Flammability of Cartoned Lithium Ion Batteries

• Main Authors: Long Jr., R. Thomas (Author), Sutula, Jason A. (Author), Kahn, Michael J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Fire,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Electric power production.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Civil engineering.; Civil Engineering.; Energy Technology.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.

This SpringerBrief summarizes a full-scale, reduced commodity fire testing comparison of cartoned Lithium ion batteries and FM Global standard commodities in a rack storage configuration, as reported by FM Global. Tests evaluate the flammability characteristics of the materials and the effectiveness...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Background
• Commodity Description
• FM Global Reduced-Commodity Testing
• FM Global Large-Scale Fire Sprinkler Testing
• Conclusions
• Possible Future Work.