ESS Safety Working Group | August Newsletter
“Foster confidence in the safety and reliability of energy storage systems.”
In order to encourage open, transparent, and ongoing
communication and collaboration among all stakeholders and their associations
and organizations, we have started a bi-monthly newsletter to facilitate
up-to-date knowledge of energy storage systems (ESS) safety news, events, and working
group activities.
If you have relevant
content to include in the next issue, email your suggested content to energystorage@sandia.gov by October 15.
R&D Data Repository Website Now Available
A new R&D Data Repository has been
added to the energy storage safety working group website. This site holds a
collection of public data to support a broad-based research effort toward the
advancement of energy storage system safety. This repository is intended to
host public access data supplied by institutions and testing laboratories
working on energy storage safety research. If you have a data set that you would
like to host in the repository, please e-mail us at energystorage@sandia.gov.
Energy Storage Systems - Overview of the Technology,
Safety Related Issues and Codes/Standards
PNNL and Sandia have
prepared a Power Point that provides an overview of energy storage technologies
and safety related issues. The presentation is intended to provide a foundation
of energy storage safety knowledge that is applicable and useful to a broad
range of stakeholders.
Safety Focused Modeling of Lithium-ion
Batteries: A Review
Researchers
at IFP Energies Nouvelles, INERIS, and Sorbonne Universités published a review of modeling
techniques used to analyze the safety of lithium-ion batteries that is gaining
interest, attention, and citations. The paper presents an in-depth outlook of
modeling approaches for investigating Li-ion battery safety with a special
focus on thermal runaway and the influence of aging.
Energy Storage System Safety: Comparing
Vanadium Redox Flow and Lithium-Ion Based Systems
Energy Response Solutions, a consulting company that provides
training materials and safety related resources to the fire service community,
released a white paper comparing the different
hazards, controls, and code requirements for lithium-ion an vanadium redox flow
battery systems.
Focus on Codes and Standards - July and August Reports
The Codes and Standards Reports for May, June, July and August 2017 support the Safety
Roadmap by providing information on current and upcoming efforts being
conducted by U.S. standards developing organizations and other entities that
are focused on ESS safety. The model codes, standards, and other
documents (guidelines, recommended practices, etc.) covered in each report are
classified in relation to their scope relative to ESS from the ‘macro to
the micro’ and include overarching codes and standards as well as codes and
standards for installation, complete ESS, and components. The reports are
issued monthly to ensure the information provided is timely, as development of
the covered documents is very dynamic.
National Electrical Code (NEC)
Proposed changes to the next version of the NEC are due to the National Fire
Protection Association September 7th. The last version
included Article 706 on energy storage systems. Make sure to submit your
changes by the deadline. A list of standards and important dates can be found
in the Status of Codes and Standards section
of the ESS Working Group website.
NFPA 855
An initial draft of NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of
Stationary Energy Storage Systems, is now available for first public input with
a due date of October 4, 2017. Comments received from the first public input will be discussed by
the NFPA 855 Committee at their meeting in Dallas, TX on October 23-25,
2017.
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