fire through the use of water and petrol. We started from there and here we are today.
“However, in this case, the petrol and water will not reduce. A litre will take months without even reducing. You can only change it if you notice that it has turned black which can take almost a year. The battery and small engine attached will just propel the water and petrol to give a flammable air which will give the fire,” he explained.
The other twin Hussaini also explained that “The water is not normal water, it is mixed with alum and salt. Inside the box, you will see a small engine that provides the wind that passes through the water and petrol.”
He said with the present economic situation of the country, their initiative can reduce the people’s burdens and contribute to economic growth if utilized properly.
“We want to initiate a transformation among the youth circle in northern Nigeria. We noticed that we are being left behind, but we have the talent. All we need is to be productive enough so that we can create employment opportunities and provide sustainable and easier means of living for people.”
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Although still studying in secondary school, SS2 precisely, Hassan and his twin brother Hussaini also created an electric sprayer that can be used to spray pesticides or insecticides and even water flowers.
The sprayer uses a rechargeable battery. They said it is capable of working for 10 days if fully charged.
“If you have a garden and you want to spray, all you need is just to charge it and continue using. This too will be very useful. It is the simplest of all the things we’ve designed.”