Battery Hazard Analysis
Learn how Fike is the first safety solutions provider in the world who can both help ensure a battery energy storage system (BESS) will pass UL 9540A and design a thermal management system equipped with the world’s only solution proven to suppress cascading thermal runaway, Fike Blue®.
Prepare for UL 9540A with a Fike BHA
A Fike Battery Hazard Analysis (BHA) determines and validates the protection approach using Fike Blue as the thermal management and fire protection solution to protect lithium ion battery assemblies from thermal runaway.
If you're a manufacturer or an owner of a BESS, a Fike BHA ensures that the BESS equipped with Fike Blue as its thermal management and fire protection system will pass UL 9540A certification at a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL), will meet local AHJ (authorities having jurisdiction) requirements, and most importantly, will keep nearby people and property safe.
The BHA Report received at the end of this process will...
Design and document the protection system, including amount of Fike Blue, nozzle types, detection methods, and more
Identify the number of cells and modules exhibiting thermal runaway
Measure the peak amount of heat release
Provide empirical evidence that the surface temperature maintains below 97°C
Visualize the testing in easy-to-read diagrams, graphs and pictures for AHJs
And much more
Here’s How a Fike Battery Hazard Analysis Works:
- Contact Fike to determine your goals with the BHA
- Work with Fike to help design a fire protection system (see below)
- Ship your BESS unit equipped with the fire suppression system (if applicable) to our large-scale testing facility
- The BHA will begin by heating one battery cell to the point in which thermal runaway occurs
- The fire suppression system will activate (may run multiple tests with different solutions for comparison)
- The BESS will be observed for several days to ensure reignition does not occur
- You will then receive the BHA report within just a few weeks of testing
Need System Design Support?
Whether you are in the process of engineering a new BESS solution or are looking to retrofit an existing BESS with a safer fire protection system, Fike is uniquely capable of helping you meet your safety goals.
We can work with your team to design a fire protection and thermal management system that accounts for all of the unique variables within your ESS, including its volume and dimensions, its number of cells per module and modules per unit, and its battery type and chemistry.
Our team will help you run flow calculations and flow rates to ensure Fike Blue is delivered reliably into the module, will determine which Fike detection devices are ideal for you from both speed and cost perspectives, and much more.
