Hazard Applications
Identifying lithium-ion battery hazards in personal, public and professional environments.
Electronics
- Smart Phones
- Laptops
- Power Tools
- Medical Devices
Transportation
- Hybrid/Electric Vehicles
- Electric Buses/Trains
- Electric Bikes/Scooters
- Aviation/Maritime
Energy Storage
- Industrial Energy Storage
- Large-scale Rack System Storage
- Large-scale Charging Stations
- Workshop/Garage Energy Storage
+ More
Thermal Runaway
How does overcharging, temperature and trauma contribute to thermal runaway?
Overcharging
Overcharging electric vehicles and personal devices can lead to them overheating. This can trigger thermal runaway.
Temperature
Avoid charging vehicles and devices in extreme temperatures. Thermal runaway can be triggered by both extremes.
Trauma
A vehicle collision or device drop can cause trauma severe enough to trigger thermal runaway hours, days, weeks or months later.
Toxic Off-gases
How does Encapsulator Technology reduce toxic off-gas exposure?
Flammable Electrolyte
The flammable liquid medium which aids in the movement of ions within lithium-ion batteries.
Hydrogen Fluoride Gas
An acute poisonous gas released by burning lithium-ion batteries that can permanently damage the lungs and eyes.
Carbon Monoxide
One of more than 100 toxic flammable off-gases emitted by burning lithium-ion batteries.
Third-party Testing
Over a decade of scientific testing documented in NFPA 18A Annex 4.3.
Testing Partners
Encapsulator Agents conforming to Section 7.7
have been tested extensively by independent third-party
organizations. This testing has been controlled, scientific
and highly instrumented, documenting fire suppression,
control and elimination of thermal runaway and
encapsulation of both flammable electrolyte and other
explosive off-gases, rendering them nonexplosive and
reducing the toxicity of HF gas exposure to humans.
Fraunhofer HHI
2019
Fraunhofer HHI
2021
New York Port Authority
2022
Chronology
Over a decade of acceptance points to one solution: Encapsulator Technology
2008
Bosch
Hazard Control Technologies Europe provides Bosch with F-500 Encapsulator Agent to conduct fire suppression testing on lithium-ion batteries.
2009
Bosch
Bosch concludes fire suppression comparison testing of water, foam, powder and F-500 Encapsulator Agent on lithium-ion and nickel-metal hydride batteries as well as other production parts.
2009
2009
Bosch
Hazard Control Technologies Europe was invited to Bosch headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. F-500 Encapsulator Agent was chosen as a product of choice by Bosch for extinguishing lithium-ion batteries. Bosch becomes our official reference customer.
2009
VDA
Bosch communicates their findings at VDA. The VDA nationally and internationally promotes the interests of the German automotive industry.
2009
2010
Baden-Wurttemberg State Fire School
Bosch shares their findings with the Baden-Wurttemberg State Fire School.
2011
Baden-Wurttemberg State Fire School
Baden-Wurttemberg Fire School publishes an application guideline on the potential dangers involving vehicles with lithium-ion batteries referencing the use of F-500 Encapsulator Agent to mitigate lithium-ion battery hazards.
2011
2011
BrandSchutz Magazine
An article appears in BrandSchutz Magazine discussing the use of F-500 Encapsulator Agent for high-voltage car hazards.
2012
DEKRA
DEKRA issues a press release with final test reports and recommends F-500 Encapsulator Agent in an opinion letter.
2012
2013
Formula 1
BrandSchutz Magazine describes an incident at the Barcelona Formula 1 Grand Prix that prompted the Hockenheim Circuit to test and accept F-500 Encapsulator Agents as their only firefighting agent, replacing all foam.
2013
SAE International Conference
DEKRA Automotive GmbH, Daimler AG and Deutsche ACCUmotive GmbH & Co. KG present the DEKRA Report findings in Detroit, MI at the SAE International Conference. The report receives attention from NFPA and the United States automotive industry.
2013
2015
General Motors
General Motors invites Hazard Control Technologies to their headquarters to test F-500 Encapsulator Agent on lithium-ion battery hazards.
2016
General Motors
General Motors specifies F-500 Encapsulator Agent for their lithium-ion battery abuse lab.
2016
2016
Tesla
Tesla specifies F-500 Encapsulator Agent and installs the first F-500 Encapsulator Agent powered fire suppression system engineered and designed for battery charging areas at the Tesla Giga Factory in Sparks, NV.
2016
Jaguar
Jaguar standardizes on F-500 Encapsulator Agent for lithium-ion battery hazard protection.
2016
2017
Kiwa
Kiwa Netherlands B.V. lithium-ion battery testing concludes F-500 Encapsulator Agent is the most effective agent on lithium-ion battery fires when tested against foam and dry chemical fire extinguishing agents.
2018
Nanjing Tech University
The College of Safety Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, in Nanjing, China, publishes an abstract for the 8th International Conference on Fire Science and Fire Protection Engineering summarizing previous experimental studies on lithium-ion battery fire suppression using F-500 Encapsulator Agent.
2018
2019
Fraunhofer
Fraunhofer HHI in Goslar, Germany tests the extinguishing power of F 500 Encapsulator Agent on lithium-ion battery fires at their battery and sensor testing center.
2020
TU Clausthal
TU Clausthal lithium-ion battery testing in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany concludes that using a 2% solution of F-500 Encapsulator Agent to extinguish a lithium-ion battery fire is significantly superior to using plain water.
2020
2021
Fraunhofer
Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunication and Heinrich Hertz Institute, HHI conduct a sprinkler testing series on F-500 Encapsulator Agent for lithium-ion battery fire suppression.
2022
NFPA 18A Annex 4.3
Encapsulator Technology is mentioned in the 2022 edition of NFPA under 18A Annex 4.3 for lithium-ion battery fire hazards. “This testing has been controlled, scientific and highly instrumented, documenting fire suppression, control and elimination of thermal runaway and encapsulation of both flammable electrolyte and other explosive off-gases, rendering them nonexplosive. Encapsulator Technology reduces the toxicity of HF gas exposure to humans.”
2022
2022
Sapienza University of Rome
The department of chemical engineering at Sapienza University of Rome, systems and technologies for mobility and accumulation laboratory, ENE DTE-PCU-STMA, central directorate for prevention and technical safety, CR Casaccia and the national fire brigade of Rome, Italy publish an experimental investigation of Encapsulator Technology for lithium-ion battery fire suppression.
2022
Beijing Institute of Technology
The State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology and Beijing Institute of Technology in Beijing, China publish an experimental investigation of F-500 Encapsulator Agent on lithium-ion phosphate battery fire suppression focusing on rapid heat reduction.
2022
2022
Beijing Institute of Technology
The State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology and the department of engineering physics at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China publish an investigation on extinguishment mechanisms of a spherical micelle and the effectiveness of F-500 Encapsulator Agent on lithium-ion battery fires.
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