Bloom box

bloom box

1. The Bloom Energy BY: S.DEEPTHI, K.CHARISHMA, ECE III YR.,SPMVV

2. Introduction Bloom Energy has created an innovative technology that can change the way the world generates and consumes electricity Conventional Power distribution Bloom Energy Box

3. Bloom Energy says its power-plant-in-a-box produces clean energy at low cost for homeowners eventually to generate their own electricity .

4. What is the Bloom Box? a collection of fuel cells, skinny batteries that use oxygen and fuel to create electricity with no emissions made of sand that is baked into diskette-sized ceramic squares and painted with green and black ink

5. The fuel cells are stacked into brick-sized towers sandwiched with metal alloy plates The Bloom Box consists of these fuel cell stacks that are housed in a refrigerator-sized unit Contd………..

6. How does it work? Oxygen is drawn into one side of the unit, and fuel (fossil-fuel, bio-fuel, or even solar power can be used) is fed into the other side The two combine within the cell and produce a chemical reaction that creates energy with no burning, no combustion, and no power lines

7. CH4 (fuel )

8. Power Capacity Each Bloom Energy fuel cell is capable of producing about 25W... enough to power a light bulb. For more power, the size of a brick, is enough tthe cells are sandwiched, along with metal interconnect plates into a fuel cell "stack". A few stacks, together about o power an average home.

9. Who invented??? Bloom Box is the invention of Indian scientist Mr. K.R Sridhar who is working at NASA for Space research Operations The device was originally invented to produce oxygen on Mars but when NASA scrapped the Mars mission, Sridhar reversed his Mars machine, pumping oxygen in, instead of making oxygen

10. Present Customers According to Sridhar that first 100 kW Bloom Energy box were planted to Google head office in July 2008. Other customers with operating Bloom Boxes are Wal-Mart (WMT), FedEx (FDX), and Staples (SPLS). These companies quietly purchased Bloom Boxes and have been using them to produce part of their electricity for about 18 months.

11. Advantages 1. Lower cost energy source 2. Fuel flexible 3. Sustainability 4. Increased reliability & scalability 5. Simple installation & maintenance

12. Disadvantages 1.Bloom energy is a SOFC featured with high operating temperature. 2. The cost of bloom energy is not economic yet. 3. Bloom energy server would need to be cheaper than the existing renewable energy.

13. Conclusion Presently it’s mostly used in America,in future we would like to see this bloom box in every Indian home.

14. CONCLUSION…cont “we always imagine the world free from energy related problems such as pollution, energy crisis, inefficient use of limited resources , global warming etc..so let’s use available energy efficiently and smartly so that our next generations can enjoy the real beauty of mother earth”

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