KULR Technology Successfully Completes 200 Amp-Hour Battery Fractional Thermal Runaway Calorimetry Test for EV Customer
William Walker, KULR CTO, stated, “Thermal runaway testing in general is a challenge where numerous variables and their impacts must be considered. Ultimately, we are characterizing very violent events. If the objective is closed, or semi-closed, in format testing the larger the cell -- the more difficult the test.” Walker continued, “When a lithium-ion cell goes into thermal runaway, we have immense amount of heat and gas released, with estimates of gas generation to be on the order of 3 liters per Ah. For 200 Ah cell, this means we must be prepared to deal with up to 600 liters of hot, toxic, and corrosive gases that are released in as little as 3-5 seconds. The KULR engineering team’s modifications to the NASA developed technology allowed us to successfully facilitate, instrument, and characterize the thermal runaway event of a NMC based 200 Ah cell for one of our customers.”
- Just last year, a leading global automaker selected KULR for its next-generation EV battery safety and testing solutions.
- Recently, EV automakers have been exploring high-performance silicon-anode batteries and other technologies to enhance driving range and reduce costs in future electric vehicles.
- This technology was eventually licensed by KULR Technology Corporation on an exclusive basis in 2023.
- William Walker, KULR CTO, stated, “Thermal runaway testing in general is a challenge where numerous variables and their impacts must be considered.