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CESA BESS Webinar

March 6, 2021

Li-ion Tamer to Sponsor Important CESA Safety Webinar

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

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October 1, 2020

How to retrofit lithium battery safety with Li-ion Tamer

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

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September 21, 2020

APS Battery Fire Report Overview

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.

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July 6, 2020

Experts Share Off-Gas Monitoring is Needed to Maximize Safe Use of Lithium-Ion Storage Applications

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.

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June 17, 2020

Li-ion Gas Detection Recommended by FM Global

FM Global is one of the leaders in the property insurance and protection industry.  Their goal is to reduce risk and prevent property loss within a variety of industries.

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June 9, 2020

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”.

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April 9, 2020

Li-ion Tamer Receives ETL and CE Listing Approval

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

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March 12, 2020

What is the Impact of UL 9540A on the Energy Storage Industry?

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.

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March 5, 2020

DNV-GL Lithium-ion Battery Safety Program Concludes

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. […]

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February 11, 2020

Li-ion Tamer Announces Partnership with Honeywell

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

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Lithium Ion Battery Rack Monitor

November 19, 2019

Nexceris’ Li-ion Tamer Featured in PV Magazine

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

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Nexceris Li-ion Tamer Cleanie Award

September 24, 2019

Nexceris’ Li-ion Tamer Receives Cleanie Award

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

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lithium-ion battery fire

June 14, 2019

South Korea Identifies Top 4 Causes for ESS Fires

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

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April 30, 2019

Focusing on Energy Storage Safety

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. […]

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March 20, 2019

Li-ion Tamer Receives Game Changer Award

Li-ion Tamer has been recognized as a groundbreaking technology at the Connected Plant Conference. The new innovative lithium-ion battery safety monitor detects impending failure early enough that it can be prevented so that our customers can protect their people, property, and brand. The Connected Plan Conference organizers scan the power generation and chemical process markets […]

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February 18, 2019

Nexceris signs a distribution agreement with T-Factory

On February 13, 2019, Nexceris and TFactory announced a partnership for exclusive rights for our Li-ion Tamer® off-gas monitoring system in South Korea. Energy storage is growing at an astounding speed due to the decreasing prices in lithium-ion batteries. Use case scenarios for large scale lithium-ion battery energy storage systems are plentiful, including renewable energy bolstering, […]

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August 10, 2018

Li-ion Tamer partners with American Fire Technologies

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

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April 17, 2018

Li-ion Tamer Featured at ARPA-E Annual Meeting

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

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March 20, 2018

Li-ion Tamer featured for participation in DNV-GL JDP

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. […]

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February 6, 2018

How off-gas monitoring can add value to your li-ion battery system

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

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January 19, 2018

Off-gas monitoring in lithium-ion applications

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

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January 13, 2018

DFMEA Assistance through Li-ion Tamer Off Gas Sensing

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. […]

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November 27, 2017

Li-ion Tamer off-gas monitoring vs smoke detection

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

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November 2, 2017

Li-ion Tamer provides battery safety knowledge to NFPA energy storage committee

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. […]

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September 8, 2017

Li-ion Tamer partners with aentron for increased li-ion safety

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

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August 30, 2017

Li-ion Tamer to participate in marine Joint Industry Program hosted by DNV-GL

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

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August 7, 2017

Localized off-gas monitoring, LEL room monitoring, and lithium ion battery safety

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

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August 3, 2017

Nexceris ISO 9001:2015 Announcement

Nexceris is proud to announce our recent transition from ISO 9001:2008 to the new ISO 9001:2015 standard in May 2017. The ISO 9001:2015 certification is our commitment to the highest level of quality and services, both externally and internally. Nexceris’ Quality Management System (QMS) and all related processes are externally audited to an internationally agreed [...]

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July 31, 2017

Learning from 4 Damaging Lithium Ion Battery Failures

Li-ion battery events happen rarely, but when they do occur they are well publicized, costly, and can result in the loss of expensive equipment, facilities, and in the worst case, human life […]

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June 29, 2017

U.S. Navy Funds Nexceris’ Safer Li-ion Battery Technology

Batteries are critical to a number of existing and emerging power systems in naval vessels, including motive power for unmanned underwater vehicles and directed energy weapons on surface ships.  There are numerous other applications within the  Navy (and within DoD) where lithium ion batteries are being used or planned for use, including: emergency back-up power [...]

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June 27, 2017

Battery Management System vs Battery Monitoring System

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 […]

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June 19, 2017

Stages of a Lithium Ion Battery Failure

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

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June 12, 2017

Nexceris Launches Li-ionTamer.com to help with Li-ion Battery Safety Monitoring

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 monitoring services and products. Our experience with creating safety monitoring devices for battery rooms began in 2010 with the launch of our hydrogen monitoring device for lead acid battery rooms. With the energy storage landscape [...]

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June 2, 2017

Use Our Li-ion Battery Safety Experts to Investigate Your Battery Applications

Looking for lithium ion battery safety advice? Through developing safety products for the lithium ion battery market, Nexceris’ Li-ion Tamer® team has become familiar with the safety approaches for making lithium ion batteries a safer technology. Lithium ion batteries have become an increasingly integrated part of society and have solidified their part in our future. [...]

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June 1, 2017

Are You Curious About How your Lithium Ion Batteries Fail? We Can Help Ensure You are Safe!

Are you curious about how your lithium ion batteries fail? Nexceris’ Li-ion Tamer® team has an active lithium ion battery testing program. In this program, we have the ability to characterize battery failures using the following methods: Thermal abuse Electrical abuse Mechanical abuse These abuse factors can simulate fundamental causes of lithium ion batteries failures [...]

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May 24, 2017

Showcasing Li-Ion Battery Sensor Concepts at Electric & Hybrid Marine World Expo 2017

Nexceris will be attending the Electric & Hybrid Marine World Expo in Amsterdam on June 6 – 8, 2017. Nexceris’ Li-ion Tamer® group will be located at booth E2090 and will be exhibiting on innovative safety approaches for lithium ion battery health monitoring.  The Li-Ion Tamer® team will be on hand to show off Li-Ion [...]

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May 11, 2017

The Top 10 Lithium Ion Battery Regulations and Why They Are Important to Everyone

Lithium ion batteries are under increased scrutiny due to high-profile events that have created undesired media attention to the industry.  The realization that these ubiquitous batteries are not inherently safe, and can be a danger to the public when mishandled or poorly manufactured has prompted the need for more regulations.  While new lithium ion battery [...]

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April 24, 2017

Li-Ion Battery Safety Article Featured in Electric & Hybrid Marine Technology International

Applications Engineer Nick Frank has written an article for the Electric & Hybrid Marine Technology International magazine focusing on Li-Ion battery safety, simply titled:  Safety Assurance.  The main goal of the article is to show how adding off-gas monitoring to either a Battery Management System (BMS) or as a stand-alone creates added protection through redundancy sensing. [...]

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January 25, 2017

Running Li-Ion Batteries to a Runaway Event While Highlighting Li-Ion Tamer Early Detection Sensors

Nexceris engineers have tested many different lithium ion battery chemistries and form factors in an effort to quantify the early warning using our Li-Ion Tamer off-gas battery monitor. In the video, two identical lithium-ion pouch cells are overcharged. Early in the test the Li-Ion Tamer AWARE sensor detects battery off-gas in both tests and stops [...]

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