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Safety Considerations for Battery
ManufactureTony Richardson
Environment, Health and Safety Manager – UKBIC
Session Sponsor:
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UK Battery Industrialisation CentreAn independent open access national facility
CENEX ConferenceHealth, Safety & Environment in Manufacturing
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UK Industrial StrategyGovernment Investment: Faraday Battery Challenge
£78m ‘Application-inspired’ research programme co-ordinated at national scale
Creation of the Faraday Institution –responsible for coordination of research and training programmes
Four ‘fast-start’ projects announced Jan 2018 (£42m) – Battery Degradation, Multi-scale Modelling, Recycling, Solid State Batteries
£88m for innovation programme to support business-led collaborative R&D with co-investment from industry
Address technical challenges for battery development and build UK supply chain
£38 million committed in Round 1 (2017) to Collaborative R&D and Feasibility Study projects – projects addressing range of areas from cell materials to pack integration and BMS to recycling
£22 million committed in Round 2 to 12 CR&D and Feasibility Study projects
£108m for UK Battery Industrialisation Centre
Scale up programme to allow companies of all sizes to rapidly move new battery technologies to market
Develop manufacturing tools and processes for mass production
Demonstrate production-rate reliability and quality
Supporting UK skills development for a growing battery industry
Research ScaleInnovate
i£274 million Government Investment (2017-2021)
‘Enabling design, development and manufacture of batteries for EVs’
ISCF Faraday Battery Challenge
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Schematic layout – prototype plantUKBIC Overview Process Schematic in UKBIC
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UKBICCustomer Journey
A joint focus group created to better understand the gaps of knowledge within the environment of the
battery manufacturing industry
Importantly, to take the journey to understand the implications of a Giga-Factory
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UKBICLegislative Gaps
Electricity @ Work Act▪ Does the regulation go far enough?▪ Reliance on PPE, procedural, training?▪ Competency – What does Competency look like?▪ Training – Limited suitable training providers.
ADR – What are the requirements for the transportation of EV Packs?▪ What about damaged vehicles?▪ How do the dismantlers transport damaged packs?
DGSA – Does the guidance cover the aspects of the Lithium ion vehicle batteries sufficiently?▪ Class 9 goes as far as <30kgs for a EV Pack ?
BSI Standards – Currently no standards in place for the manufacturing process of lithium Ion Batteries.▪ Faraday Institute are pursuing a P.A.S. document for this subject
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Lithium Ion BatteriesThermal Run-away
• Stage 1 – Onset of thermal runaway
• SEI layer breakdown, electrolyte degradation
• Temperature is controllable
• Stage 2 – Acceleration
• Venting, accelerated heating, positive electrode degradation
• Temperature will require intervention to control
• Stage 3 – Thermal Runaway
• Exponential temperature rise, cell venting, uncontrolled flame and explosion
• Exotherm difficult to control
Thermal runaway occurs when a cell has reached the temperature at which the internal temperature will continue to increase on its own and it becomes self-sustaining as it can generate its own Oxygen.
Contributory Factors of Thermal Runaway▪ Chemistry Type▪ State of Charge▪ Capacity of the Cell▪ Cell Design
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Thermal RunawayLow State of Charge
Note: The tests indicate that Thermal Runaway above 50% SoC is significantly
greater than those at <25%
NCA
Similar evidence seen in other chemistries i.e. LFP, NMC
? It is this area of the cell testing that I wanted to investigate.
Commissioned a low State of Charge feasibility abuse study with WMG looking at cylindrical cells @ 5%, 10%, 15% & 30% SoC
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Thermal RunawayLow State of Charge
Areas of note:1. Venting occurs at the same temperature with the NMC8112. The obvious decrease in temperature rise the lower the SoC3. At 5%, difficult to get the cell into a TR situation
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Thermal RunawayLow State of Charge
Areas of note:1. The NCA venting at slightly differing times2. Similar pattern as the NMC as the charge decreased 3. The 5% cell did get to TR – unexplained temperature increase
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Thermal RunawayLow State of Charge
Areas of note:1. LFP a known safer chemistry2. Difficult to get into TR condition at all SoCs3. Did not ignite.
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Thermal RunawayLow State of Charge
Areas of note:1. Venting occurred at differing temperatures (design?)2. The 5% cell did get to TR (due to a low energy flame when ignited effecting the temp resistors)3. Similar patterns of temperature rise
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Thermal RunawayLow State of Charge
All Chemistries @ 5%1. Interestingly the difference between the NCA/Gr+Si and that of NMC811
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Thermal RunawayLow State of Charge
All Chemistries @ 30%1. Experience a similar pattern and temperature increase at TR2. Energy is exhausted rapidly in comparison to that of the 5% SoC
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Thermal RunawayLow State of Charge
Summary of the testing
The principle for the abuse testing was primarily to gain a greater understanding of the cell behaviour at low states of charge
Intended to be carried out as a feasibility study for further testing
Next steps▪ Test commercially available NMC622 cells for comparison ▪ Determine SoC of interest for repeat testing ▪ Review into issues regarding storage of Packs at low SoC
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High VoltageTraining & Competency
Simple question – What are the Safe Protocols for the UK to adopt ?
From a safety perspective – We currently have no guidance on what the training competencies looks like in the manufacturing arena.- Working within the LV & HV environment as manual process.
- Low State of Charge during the Module and Pack Assembly process ?
- Training operative to a higher standard - time/commitment/cost
Note▪ Limited suitable training providers▪ Guidance required to define appropriate training to ensure
safe practices within the manufacturing arena
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Waste and RecyclingOpportunities for the future
▪ No UK Waste recycling infrastructure.▪ Currently UK send to Europe for recycling▪ Limited investment in the Waste industry▪ Appropriate recycling technology is
available▪ Recovery of the battery materials verses
cost for virgin material▪ To achieve the 2035 goals of numerous
Giga-factories requires the circular economy principles
▪ Difficulties with Secondary Life and the associated liabilities
▪ Faraday projects like VALUABLE making steps toward driving improvements forward
EV Batteries – POM, EOL, Recycling (tonnes globally)
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Electrode ManufacturingUse of Methyl 2 Pyrrolidone (NMP)
Methyl 2 Pyrrolidone - NMP solvent
NMP is the liquid component of the Cathode slurry that dissolves the PvDF binding material.
Listed within REACH and placed on the Candidate list as a SVHC ‘H360D’ - Can cause damage to the unborn child’
Significant recognised health effects and therefore associate restrictions on it’s use.
Safety – WELs set and adopted by the industry voluntarily
Environmentally – Restrictive ELVs where new and/or expensive technologies are required
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UKBICInsurers
UKBIC engagement with a reputable insurance Underwriter
▪ 9 months of communication
▪ Thorough in areas as would be expected i.e. Sprinklers / Building fabric
▪ An apparent lack of knowledge and understanding of the Battery industry
▪ Extinguishing methods: Effectiveness of Water & Nitrogen
▪ Very Risk Adverse
▪ Do Underwriters need more comprehensive research data ?
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2.30 mins
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A Global FM test Study in 2016Represents a large-scale fire test to assess the effectiveness of a standard sprinkler to extinguish a Lithium Ion battery fire (24 pallet loads) within an open framed double row steel racking.
(7.3m long, 2.3m wide & 4.6m high)
The sprinkler operated 1min 30sec after ignition, and was brought under control within 6 mins
6 mins
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UKBICEV Fire
Hyundai Kona EV – Exploded and Blew the Doors off their garage !!
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UKBICCombustion Engine Fires – let’s not forget !!
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UKBICHS&E in EV Manufacturing
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and stay safe!
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