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As lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries continue to gain global popularity for energy storage and power supply units for equipment and electric vehicle systems, our industry is responsible for ensuring their safety through rigorous testing and protection systems.

Sandia National Laboratory recently conducted third-party testing to determine the state of stability of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. Li-ion Tamer (Gen2 system) was included in the testing and demonstrated good results for its ability to improve Li-ion battery safety through off-gas detection. The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) funded the study.

Data centers are physical facilities that organizations use to house their critical applications and data. A data center’s design is based on a network of computer and storage resources that enable the delivery of shared applications and data. The critical components of a data center design include routers, switches, firewalls, storage systems, servers, and application-delivery controllers.

Gigafactories are specialized ultra-large volume production facilities for manufacturing lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery cells used for EVs and battery energy storage systems (BESS). The name is reflective of the capacity of the plant to build battery cells measured in gigawatts (GW) annually.

This guide examines how Li-ion Tamer® advanced detection technology can reduce insurance risk and liability with Li-ion BESSs while eliminating costly false positives and adding a layer of remote system monitoring. This new approach to fire safety can help protect insurance companies against probable maximum loss (PML) with greater confidence.

RISCAuthority and the Fire Protection Association (FPA) has published a need-to-know guide outlining the hazards and risk control recommendations for battery energy storage systems (BESS). Recommendations to minimize the risk or consequences of BESS fires include installation of battery sensor and gas detection technology.

A partnership between Xtralis and Gore Street Capital (GSC) reduced risk and resulted in a customer success story for the renewable energy investment manager. Li-ion Tamer was selected as the equipment of choice by Xtralis and GSC for Cremzow BESS, in northern Germany.

Nexceris and its Li-ion Tamer technology were featured in The Wall Street Journal on November 8, 2023. The article discusses how electric cars combust differently than their gas-powered counterparts. Firefighters and researchers said EV fires last longer, are harder to put out and have a tendency to reignite.

Li-ion Tamer will be attending Energy Taiwan from October 18-20, 2023 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 1. During the same week, the Li-ion Tamer team will be attending Lithium SAFE: Battery Safety Workshop 2023 which is being held from October 17-19, 2023 in Greenville, South Carolina.

To address safety concerns across the spectrum of people involved in EV manufacturing, transport and use—from drivers to EV plant workers to first responders and others—Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) and Li-ion Tamer have created a number of ready-now solutions to not only protect individuals and assets, but also to help detect the risk of battery fires sooner.

FM Global recently updated its Property Loss Prevention Datasheet 5-33 which provides guidance on the design, installation, and maintenance of lithium-ion battery systems. The datasheet covers various aspects of fire protection, electrical safety, and thermal management for these systems. Li-ion Tamer is an industry leading provider of off-gas detection systems.

The Li-ion Tamer GEN 3 system reliably detects the early signs of lithium-ion battery failures (battery electrolyte vapors – off gas detection), allowing preventative actions to be taken to avoid impending battery thermal runaway events much earlier than other protection systems. Early notification and mitigation of fire risks in lithium-ion battery storage environments will protect assets and maintain operational functions (business continuity).

Li-ion Tamer is extremely proud of our recent work with a tier 1 OEM battery manufacturer. What follows is a case study produced by our partner Xtralis.

Li-ion Tamer will be attending and exhibiting at The Battery Show Europe in Stuttgart, Germany from May 23-25, 2023.

Li-ion Tamer and Honeywell were recently featured in Barron’s article titled “EV Fires Are a Thing, but Not for Long. Honeywell Is Part of the Reason Why”.

The Automatic Fire Alarm Association (AFAA) New England Chapter is hosting an event on March 6th at 6:00 PM regarding Energy Storage Systems in Occupied Buildings. Steve Cummings, Director of the Sensors Business Unit at Nexceris will be serving on the panel discussing this important topic.

Li-ion Tamer was recently recognized by Honeywell as one of the Top Innovations of 2022

Honeywell battery sensors and gas detection monitoring portfolio and manufacturing expertise combined with Li-ion Tamer gas detection solutions will address electric vehicle thermal runaway, one of the primary risks which can cause vehicle failure and fires.

Nexceris & Li-Ion Tamer participate in California Energy Storage Alliance safety webinar on March 16, 2021.

Nexceris & Li-Ion Tamer participate in California Energy Storage Alliance safety webinar on March 16, 2021.

As more and more lithium battery fires occur, increasing lithium battery safety through proven products such as Li-ion Tamer becomes critical.

The Arizona Public Service McMicken Battery Fire has rippled throughout the Stationary Energy Storage Market. Recently, three conflicting reports were released detailing the events from UL, DNV-GL, and LG Chem/Exponent.

The UL 9540A test method continues to set the standard for battery energy storage safety testing. The method quickly answers questions regarding the ability for a lithium-ion battery energy storage system (ESS) to deal with thermal runaway.

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”.

Li-ion Tamer Group is always pursuing certifications and approvals to help widen the markets we can access.

The UL 9540A test method continues to set the standard for battery energy storage safety testing. The method quickly answers questions regarding the ability for a lithium-ion battery energy storage system (ESS) to deal with thermal runaway.

Li-ion Tamer’s off-gas monitoring technology was included in DNV-GL’s 2-year exhaustive study of lithium-ion battery explosion risk and fire suppression report. […]

Li-ion Tamer has announced a global distribution partnership with Honeywell to increase the safety of lithium-ion batteries worldwide.

We are honored that Nexceris’ Li-ion Tamer was featured in PV Magazine in late October […]

Li-ion Tamer was at Solar Power International 2019 for receiving the Cleanie Award for start up of the year.. […]

This week South Korea announced the conclusions from their fire investigation committee regarding the root cause for the 23 energy storage system fires… […]

The stationary energy storage market has begun to take safety more seriously in lieu of several fires in 2018 and 2019, including the APS fire. […]

Li-ion Tamer has been recognized as a groundbreaking technology at the Connected Plant Conference. The new innovative lithium-ion battery safety […]

On February 13, 2019, Nexceris and TFactory announced a partnership for exclusive rights for our Li-ion Tamer® off-gas monitoring system in […]

Li-ion Tamer partners with American Fire Technologies to deliver state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery safety systems. […]

Li-ion Tamer was featured at ARPA-e’s yearly conference on impactful innovations. […]

Li-ion Tamer’s participation in the joint development program (JDP) for increasing the safety of lithium-ion batteries in ships has been highlighted in several articles. […]

Li-ion Tamer shows different implementation scenarios for integrating the AWARE off-gas monitoring product into lithium-ion battery systems. […]

DNV-GL has included off-gas monitoring within their 2018 edition of maritime standards for energy storage systems. […]

DFMEAs are often performed on li-ion systems for certification and to understand system vulnerabilities. The Li-ion Tamer off-gas monitor can help increase the safety of a li-ion system, and increase your performance on a lithium-ion battery DFMEA. […]

Li-ion Tamer compares its technology to smoke detectors to determine which detection technology provides the earliest warning of li-ion battery failures. […]

Li-ion Tamer provides its battery safety expertise and knowledge to the NFPA 855 committee for improving the standards and safety of Li-ion systems. […]

Li-ion Tamer and aentron have partnered to increase the safety of aentron’s li-ion systems. […]

Li-ion Tamer participates in a joint industry program aimed to increase safety of lithium ion batteries deployed on marine vessels. […]

Li-ion Tamer off-gas monitoring and how it provides supplemental information to room-level LEL monitoring for lithium ion battery safety. […]

Nexceris is proud to announce our recent transition from ISO 9001:2008 to the new ISO 9001:2015 standard in May 2017. [...]

Batteries are critical to a number of existing and emerging power systems in naval vessels, including motive power for unmanned [...]

The race for the best lithium ion battery is a worldwide competition. However, designing the most energy dense cell is only one leg of this race […]

In an effort to increase our battery expertise, Li-ion Tamer® has been performing lithium ion battery failure testing at our facilities […]

Nexceris has officially launched the Li-ion Tamer® website at li-iontamer.com. Li-ion Tamer® has found success in delivering li-ion battery safety [...]

Looking for lithium ion battery safety advice? Through developing safety products for the lithium ion battery market, Nexceris’ Li-ion Tamer® [...]

Are you curious about how your lithium ion batteries fail? Nexceris’ Li-ion Tamer® team has an active lithium ion battery [...]

Nexceris will be attending the Electric & Hybrid Marine World Expo in Amsterdam on June 6 – 8, 2017. Nexceris’ [...]

Lithium ion batteries are under increased scrutiny due to high-profile events that have created undesired media attention to the industry. [...]

Applications Engineer Nick Frank has written an article for the Electric & Hybrid Marine Technology International magazine focusing on Li-Ion [...]

Nexceris engineers have tested many different lithium ion battery chemistries and form factors in an effort to quantify the early [...]