Why I'm not in Columbus

[Mr. Jones]

In for free mini cell sample.

[Mensan]

I'll give you my cell sample... :gabe:

[Mr. Jones]

  Mensan said:

I'll give you my cell sample... :gabe:

 

http://i.imgur.com/uG85nBP.gif

[87GT]

  Mensan said:

I'll give you my cell sample... :gabe:

 

  Jones said:

http://i.imgur.com/uG85nBP.gif

 

http://31.media.tumblr.com/2fda122978cab53c9491e09065c5cce9/tumblr_mhlj79Oraq1s51zjyo1_250.gif

[mrs.cos]

Bloom boxes are cool

[Mensan]

  damreds said:

Bloom boxes are cool

 

http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=553&pictureid=6865

[Drewhop]

Since I understand less then zero of what your doing. It sounds extra awesome.

 

I think in some way you may be attempting to take over the world.

 

Good luck man.

[LS_Sonoma]

Wasn't this technology tested at Google hq as well? Congrats on the new job.

[JaSSon]

I actually understood some of that. My GF does R&D and manufacturing of fuel cells. Interesting, man! Edited August 8, 2013 by JaSSon

[Mensan]

  LS_Sonoma said:

Wasn't this technology tested at Google hq as well? Congrats on the new job.

 

Yes, what I am working on is different. My role is the first of its kind at Bloom.

 

  JaSSon said:

I actually understood some of that. My GF does R&D and manufacturing of fuel cells. Interesting, man!

 

 

Don't forget to renew your tags!

[Mallard]

Sounds like an awesome opportunity. Congrats.

[Brandon]

When do they go public

 

Heard you can make it big then!

 

I believe they had a segment on 60 minutes about this company some time ago.

 

Good work.

[SRTurbo04]

So did you have to get a hair cut for this gig? :lolguy:

[RS69]

Sounds like a great opportunity and congratulations.

[Buckeye1647545503]

They have any offices in Cbus? Need a engineering student as an intern?

[Alex L.]

Congrats brother, hopefully our paths will cross again in the future.

[Green Bastard]

Sucks your moving so far away, your a cool dude. I wish you the best of luck in your new job though.

[HotCarl]

That's really cool and interesting what you're doing. Just curious, what is the amount of waste Carbon Dioxide like compared to more traditional ways of power production (burning fossil fuels, nuclear, etc...)? And is Bloom thinking about marketing a smaller, more compact unit that could power a single household?

[Mensan]

  Paul said:

So did you have to get a hair cut for this gig? :lolguy:

 

Yep.

 

  HotCarl said:

That's really cool and interesting what you're doing. Just curious, what is the amount of waste Carbon Dioxide like compared to more traditional ways of power production (burning fossil fuels, nuclear, etc...)? And is Bloom thinking about marketing a smaller, more compact unit that could power a single household?

 

The unit intakes methane (CH4) and oxygen. It chemically changes those items into water and carbon dioxide. For every carbon atom pulled out of the methane it has to release carbon dioxide. The hydrogen is converted to water. There is no combustion, so there is nothing else released.

 

I can't comment on a household unit as of right now.

[Trouble Maker]

So do you have to feed it methane and oxygen? If so how is the total cycle energy input per output, efficencey, compared to other types of energy production?

[RedRocket1647545505]

  Mensan said:

Yep.

 

 

 

The unit intakes methane (CH4) and oxygen. It chemically changes those items into water and carbon dioxide. For every carbon atom pulled out of the methane it has to release carbon dioxide. The hydrogen is converted to water. There is no combustion, so there is nothing else released.

 

I can't comment on a household unit as of right now.

 

A reaction using all the reactants of a combustion reaction, putting off all the products of a combustion reaction, but without going through a combustion reaction?

[Furloaf]

Yes, much cleaner that way.

[Orion]

  Trouble Maker said:

So do you have to feed it methane and oxygen? If so how is the total cycle energy input per output, efficencey, compared to other types of energy production?

 

As I work in Energy Sales, of course I did some research into this when Eli first told me about it. He can answer this for the Bloom box in a more technical way, but just to give you some perspective, the markets where this is a feasible alternative have some similar characteristics; "dirty" power (as in, lots of fluctuations in the flow) from the grid, lack of redundant infrastructure, and expensive generation and transmission costs. The HEAT rate for a bloom box, near as I can tell, is about 10 cents per kWh. Here in the Midwest, where we have tons of generation and transmission, and not as much consumption, our prices from any alternative supplier are going to be between 5 and 8 cents per kWh. There are numerous other attractive things about this system that you could use as selling points; no distribution costs, can go off the grid, could sell back to the grid, pretty much never goes out, etc., but this will REALLY take off when the technology can get that HEAT rate down to about 7 cents.

[accel_is_my_drug]

Are these Yttrium stabilized Zirconia Solid Oxide Fuel Cell?s (YSZ SOFC)

Very cool stuff, Back in College I had research programs investigating sulfur poisoning in them. at the time a completely un-explained phenomena. Have they fixed that aspect yet?

[Mensan]

  Trouble Maker said:

So do you have to feed it methane and oxygen? If so how is the total cycle energy input per output, efficencey, compared to other types of energy production?

 

  Orion said:

As I work in Energy Sales, of course I did some research into this when Eli first told me about it. He can answer this for the Bloom box in a more technical way, but just to give you some perspective, the markets where this is a feasible alternative have some similar characteristics; "dirty" power (as in, lots of fluctuations in the flow) from the grid, lack of redundant infrastructure, and expensive generation and transmission costs. The HEAT rate for a bloom box, near as I can tell, is about 10 cents per kWh. Here in the Midwest, where we have tons of generation and transmission, and not as much consumption, our prices from any alternative supplier are going to be between 5 and 8 cents per kWh. There are numerous other attractive things about this system that you could use as selling points; no distribution costs, can go off the grid, could sell back to the grid, pretty much never goes out, etc., but this will REALLY take off when the technology can get that HEAT rate down to about 7 cents.

 

Yep, that^^

 

  Austin said:

A reaction using all the reactants of a combustion reaction, putting off all the products of a combustion reaction, but without going through a combustion reaction?

 

Yes. It doesn't put off all of the products of a combustion reaction. Carbon solids, for instance. Sulfur and Nitrogen oxides, for another.

 

  acceleration_is_my_drug said:

Are these Yttrium stabilized Zirconia Solid Oxide Fuel Cell?s (YSZ SOFC)

 

Very cool stuff, Back in College I had research programs investigating sulfur poisoning in them. at the time a completely un-explained phenomena. Have they fixed that aspect yet?

 

They don't like the Mercaptan added to natural gas. It is removed.