Incidents involving

lithium-ion battery fires

continue to skyrocket.

 

Burning lithium-ion batteries can pose many risks that separate them from your average emergency, including thermal runaway, flammable, explosive and toxic off-gases, corrosive flammable electrolyte and the possibility of re-igniton. If thermal runaway propagation is not halted properly, lithium-ion batteries have a documented history of re-igniting hours to days post-incident. This is becoming a devastating hazard for business owners and first responders across the world.

Markets

 

Automotive

 

Aviation

 

Environmental

 

Fire Service

 

Maritime

 

Medical

 

Military

 

Mining

 

Power

 

Recycling

 

Tech

 

Warehousing

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YOU
KNOWNFPA and NEN
recognized F-500 EA
has been tested up to
3,400 Wh, far exceeding
the NEN NTA 8133
minimum of 600 Wh.

Multi-level Mitigation

Flammability

An Encapsulator Agent’s ability to encapsulate flammable corrosive electrolyte and rapidly reduce heat three-dimensionally, stopping the spread of cell-to-cell ignition, results in the halting of thermal runaway propagation. These same features allow an Encapsulator Agent to provide long-term and stable burn back resistance, preventing re-ignition.

Explosivity

Encapsulator Agents are proven to encapsulate explosive off-gases emitted by burning lithium-ion batteries, such as Hydrogen (H2), Methane (CH4) and Ethylene (C2H4). This is especially important while mitigating lithium-ion battery hazards within enclosed environments, such as high-rise apartments, data centers, aircraft cabins, energy storage systems and more.

Toxicity

Encapsulator Agents reduce the concentration of toxic off-gases produced during a lithium-ion battery fire, including Hydrogen Fluoride (HF), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and more. Many burning lithium-ion batteries are capable of emitting dozens of toxic off-gases; some of which are also highly flammable.

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DID
YOU
KNOWF-500 EA has
undergone over 15 years
of rigorous third-party
testing on lithium-ion
battery fires, sparked by
the European automotive
industry in 2008.

Third-party Testing

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Testing Partners

Fraunhofer HHI

2019

Fraunhofer HHI

2021

Port Authority NY NJ

2022

Chronology

  • 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.

  • 2017

    conEdison

    conEdison set out to test the return current back through the stream created by a hose line while looking at the variables of voltage, distance to the source and various suppression agents to establish safe standoff distances while manually extinguishing fires within a lithium-ion battery rack system. The results show that F-500 EA is safe to use at both 3% and 6% from a 10 ft distance on a 2 kV source. This 10 ft standoff distance also complies with the OSHA standard for unqualified personnel on a 1 kV source.

     

    2017

  • 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.

  • 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.

     

    2019

  • 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.

  • 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.

     

    2021

  • 2021

     

    NEN NTA 8133

    F-500 Encapsulator Agent (F-500 EA) successfully completes several testing trials required to achieve the Dutch NTA 8133 standard. This is the first publication that deals with lithium-ion batteries with limited capacity up to 600 Wh. This includes electronics like smartphones, laptops, power tools, household appliances, medical equipment, drones, e-bikes, etc. Only fire extinguishers meeting these requirements, such as F-500 EA, may use the NTA 8133 marking.

  • 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.

  • 2022

    Port Authority NY NJ

    Testing is conducted on both a lithium-ion battery pack fire as well as a fully involved hybrid vehicle fire at the Port Authority NY NJ. A drastic decrease in toxic, flammable and explosive off-gases as well as rapid drop in temperature while extinguishing these fires results in the Port Authority NY NJ implementing the utilization of F-500 Encapsulator Agent (F-500 EA) for lithium-ion battery fire suppression.

     

    2022

  • 2023

     

    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

    A detailed experimental study is conducted at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Pittsburgh Mining Research Division (PMRD). Water mist with different flow rates, ABC powder, type D dry chemical, and water mist with F-500 EA additive are used as the fire suppression agents. Multiple thermocouples are installed on the battery packs to measure the temperature evolution during the tests. The results indicate that the water mist with F-500 EA additive is the most effective suppressant among the agents tested.

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pail of F-500 EA has
been used to efficiently
extinguish a Tesla fire.

 

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