Electricity from Water Drops - Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Hydrovoltaic Power Harvesting

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  • Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
  • 0:00 - Intro
    0:25 - Components
    1:16 - Scientific explanation
    1:38 - Materials
    2:12 - Build tutorial
    3:21 - Important testing info
    4:03 - Oscilloscope tests
    5:46 - Higher end oscilloscope
    6:05 - Multimeter tests
    7:01 - Applications (LED, watch, pipes)
    Designed and filmed by Beatrice Jiang

Комментарии • 25

  • @JustMe-im8ch
    @JustMe-im8ch Месяц назад +2

    Robert Murray Smith has made videos about it years ago

    • @nila8833
      @nila8833 21 день назад +2

      he has fewer cats though

  • @barabolak
    @barabolak 19 дней назад

    Nice video! Tribo electric generators are fascinating! Have you seen Lasersaber's atmospheric motor? I bet you'll find it very interesting

  • @squeakytoyrecords1702
    @squeakytoyrecords1702 8 дней назад

    This is really cool!! It would be interesting if you could produce consistent power. Do you have access to a water pump? I have an experiment that could achieve this.

  • @gamev.284
    @gamev.284 Месяц назад +2

    first time i see thumbnail, i thought it's was 10Ah li-polymer battery in water

  • @_manana
    @_manana Месяц назад +1

    Nicely done. I was wondering if mists would create some electricity.

    • @tech_bea
      @tech_bea  22 дня назад

      I tried it with a humidifier mist but it didn't work. There needs to be a discrete movement of the water drops hitting and leaving the board for it to generate electricity.

  • @Sychius
    @Sychius Месяц назад +1

    That's a fascinating bit of tech, I wonder if the particular reason it works is the polar nature of water, so that as it slides along the surface it can 'drag' the electrons.
    Interesting that the saw/square wave pattern of the electrode has such an impact on the output, if I'm interpreting the graphs correctly the reason you didn't go for the strip variation even with the higher Vpp is because of the reduced Vmin?
    I could only guess that's possibly due to the surface area of the electrode interacting with the water droplets, but even then I can't visualise *why* that makes such a difference.
    Very cool implementation!

    • @tech_bea
      @tech_bea  22 дня назад +1

      The water doesn't exactly "drag" the electrons; the positive and negative charges in the water are redistributed to either of the two sides depending on the charge affinity of the materials.
      The saw shape of the electrode is really just a combination of the strip and square variations. Since the saw shape has more surface discontinuities, it has a more effective power output than both strip and square.

  • @LukeHoneyball
    @LukeHoneyball 9 дней назад

    5:02 You can just put the oscilloscope in normal mode, then you don't have to reset it each time!

  • @QueernMental
    @QueernMental Месяц назад +2

    nice one, keep up the good work. What happens if you add some capacitors?

    • @tech_bea
      @tech_bea  22 дня назад +2

      It would average out the current more but it's not something that I've tried yet

  • @envsninghappinz3191
    @envsninghappinz3191 День назад

    Where can i buy this teng.i am doing a project based on this. I need teng to proceed further.please help

  • @matthieuheesen3166
    @matthieuheesen3166 28 дней назад +1

    I have built a similar set-up using aluminum and PTFE but I don’t get nearly as much Volts. Maybe 1 Volt at best. Do you have any pointers? Do you use tap water?

    • @tech_bea
      @tech_bea  22 дня назад

      Yes I did use tap water.
      In regards to your setup, there are a few things to look out for:
      1. All the components need to have really tight contact with one another. Make sure that there are no air bubbles between the PTFE and aluminum.
      2. Your measuring instruments might not be sensitive enough; I had an issue with an old multimeter that wasn't picking up anything but it was fine once I got a new one.

    • @matthieuheesen3166
      @matthieuheesen3166 22 дня назад

      Thank you for your reply! I’m going to try to make a few more and use different equipment.

  • @bigonprivacy2708
    @bigonprivacy2708 Месяц назад +1

    Nicely done! One question though, when you attached it to the multimeter, I was not seeing the 150 volts as the oscilloscope was reflecting. Was there a reason?

    • @QueernMental
      @QueernMental Месяц назад +2

      Im guessing the output being very short bursts of dc had the meter averaging the voltage. I would trust the scope more

    • @tech_bea
      @tech_bea  22 дня назад +1

      Exactly what @QueernMental said

  • @chuckcrunch1
    @chuckcrunch1 20 дней назад

    tri bo electric

  • @firstnamelastname-or4sn
    @firstnamelastname-or4sn Месяц назад

    excuse me what in the actual. how is this legal