Homeowners are pushing back because last year there were three fires at lithium battery facilities, including one in Orange County. The fires can be difficult to extinguish and burn for days. "Two hundred feet from someone's property line, that's pretty scary. A big plume of smoke in...
This year in the city, lithium-ion batteries have sparked 180 fires that injured 101 people and killed 14, according to FDNY. Read More: New York City to begin enforcing lithium-ion battery certification law aimed at preventing fires on Sept. 16 Officials said cheaper, unregulated ...
In September,New York City started enforcing e-bike battery certification at retailers, which requires any mobility device using lithium-ion batteries to meet compliance standards before being sold. Earlier in February, FDNY Chief Fire Marshal Daniel Flynn sounded the alarm on Capitol Hill, urging ...
Meanwhile, the FDNY says the number of lithium-ion battery fires so far this year is about the same as last year, but deaths are down and structural fires are down. They believe more people are charging batteries outside. Do you have a story that needs investigating? Let us know. ...
Continuing to charge a fully charged battery could cause a fire due to overcharging. Recently in Korea, there have been frequent fires in the ESS (energy storage system) operating in conjunction with solar power. Therefore, the manufacturer recommended that customers limit the amount of charge ...
The proposed MFFRLS-UKF method obtained an accurate estimation of SOC especially when the battery was running in an environment of changing temperature. Keywords: battery management system; state of charge estimation; multiple forgetting factor; recursive least square; online parameter identification 1. ...
Recently, several accidents were reported due to Li-ion battery failure. In the past few years, several cases were reported where cell phones, laptops, hoverboards, etc. caught fire due to Li-ion battery failure. According to a news report, there were 92 cases of Samsung Galaxy Note fires,...