Kurukshetra: Believe it or not, Professor S K Chaturvedi, Head of the Department of Applied Physics at the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra has successfully generated electricity from potatoes and Pepsi.
Chaturvedi also claims that the quantum of voltage can increase with the increase in the product.
Chaturvedi had used two different electrodes of aluminium and copper, acid and also phosphorus that are present in most of the vegetables for generating electricity.
"Most of the cells we use, either primary or secondary cells, we use acid. There are two electrodes where the acid works and oxidation process takes place and then electricity is generated," Professor Chaturvedi said.
He has also claimed that voltage of the power could be increased with the increase in the inputs.
Prof Chaturvedi’s students were amazed to learn that power can be generated from the items of daily use.
"Chaturvedi sir has told us that we can generate electricity from potatoes and Pepsi. When he demonstrated it with two slices of potatoes and it actually generated electricity all of us were astonished. He also demonstrated it through Pepsi and that also works," a student of National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Ramesh said.
"I saw that electricity is produced from potatoes and Pepsi. It is a fantastic achievement that has been done by Prof Chaturvedi and if scientists worked more over it, there would be no shortage of electricity in the days to come," said Rajni, a lady who saw the demonstration.
But keep your fingers crossed, if the new methodology gets accepted, who knows it might give a good reason to the vegetable vendors and Pepsi Company to opt for a revised price.
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