Tag: Battery fires
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SoNick the non-flammable battery
If you’re serious about battery safety, one battery stands head and shoulders above all other battery technologies. It’s the Sodium Nickel (SoNick) salt battery, manufactured by FZSoNick and distributed in Australia by GridEdge. With increasing demands for battery safety standards, SoNick is a unique product that helps our partners stand out. The SoNick battery technology…
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Electric bus battery explosion fires
As the world moves towards electrifying the transport system with the utilisation of electric cars, scooters, busses, trains etc. we need to make sure we take into account the inherent dangers of lithium-ion batteries. It is not uncommon for lithium-ion batteries to catch fire while charging whether they are in phones, computers, work tools, house…
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Tesla Victorian big battery fire
Lithium-ion batteries are notorious for being difficult to put out once they have caught fire. Lithium-ion batteries often reignite once they have caught fire and the fire has been put out. It is even more difficult for fire fighters in that they can’t use water or any other suppression methods to extinguish a lithium-ion battery…
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Battery safety and fire risk
When installing energy storage batteries more people are becoming aware or the risks associated with batteries that have a possibility of going into thermal runaway.
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NASA robot catches fire
On June 14, 2016, four researchers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory were preparing to ship a waist-high, ape-like robot named RoboSimian off-site. The robot had been built to rescue people from dangerous situations that were to difficult for human rescuers. The scientists swapped one lithium-ion battery for a fresh one, then left for lunch…
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Redflow welcomes safety-first fire rules for batteries
Just like GridEdge’s sodium nickel chloride battery technology Redflow’s flow battery is well suited to Australia’s varying weather conditions and doesn’t have the fire risks that lithium ion batteries do. Along with GridEdge and many other non-lithium battery companies Australian battery company Redflow Limited (ASX:RFX) has welcomed proposed new regulations that prioritise fire safety for…
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Fire risk for solar and batteries
Victoria’s Metropolitan Fire Brigade says it may take “Years to understand’ the fire risk posed by lithium ion battery storage The MFB said the solar installations were vulnerable to faults across their systems, including isolation switches, inverters and installed wiring, and from deteriorating components. The alarming figures come as the solar battery storage industry…
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Battery Standards and Lithium battery fires
It is interesting that everyone is up in arms about the battery standards being introduced into Australia but maybe people should be asking why these standards are being brought in. It is not only government and coal company lobbying. Yes, lithium ion batteries are currently cheaper and installing them in safer locations will add cost…