battery fire Articles
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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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Design and thermal modeling of a portable fuel fired cylindrical TPV Battery Replacement
ABSTRACT: A novel portable fliel fired cylindrical themiophotovoltaic batteiy charger is described. It uses an array of GaSb TPV cells along with a novel Omega recuperator design and a novel IR emitter design. Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) calculations are presented for this TPV cylinder design showing the potential for an overall fuel to electricity conversion efficiency of 10.9%. The ...
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Design of a Portable Fuel Fired Cylindrical TPV Battery Replacement
A novel portable fuel fired cylindrical thermophotovoltaic battery charger is described. It uses an array of GaSb TPV cells along with a novel Omega recuperator design and a novel IR emitter design. Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) calculations are presented for this TPV cylinder design showing the potential for an overall fuel to electricity conversion efficiency of 10.9%. The estimated weight ...
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A Brief History of Lithium Ion Battery Development
The Beginning of the Lithium Battery For many years, the only suitable battery for portable equipment, such as mobile computing and wireless communications was nickel-cadmium. Pioneer work on the lithium battery began in 1912, however it wasn’t until the 1970s when the first non-rechargeable lithium batteries became commercially accessible. During the oil crisis of the 1970s, an English ...
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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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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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Front-load washers: Leaky solar panels revisited?
Some days I’d like to throw my front-load clothes washer out the back door. But that probably won’t be necessary because it may walk out on its own. The LG product shakes and rattles so much in the spin cycle that it ‘walks’ several inches across the floor each day. One guest to my kitchen thought we were experiencing an earthquake. Sears repairmen have visited twice, but tell me nothing is wrong ...
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Swollen LiFePO4 Batteries? How To Prevent?
Swollen LiFePO4 batteries are the result of too much current inside a cell of the battery, which causes a build-up of heat and gas. This can be caused by overcharging, deep discharge, overheating to battery or manufacturer defects, or environmental reasons. In this article, we discuss why that happens and how you can prevent that. LiFePO4 battery swelling is one of the important physical ...
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If Cobalt is so bad, why are some companies still using it? Part 2
On our website recently, we started to ask and answer a fundamental question that is critical for the global energy storage industry to address – If cobalt is so bad, why are some companies still using it in lithium-ion ...
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Winter is Coming – Be Ready with Backup Power Supply Alternatives
With winter coming, resilience reaches top of mind. Snowstorms, blizzards, freezing cold fronts, gusting winds – the trends show that each year winter brings increasingly frequent and severe weather conditions. To be best prepared for winter weather-related emergencies and disasters that threaten to disrupt routine operations, forward-thinking businesses invest in emergency preparedness. ...
By GenCell Ltd
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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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How to Choose The Best Back-Up Power: Generators, Batteries and SimpliPhi Power
If you want to buy back-up power to avoid blackouts caused by extreme weather or grid outages, it helps to consider value, reliability, safety, and your usage plans. Rapid advances in renewable energy and storage technology mean that you can add to your generator’s capacity - or skip a generator completely. The best lithium ion batteries can now go far ...
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