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Burning, oxidization of hydrocarbons, is very much a chemical process. It generates heat, if they have somehow found a way of making it generate electricity dir
by mustpax 17y ago
Burning, oxidization of hydrocarbons, is very much a chemical process. It generates heat, if they have somehow found a way of making it generate electricity directly, that would be really interesting.
- jules 17y agoIsn't that exactly what a fuel cell is about?
- blhack 17y agoI think the box has to get heated to (or is heated to as part of the process) about 1000C. Here is another article about them: http://www.fastcompany.com/1557348/bloombox-bloom-box-fuel-cell-60-minutes-kleiner-perkins-kr-sridhar-green-energy-google http://www.fastcompany.com/1557348/bloombox-bloom-box-fuel-c...
- mbreese 17y agoCombustion is a chemical process, but it is hardly a controllable one. In this case, a fuel cell doesn't combust the fuel, but instead converts it into water and CO2 while stripping the electrons directly from the hydrogen (I think).