Dissertation – Fire & explosion hazards due to thermal runaway propagation in lithium-ion battery systems

Dissertation by Erik Archibald

Results of lithium-ion thermal runaway experiments involving single cells, simple arrays and ESS modules.  Provides an excellent summary of lithium-ion battery gas compositions and flammability properties (see Figure 5.5, Section 5.4 and Table 5.4 ).  Models for fire and explosion hazard analysis.

Lithium-Ion Hazard Web Tools

UT Fire Research Group

Battery vent gas composition database and properties of vent gases.  Lithium-ion battery incident database.  Basic explosion calculator tools.

Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)  Failure Incident Database

EPRI

A catalog of all publicly known major ESS fires, explosions and other failures across the world.

Toxic Gases from EV Fires

RISE Sweden

Experimental study and review of body of experimental literature on toxic gases developed by lithium-ion battery thermal runaway.

Battery University

A must-see resource for batteries.

One of the web’s best free resources for all things battery related.

Explosion Hazards from Lithium-Ion Battery Vent Gas

Journal paper by Baird, Archibald, Marr, Ezekoye

One of the most important papers on lithium-ion battery thermal runaway flammable gas hazards. Review of flammable gas production for different lithium-ion battery cells.  Simple models for flammability and explosion hazards.

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