THE BIRLA Institute of Technology, Mesra, has now invented a unique way to generate power and illuminate the rural areas of Jharkhand.
Funded by the Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Mumbai, the Mechanical Engineering Department of BIT has designed, fabricated and successfully tested a generator that an ox can run to light up 35 compact fluoroscent lamps (CFLs) for 18 households at a time.
The portable generator is easy to install and can run wherever required.
A team comprising two faculty members, Arbind Kumar and Vivek Kumar Gaba, and a seventh semester student, Ankit Drolia, worked on it for almost six months.
%u201CThe generator will cost Rs 4,500 and can also be used to charge batteries and cell phones and can generate enough power to run TVs and computers,%u201D Ankit said.
%u201CDesigning the generator was a part of the 20 projects funded by the KVIC for a period of five years,%u201D said Kumar, the project leader.
