Gosh do I miss her refreshing candor. So let's see, we have a thing of sand, a cute postcard, and then a smaller stack and them a big stack the size of a refrigerator. How does it work? Does it need to be recharged? Does it wear out, and how will it work day to day?
Lots of smoke and mirrors and not a hint of sizzle from the beef.
Bloom Energy unveils the Bloom Box
February 24, 2010 | Length: 00:04:45
KR Sridhar, CEO of Bloom Energy touts his new Bloom Box fuel cell at a press event in Sunnyvale, California. The technology is designed to be stacked into small blocks and housed in a unit about the size of a refrigerator.
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Clara Peller used to say "Where's the beef?"
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So much for selling "snake oil". Stacking is so very obvious. That is how all fuel cells multiply the low power output of individual cells.
And that is all he said. Nary a word on how or how much. What fuel is used? Nothing?
This video should not have been posted as it contains zero real technology information other than the obvious stacking for more power.
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And that is all he said. Nary a word on how or how much. What fuel is used? Nothing?
This video should not have been posted as it contains zero real technology information other than the obvious stacking for more power.
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26th Feb 2010
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Clara!
Guess you must be a "took no science classes" philosophy major that thinks astrology is a hard science, left of Stalin, liberal. At 64 and a not up to date education on Current Technology's I at least know how a FUEL CELL works. The Bloom energy generation system uses Natural gas as a readily available fuel. It can work on bio gas from a garbage dump, swamp gas, bio-digester gas from pig and cow manure all forms of "natural gas"(METHANE) but I understand Propane and butane can also work if pricier to use. Units eventually will ideally sell for around $3K for a HOME size generator. try researching your subject rather than think a 4 minute intro blurb is the be all end all of information resources...
Guess you must be a "took no science classes" philosophy major that thinks astrology is a hard science, left of Stalin, liberal. At 64 and a not up to date education on Current Technology's I at least know how a FUEL CELL works. The Bloom energy generation system uses Natural gas as a readily available fuel. It can work on bio gas from a garbage dump, swamp gas, bio-digester gas from pig and cow manure all forms of "natural gas"(METHANE) but I understand Propane and butane can also work if pricier to use. Units eventually will ideally sell for around $3K for a HOME size generator. try researching your subject rather than think a 4 minute intro blurb is the be all end all of information resources...
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28th Feb 2010
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I agree with the above (a24k). I'm also in the 60's age group. Let me tell you. This has been going on for 40 years. Finally a plausible benefit and all you silly people can do is WHINE? If you were even slightly moved by this you would have researched more about it. Gees, what jerks.
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Blah blah blah ... what's the efficiency compared to a microturbine? What is the cost in comparison? What is the reliability, or lifetime, or what maintenance is involved? If it's such a great fuel cell then why isn't he promoting it for auto use ... that's the bigger market and far more accessible. Do electric conversions with one of these and an electric motor - what kind of savings can I expect vs an internal combustion engine?
Until I hear comparison numbers this blurb is just obnoxious noise like eestor capacitors and a million other so-called "game changers".
Until I hear comparison numbers this blurb is just obnoxious noise like eestor capacitors and a million other so-called "game changers".
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Speaker: The core of our technology, everyone keeps asking what's that magic sauce? What's that magic technology? Where does it go? Well, I think I'm gonna disappoint you all. I'm simply gonna tell you the core of our technology simply is sand, available in plenty in multiple continents, in ocean beaches. This sand -- from this sand, you get zirconium oxide, something that we use. Again, affordable, available in plenty, and it has a particular property, a scientific property that allows us to make a fuel cell. Again, folks, 1980s backing. We didn't have to invent this, credit to Arthur Nonst assumed spelling. What we did with that, though, is we perfected the technology to create what I want to introduce to you, the Bloom Energy Fuel Cell.
Applause A flat piece of sand. A flat piece of sand. Inexpensive materials, but this is the core of the technology. Well, fuel cells have been around for a long time. Things have been done. What is all this about? Why is this so different? We take this material and convert it into this starting with raw powders, with inexpensive manufacturing techniques, and we call that process "powder to power." Powder to power for flat pieces of sand. This particular device, way back -- John, you remember; we know you remember -- five watts. There's a inaudible coolant. I don't know what that is yet. We will tell you in a few years. Today, it produces 25 watts, enough for a lightbulb. Two years from now, stay tuned, okay? So you take a bunch of these together, and you put them together in what we call a "stack." Think of this as a chip in your computer. If this were the microprocessor in your computer, this would power the average US home 24/7, 365, all your energy needs. Average US home. So you take a bunch of these stacks, put them together in a box about the size of her refrigerator, and that's enough to power a small Starbucks coffee shop. You take 4 of those 25 kilowatts together and put them in a box, affectionately called a Bloom Box now, about the size of a parking lot -- we would prefer you call it the Bloom Energy Server -- about the size of a parking space, and that can power a small supermarket. You need more power? You do exactly what you do in the data center. You have multiple servers, and as your computing need increases, you keep adding the servers. You just cluster them. You just cluster our boxes to add to the power that you need to meet your energy needs. Modular, pay as you grow, buy as you grow. It is with great pride on their behalf, the entire Bloom family's behalf, I would like to introduce to you the Bloom Energy Server.
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