Application Note - Effect of Mechanical Nail Penetration On Battery Thermal Stability
Application Note - Effect of Mechanical Nail Penetration On Battery Thermal Stability
Application Note - Effect of Mechanical Nail Penetration On Battery Thermal Stability
The result of the first test is shown below. This is with a normal, complete and undamaged battery pack
and shows that the thermal stability is detected at a temperature of around 120°C. This is quite a low
temperature but the results show that after detection of the runaway reaction, the temperature rises
quite slowly and reaches a final figure of around 190°C, nearly 130 minutes after the heat release was
detected.
The reaction ended by itself and hence at the end, a flat temperature trace can be seen. Eventually, the
software automatically injects nitrogen into the BTC to start a cool-down.
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The second test was very similar except that the battery pack was purposely damaged by penetration
with a large (5mm diameter) nail which was pushed through. The battery pack was placed on a steel
Application Note: Effect of mechanical nail penetration on battery thermal stability
“tray” before the penetration and then the tray (and battery) were placed in the BTC to start the
thermal stability test.
The results of this test are shown in the plot below where the results look very similar. The thermal
stability problem is detected at almost the same temperature as for the undamaged battery – around
115°C (instead of 125°C in the last test).
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