The Bloom

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

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
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
CH4 (fuel )
 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 the
cells are sandwiched,
along with metal
interconnect plates into a
fuel cell "stack". A few
stacks, together about o
power an average home.
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
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.
Advantages

1. Lower cost energy source

2. Fuel flexible
3. Sustainability
4. Increased reliability & scalability
5. Simple installation & maintenance
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.
Conclusion

Presently its mostly used in

America,in future we would like to
see this bloom box in every Indian
home.
CONCLUSIONcont

we always imagine the world

free from energy related
problems such as pollution,
energy crisis, inefficient use of
limited resources , global
warming etc..so lets use
available energy efficiently
and smartly so that our next
generations can enjoy the real
beauty of mother earth
QUERIES..???