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Intumescent battery housing improves lithium-ion battery safety

Posted June 30th, 2019 by Charged EVs & filed under Newswire, Sponsored Content, The Tech.

Sponsored by Pyrophobic Systems Ltd. By Dr. Sean Luo Pyrophobic Systems Ltd. has developed and commercialized an innovative intumescent battery housing LithiumPrevent™ to mitigate the risk of fire and explosion and improve the safety in the operational use, storage, logistics, manufacturing and testing of lithium (ion) batteries. Battery Fire Containment The LithiumPrevent™ battery housing is… Read more »

An airbag for battery packs: PyroPhobic says its unique thermoplastics will stop thermal runaway

Posted December 19th, 2016 by Michael Kent & filed under Features, Fleets and Infrastructure Features, Tech Features.

Engineers have been searching for ways to mitigate the risk of fire with Li-ion batteries since the technology was first commercialized. Chemists are creating new cell formulations that are less prone to problems, electronics experts are designing fail-safe battery management systems, and mechanical engineers are building complex cooling and fire suppression systems. A common rule… Read more »