ESS Safety Working Group | February 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 organizations
in support of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity (DOE OE)
Energy Storage Systems (ESS) Safety Roadmap, this bi-monthly
newsletter facilitates up-to-date knowledge of news, events, and
activities related to ESS safety and reliability.
If you have relevant
content to include in the next issue, email your suggestions to energystorage@sandia.gov by March 15th.
Symposium on Resilient Energy Storage held at Materials
Research Society Meeting
Summer Ferreira (Sandia National Laboratories) and Judy
Jeevarajan (UL) chaired a symposium on Materials and Design for Resilient
Energy Storage at the 2017 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, MA. The symposium spanned November 29th
through December 1st with many speakers and posters on energy
storage materials and safety related topics. The detailed schedule with authors
and abstracts can be found on the event website.
IEEE Energy Storage and Stationary Battery
Committee Meeting: Presentation on Codes
and Standards Now Available
David Conover
(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) presented on the state of energy
storage safety codes and standards at the winter meeting of the IEEE energy
storage and stationary battery (ESSB) committee meeting in Jacksonville, FL. This
was part of a panel on battery related codes that kicked off a productive
meeting of the ESSB Codes subcommittee who is engaging with other standards
organizations such as NFPA and UL. The presentation slides
are available for download.
Webinar: Modeling Gas Release from Lithium-Ion
Batteries during Thermal Runaway
This inciteful webinar, presented by Gerard Back
(Jerry), CFEI, CVFI, and Senior Fire Protection Engineer at Jensen Hughes,
provided detailed results of a simulation based analysis on thermal runaway in
Li-ion batteries.
Everyone Gets Involved: Changing Consumers’
Energy Behavior (IEEE Power & Energy)
The latest issue of IEEE power and energy
magazine focuses on challenges with technology acceptance. Safety, and customer
understanding of safety, are critical to adoption of any new technology
including energy storage. Articles include deep dives into topical areas such
as “Communication Is Key” and “A Part of the Energy In Crowd.” Engaging with
stakeholders on topics such as safety can be tricky, so this technical
discussion focuses on the human and behavioral factors involved in technology
deployment.
Focus on Codes and Standards – January Report
A monthly Codes and Standards Report is developed and published in
support of the Safety Roadmap that provides 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 the 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. Highlights from the January Report
include the following:
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Publication of UL 9540A – Test Method for Evaluating Thermal
Runaway Fire Propagation in Battery ESS
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The first draft of ASME TES-1 Safety Standard for Thermal Energy
Storage Systems has been approved for public review
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Publication of IEEE 1679.1-17 Guide for the Characterization and
Evaluation of Lithium-Based Batteries in Stationary Applications. Proposed
changes to the ICC IFC to revise Chapter 12 of the IFC relating to ESS were
finalized by the ICC FCAC and submitted for consideration during the 2018 code
development cycle.
Energy Storage Systems
Safety and Reliability Forum 2018, March 28-29 Seattle, WA
On behalf of the DOE OE Energy Storage Program, you are invited
to participate in the Energy
Storage Systems Safety and Reliability Forum, a workshop on the safety and
reliability of stationary energy storage systems. The purpose of this workshop is to further advance the current DOE roadmap for energy storage
safety and reliability that meets the needs of industry stakeholders. As a key
stakeholder within the energy storage community, your input will help identify
the challenges, opportunities, and potential solutions for improving energy
storage systems. Register
by March 21st.
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