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• 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 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 […]

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, […]

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. 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 [...]

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 […]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]