Securing Gold Medal at IIEX 2024, Thursina IIBS Students Create Tsunami Early Detection Tool
Once again, Thursina International Islamic Boarding School (IIBS) team won a gold medal in Indonesia International Invention Expo (IIIEX), 2024, organised by Semarang State Polytechnic and Indonesian Young Scientist Association (02/05). They are Mohammad Rafie Sulthan, Muhammad Rafi Althaf Wiratara, Muhammad Dzaky Al Syaddad Ibnu Syaifa and Muhammad Adinata Parikesit.
The project was entitled RIVENT (Trivergent Energy), Maximizing Climate Potential as a Renewable Electrical Energy Source to Optimize the Electricity Supply for Tsunami Early Detection System. Surprisingly, they beat various participants with brilliant ideas.
Their work was inspired from natural movements in Indonesia, the earthquake. Indonesia is located between three world tectonic plates, including Indo-Australian Plate, Eurasian Plate and Pacific Plate, explained Rafie Althaf, one of the team members. The position has made Indonesia vulnerable to tectonic and volcanic earthquakes, causing fatal damage and even tsunami. Furthermore, the vastness of Indonesia's waters and islands has led Indonesia to high risk of ocean earthquake.
"These reasons have driven the need for warning system tool to detect tsunami earlier and more efficient in large quantities, so we are trying to develop the instrument" said Rafie.
Also, he continued, the advantage of Indonesia's tropical climate, characterized by exposure of sunlight and high rainfall, is potential to become a source of renewable energy, producing electricity. On these virtues, an innovation, called Riven, Trivergent Energy, environmentally friendly electrical energy generation tool is created, converting Indonesia's climate potential into electrical energy as well as early warning system for tsunami.
"The test was carried out by testing effectiveness in various weathers. The results obtained were 22.3V in sunny daytime, 16.7V in rainy day, 4.4V in night, and 7.3V in rainy night. "The results were supposed to fulfill the need for early warning system for tsunami detection," he added.
The team revealed, the tool needs further research to be more efficient. Also, they hope to make higher contribution in the later future. "Hopefully, the accomplishment would be the start of a journey, where they would learn relentlessly to provide the best for Islamic boarding school, familiy and positive contribution to society," he concluded. (qom/hel/lil)