Who would have thought, it turned kedondong tree can generate electricity. Naufal Raziq, a 15 year old Acehnese boy who discovered it. He managed to make electricity from the kedondong tree since 2 years ago when he was 13 years old.
From the Natural Science (IPA) lessons in school, Naufal knows fruits such as mango, starfruit, tamarind can produce electricity because it has acid content.
In elementary school, Naufal had experimented, he inserted copper and metal plates into potatoes, an electric current emerged. From this is the initial inspiration of Naufal.
Then came the idea to try it on a tree. Like fruit, trees also contain acids. Admirers BJ Habibie and Thomas Alfa Edison is then tried on a number of trees such as mango trees, star fruit, until finally the tree kedondong.
"Each tree has its advantages, I use a fence kedondong because it has a large stem, easy to grow, if we open the skin is not rotten, can recover," said Naufal when met at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jakarta, Friday (19/05/2017) .
He explained, to produce electricity from the tree kedondong only needed copper, metal, and cloth or tissue. Cloths or tissues are used to coat copper and metal. Trees are perforated, then copper and cloth-lined metal are inserted into the hole.
The function of fabric / tissue is to absorb the acid from the tree, then deliver it to copper and metal. From there it arises electrical current.
"For the manufacture of energy, we need copper metal to convert acid into electricity, before we put it in a tree, we coat copper and metal with tissues and cloths, its function is to absorb acid, we fold one into a tree," he explained.
Each hole in the kedondong tree can generate an electric current of 1 Volt. Each tree can be made kedondong 4 holes and produce 4 Volt. Then the electricity from 4 trees kedondong can turn on 1 lamp.
"One hole is 1 Volt So if we want to add the electricity just add holes and trees, one tree there are 4 holes 4 trees can for 1 lamp," Naufal explained.
Naufal's discovery has been applied to illuminate dozens of homes in Tampur Paloh Village, Langsa, Aceh.
"The cost needed to turn on two lamps (from the electricity of the kedondong tree) is Rp 1.2 million.It is now I was built by Pertamina, so all of that Pertamina is the responsibility of the community to provide only trees," he concluded
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