Safety Research Submission

The following form is used to submit new entires to EPRI Safety Research Database. This resource is an internal database provided to EPRI member utilities participating in energy storage safety research to support the safe deployment of ESS project. For additional information, see the Battery Storage Fire Safety Roadmap that is linked at the bottom of this page.

For any questions about this form or other EPRI Energy Storage safety research, please contact our Storage Safety email.

All entries will be reviewed before inclusion in the database and may be edited for clarity or content.

Energy Storage Research Product Submission Form

Comments: Please provide a description of the research (500 characters max)

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Safety Technology Category: Help us to understand to what technology category this research belongs (Select all that apply)

• Sensors & Detection
• Analysis
• Thermal Barrier
• Failure Prevention
• Fire Suppression
• Explosion Prevention
• Explosion Mitigation
• Environmental
• Other (if multiple, separate with semicolons)

EPRI Energy Storage Safety Roadmap Tags: Tag this research with the relevant Safety Roadmap Tags (Select all that apply)

• ST1 Addressing the common explosion hazard
• RP1 Response plan guidelines for existing and future BESS
• RP2 Response plan standardization
• RP3 Hazard state identification and communication
• RP4 Contamination management
• DT1 Improving availability and application of 9540A testing
• DT2 Inclusion of gas prediction and deflagration protection tools in BESS design processes
• DT3 Expansion of 9540A testing to address statistical variation and multiple cell failures
• DT4 Guidelines for selection and design of suppression systems
• DT5 Standardized electrical controls reporting
• DT6 Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) guidance
• DT7 Integrated system design tools
• DT8 Adequacy and inclusion of thermal runaway propagation prediction tools in BESS design processes
• TD1 Robust electrical controls
• TD2 Detection of state of thermal reaction
• TD3 Detection of future thermal runaway events
• TD4 Detection of deflagration and toxicity risks
• TD5 Limitation of propagation using thermal controls
• TD6 Minimization of thermal runaway using thermal controls
• TD7 Safe cells with no thermal runaway potential
• TD8 Thermal runaway vent gas routing management during failure
• TD9 Ignition control
• I don't know.

Contact Information: So that we can reach out to you with any questions

Name

Email

Organization type:

• Utility
• Product vendor
• System integrator
• Researcher
• Other

EPRI Energy Storage Safety Roadmap Background

The topics and organization of this database is referenced in the publicly available Battery Storage Fire Safety Roadmap developed by EPRI.

Research topics are shown as circles represented with estimated potential improvement to safety of a single system (the size of the circle), estimated required effort to complete (Y-axis), and time frame of applicability (X-axis). Topic titles listed in the table below. To learn more about each Safety Roadmap task click on the bubbles above or links referenced in the table below to view the relevant section within the Battery Storage Fire Safety Roadmap document.

Safety Category	Topic
ST: Special Topics	ST1: Addressing the common explosion hazard
RP: Response Plans	RP1: Response plan guidelines for existing and future BESS
	RP2: Response plan standardization
	RP3: Hazard state identification and communication
	RP4: Contamination management
DT: Design Tools	DT1: Improving availability and application of 9540A testing
	DT2: Inclusion of gas prediction and deflagration protection tools in BESS design processes
	DT3: Expansion of 9540A testing to address statistical variation and multiple cell failures
	DT4: Guidelines for selection and design of suppression systems
	DT5: Standardized electrical controls reporting
	DT6: Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) guidance
	DT7: Integrated system design tools
	DT8: Adequacy and inclusion of thermal runaway propagation prediction tools in BESS design processes
TD: Technology Development	TD1: Robust electrical controls
	TD2: Detection of state of thermal reaction
	TD3: Detection of future thermal runaway events
	TD4: Detection of deflagration and toxicity risks
	TD5: Limitation of propagation using thermal controls
	TD6: Minimization of thermal runaway using thermal controls
	TD7: Safe cells with no thermal runaway potential
	TD8: Thermal runaway vent gas routing management during failure
	TD9: Ignition control