Battery Safety (thermal runaway) - Adiabatic Calorimetry for Advanced Battery Testing

Lithium ion battery technology offers many advantages in portable power application but one major concern is safety – thermal runaway of the device in both normal and abusive situations. In the White Paper “Battery Safety (thermal runaway) – Adiabatic Calorimetry for Advanced Battery Testing” it will be shown that, it is not only possible to test single components but also complete lithium ion batteries.

By means of a “worst-case scenario” (thermal runaway) scheme, adiabatic calorimetry can provide many pertinent answers, including the temperature at which lithium ion cells or their components can exhibit a highly exothermic reaction during use or storage, the amount of energy released during such a reaction, the speed of the reaction, and the pressure levels arising as a result of the decomposition gas formed.

Due the information obtained by a “worst-case scenario” (thermal runaway), batteries can be evaluated for their hazards potential, but more importantly, the results of a thermal runaway simulation can be used to design inherently safer cells, providing key design information during the development process – reducing development costs and increasing product safety.


For more information we recommend you to read the White Paper:

"Battery Safety (thermal runaway) - Adiabatic Calorimetry for Advanced Battery Testing"