Li-ion Tamer Gas Detection
Lithium-ion battery fires are amongst the most common in the UK. With early detection, they can be prevented. Li-ion Tamer Gas Detection identifies battery failures before they escalate, reducing damage and preventing potentially severe damage.
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About Li-ion Tamer Gas Detection
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About Li-ion Tamer Gas Detection
According to a 2023 study by the Environmental Services Association (ESA), 48% of all waste fires are caused by lithium-ion batteries in the UK each year. Li-ion Tamer Gas Detection was designed to make batteries safer. Using smart technology, Li-ion Tamer works to identify battery failures and provide a warning at the earliest stage, preventing severe damage, and giving facility managers time to react to the issue.
Lithium-ion Battery Failure
Li-ion battery failure can be broken down into four stages:
- Abuse factor: thermal (over-heating), electrical (over-charging), or mechanical abuse.
- Off-gas generation: occurs regardless of cell form-factor.
- Smoke generation: thermal runaway has started and catastrophic failure is imminent.
- Fire generation: likelihood of propagation drastically increases (thermal runaway).
What is thermal runaway?
Thermal runaway is a process that is accelerated by an increase in temperature, in turn releasing energy that further increases the temperature, and becomes uncontrollable.
Off-gas generation is the second stage in Li-ion battery failure, before smoke generation and thermal runaway takes place. Off-gas generation occurs when a battery cell begins to fail: electrolytes break down and produce gas, which causes an internal pressure buildup. This is ultimately released from the cell in an off-gas event. Off-gas generation occurs between 2 and 30 minutes before smoke generation and thermal runaway. Knowing when this occurs allows for prevention or relief of a battery failure.
Early detection of Lithium-ion battery systems can prevent the fire from breaking out in the first place.
How does Li-ion Tamer work?
Li-ion Tamer is designed to make battery storage systems safer by providing an early warning through smarter sensing. Li-ion Tamer works at the second stage of battery failure – between off-gas generation and smoke generation – to stop thermal runaway before it escalates. An off-gas monitor is placed at each battery rack to monitor off-gas events. It can detect a single cell battery failure in a typical open-air battery rack. When failing lithium-ion batteries emit off-gas, Li-ion Tamer can detect this before the cell fails and give an alert, typically between 2 and 30 minutes before a thermal runaway event occurs. This provides time to respond and react to the issue.
How much does Li-ion Tamer cost?
The cost of a Li-ion Tamer system is dependent on the scale of your project. For more information, call us on 01332 865091, or click here for a free, no-obligation quote.
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How much does Li-ion Tamer Gas Detection cost?
Pricing for Li-ion Tamer is dependent on the scale of the project. Contact us on 01332 865091 to talk to a member of our team.
What is thermal runaway?
Thermal runaway is the term used to describe the process of an uncontrollable increase in temperature.
What is Li-ion Tamer Gas Detection?
Li-ion Tamer Gas Detection is a system that uses smart sensors to identify lithium-ion battery failure and provide a warning to facility managers that smoke and fire generation is about to occur, so they can respond effectively to the incident.