Lithium-ion Batteries
Incidents involving lithium-ion batteries continue to skyrocket.
Our patented Encapsulator Technology is NFPA and NEN recognized and backed by fifteen years of scientific third-party lithium-ion battery fire testing.
Burning lithium-ion batteries can pose many risks that separate them from your average emergency, including thermal runaway, toxic, flammable and explosive 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 scrap yards and recycling facilities across the world.
Energy Storage Systems
A comprehensive system designed to detect, extinguish and protect.
Engineered control panels will alert your custom designed fire suppression system after detecting flammable vapors.
2. Extinguish
At the time of detection, our signature Diamond Doser Water-driven Proportioner System will accurately proportion Encapsulator Technology into your existing sprinkler or deluge system.
3. Protect
Our VEEP system provides innovative technology capable of encapsulating toxic flammable off-gases on an ongoing basis, preventing an explosion.
Markets
Identifying lithium-ion battery hazards in personal, public and professional environments.
Automotive
Aviation
Environmental
Fire Service
Maritime
Medical
Military
Mining
Power
Recycling
Tech
Warehousing
Multi-level Mitigation
Lithium-ion battery fire mitigation on three distinct levels.
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.
Third-party Testing
Celebrating fifteen years of NFPA and NEN recognized scientific testing.
Testing Partners
NFPA 18A Annex 4.3
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.
NEN NTA 8133
The Dutch NEN NTA 8133 standard is the first publication that deals with lithium-ion batteries, applying to smartphones, laptops, power tools, household appliances, medical equipment, drones, e-bikes and more. Only fire extinguishers meeting its requirements, such as F-500 EA, may use the NEN NTA 8133 marking. Our European Water Mist Hose is third-party tested on lithium-ion batteries up to 3,400 Wh, far exceeding the NEN NTA 8133 minimum of 600 Wh.
Fraunhofer HHI
2019
Fraunhofer HHI
2021
Port Authority NY NJ
2022
Chronology
Fifteen years of acceptance and counting 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.
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.
2021
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
2023
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