lithium-ion battery fire Articles
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Reducing fire and explosion risk of lithium-ion batteries
On the 7th January 2013 cleaning staff onboard a Boeing 787 aircraft noticed smoke in the rear cabin. Closer inspection by a mechanic discovered a fire originating from the lid of the APU battery case. Fortunately, the plane was parked at Logan International Airport, USA, at the time, so none of the 183 passengers and 11 crew were hurt. Nine days later, on 16th January 2013, a Boeing 787 had to ...
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If Cobalt is So Bad, Why are Some Companies Still Using it in Batteries? Part 1
The terrible consequences of cobalt mining and usage are both well documented and heartbreaking. Devastating environmental impacts from extration that render large swath of land unusuable and polluted waterways. Children forced to work in dangerous and claustrophobic 'artisanal' mines (a truly sinister euphemism). Toxicity, lung disease, heart failure, and cancer from exposure, even ...
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Monitoring Off-Gasses to Guard Against Thermal Runaway Risk with Li-Ion Batteries
Lithium-Ion Batteries Rechargeable lithium-ion (“li-ion”) batteries (comprised of cells in which lithium ions move from a negative electrode through an electrolyte to a positive electrode during discharge—and the other way around when charging) were first described conceptually in the 1970s. Following initial prototype development in the 1980s, li-ion batteries became ...
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Battery Failure Prevention with Proper Mitigating Actions
Lithium ion battery failure follows four primary stages, which are initial abuse, off-gas generation, smoke generation, and fire propagation. Both the initial abuse and off-gas generation stages fall within what’s called the “preventative region”. In that region, specifically during the off-gas stage, implementing proper mitigating actions can help prevent battery failure. As ...
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ESOPP leads the path for innovations in Lithium ION Battery Separator films
Global warming due to mindless usage of fossil fuel carbon emission is already resulting catastrophic floods, forest fire, landslides and sea level increase in several parts of the world. Li-ion Battery operated vehicles offer the most efficient solution to slow down negative impact on the environment. Biax films offer high efficiency storage capacity for LIB. ESOPP is leading the industry for ...
By ESOPP GROUP
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Con Edison to pilot $15M virtual power plant project
New York utility Consolidated Edison (Con Edison) plans to launch a pilot virtual power plant (VPP) project in June to test out the business case for integrating aggregated fleets of residential solar-plus-storage systems into the grid, Jamie Brennan, director of demonstration projects at Con Edison, told Energy Storage Update. The project will link hundreds of solar and battery storage systems ...
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Ceramics 101: The QuantumScape Separator in Context
QuantumScape’s solid-state lithium-metal battery technology is enabled by our proprietary ceramic solid-electrolyte separator. While you may be familiar with everyday examples of ceramics, like a coffee mug, high-tech ceramics are likely less well-known. In this blog, we’ll review the basics of ceramics – what they are, how they’re made, how they’re used – and ...
By QuantumScape
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Active prevention of fires caused by damaged batteries during alternative fuel production thanks to Lindner`s Fire Prevention System (FPS)
DI (FH) Thomas Huber & DI Stefan Scheiflinger-Ehrenwerth, MSc. Lindner-Recyclingtech GmbH, Product Management, Spittal an der Drau, Austria Ing. Andreas Säumel Mayer Recycling GmbH, Executive Management, St. Michael, Austria SUMMARY: One of the most pressing recent issues in the mechanical processing and conversion of waste into solid recovered fuels (SRF) is the high fire risk. ...
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