Rupture Disc Integration for Overpressure Mitigation

OsecoElfab image of a burst disc

Enhancing Li-Ion Battery Safety: The Imperative of Rupture Disc Integration for Overpressure Mitigation Author: OsecoElfab Introduction The rapid growth of Li-Ion batteries in various industries, including electric vehicles, portable electronics, and renewable energy storage, brings to the forefront a critical safety concern: thermal runaway and its potential to trigger overpressure explosions. To address this imminent … Read more

Fire Mitigation Strategies

options for thermal barriers

Author: Nrusimhan Seshadri, Balance Batteries Having looked at the challenges and regulatory standards relating to fire hazards posed by Li-ion batteries in the previous article, in this article we will have a look at some of the fire mitigation strategies deployed across 10 BEVs in the current market. The choice of thermal barrier materials (TBMs) for a … Read more

What Happens if a Cell goes into Thermal Runaway?

battery cell in thermal runaway

Author: Nrusimhan Seshadri, Balance Batteries Thermal hazards of (Li-ion batteries) LiB’s are well known. The spontaneous exothermic release of energy from LiBs when subjected thermal, mechanical and/or electrical abuse is referred as thermal runaway. Though the chances of thermal runaway in modern EV’s are extremely low, the danger posed  by EV battery fires can’t be … Read more

What is Calorimetry?

adiabatic calorimeter designed for battery testing

Author: Mario Toubes-Rodrigo, Application Specialist, H.E.L Group Calorimetry is a branch of thermodynamics that deals with heat transfer quantification. Heat can be transferred during a variety of processes, such as chemical reactions, phase changes, or dissolution of solutes in a solvent. Calorimetry follows the first law of thermodynamics, which states that energy cannot be created … Read more

Battery Thermal Runaway

Lithium-ion batteries power devices ranging from smartphone and laptops to electric vehicles; highlighting how essential they are to our everyday lives. However, despite their widespread use, safety concerns persist. Here, battery thermal runaway can lead to catastrophic explosions, fire and generation of toxic smoke. Therefore, mitigating these risks will be essential for the mass market … Read more

Current Limit Estimation

There are a number of reasons to estimate the charge and discharge current limits of a battery pack in real time: Hence this is a key function of the Battery Management System (BMS). The difficulty is that the current limits are dependent on a number of factors, for the cell alone we should consider the … Read more

10 things about SSBs that you are often not told

Author Dr. Simon Madgwick of Nuvvon Inc. As an overview, this post cannot cover every possibility or explain in depth. Nonetheless these 10 topics give a reasonable overview of solid-state batteries in terms of what is less transparent in the publicity and hype of solid state. To be clear, we need solid state batteries, but … Read more