Experimental Study on Suppression of Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Fires

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• Alternative Title:
  Min Metall Explor
• Personal Author:
  Yuan, Liming ; Tang, Wei ; Thomas, Richard A. ; Soles, John
• Description:
  Lithium-ion battery applications are increasing for battery-powered vehicles because of their high energy density and expected long cycle life. With the development of battery-powered vehicles, fire and explosion hazards associated with lithium-ion batteries are a safety issue that needs to be addressed. Lithium-ion batteries can go through a thermal runaway under different abuse conditions including thermal abuse, mechanical abuse, and electrical abuse, leading to a fire or explosion. The NIOSH Mining program is conducting research to prevent and respond to lithium-ion battery fires for battery electric vehicles in the mining industry. In this study, experiments were conducted to investigate the effectiveness of different suppression systems including dry chemical, class D powder, and water mist for lithium iron phosphate battery pack fires. The effects of activation time and release time of the water mist system on the suppression of lithium-ion battery fires were studied. The results of this study may be helpful for developing strategic firefighting and response plans for battery-powered vehicles used in mining.
• Keywords:
  Experiments Fire Suppression Lithium-ion Battery Thermal Runaway
• Source:
  Min Metall Explor. 41(2):637-645
• Pubmed ID:
  39568461
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11578096
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  41
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f5ea3a88665637b4eb53ab94a1b14df46eb8629ab3e672b898b4d32ec64e1ae008dac76dfe84f0b645123c7d53bba8335d44e477351746916bbadd21f330ae78
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170636/cdc_170636_DS1.pdf
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