South Korean latrine transforms dung into power and computerized money

 South Korean latrine transforms dung into power and computerized money 

ULSAN, South Korea, July 9 (Reuters) - Using a latrine can pay for your espresso or get you bananas at a college in South Korea, where human waste is being utilized to assist with fueling a structure.

 
Cho Jae-weon, a metropolitan and ecological designing teacher at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), has planned an eco-accommodating latrine associated with a research center that utilizes fecal matter to create biogas and fertilizer. 

The BeeVi latrine - a portmanteau of the words honey bee and vision - utilizes a vacuum siphon to send excrement into an underground tank, decreasing water use. There, microorganisms separate the loss to methane, which turns into a wellspring of energy for the structure, controlling a gas oven, heated water kettle, and strong oxide power device. 

"On the off chance that we think out about the container, excrement has valuable worth to make energy and compost. I have placed this worth into natural flow," Cho said. A normal individual poos about 500g per day, which can be changed over to 50 liters of methane gas, the natural designer said. This gas can produce 0.5kWh of power or be utilized to drive a vehicle for about 1.2km (0.75 miles). 

Cho has concocted virtual cash called Ggool, which means nectar in Korean. Every individual utilizing the eco-accommodating latrine procures 10 Ggool a day. 

Understudies can utilize the cash to purchase products nearby, from newly fermented espresso to moment cup noodles, leafy foods. The understudies can get the items they need at a shop and output a QR code to pay with Ggool. 

"I had just at any point felt that dung are grimy, yet presently it is a fortune of extraordinary worth to me," postgraduate understudy Heo Hui-jin said at the Ggool market. "I even discussion about dung during eating times to consider purchasing any book I need."