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ECE 405 Professional Issues and Ethics in Electrical Engineering

Bloom Box-New Source of Electricity:Will it be a Success?

Quan Tran Brandon Morris

Vilmantas Babarskas Kumarasegaran Subramaniyam

Washington State University – VancouverSpring 2014

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Thesis Statement

The Bloom box Electricity Generator technology is good for public use and resourceful for the economy …

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Outline

Introduction of Bloom Box

Working mechanism

Advantages and Disadvantages

Environmental Impacts

IEEE codes

Conclusion

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Introduction of Bloom Box

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KR. Sridhar, founder of bloom box

Technology of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

(SOFC)

Green energy technology

Bloom Energy Server• Day and night

• 100kW of power-1 MW or more

• Reversible

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Continue Introduction of Bloom Box

Cheaper- Better Efficiency – Renewable

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Mechanism

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Mechanism (continued)

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Advantages and Disadvantages

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Environmental Impacts

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Environmental Impacts (continued)

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IEEE Codes

Code 1 # : Safety, Health and welfare of the public

Code 3 # : Facts and information

Code 5 # : Improving the Technology

Code 6 # : Maintain and Improve by training or experience

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Conclusion

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bloom-box-an-energy-breakthrough-18-02-2010%2F3%2F>.  Than, Ker. "Bloom Box Launch Is "Big Hype"--Invention Nothing New?" National

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