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 […]
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. […]