Our aerosol extinguishing systems and fire extinguishers are extremely suitable for protecting lithium-ion batteries. Many fire extinguishers are unsuitable for extinguishing lithium-ion batteries due to the high risk of dangerous chemical reactions and re-ignition. Thanks to their unique properties, our aerosol generators do not have these problems. Our systems can be used for the protection of production, storage and transport. Our generators have already been successfully used in:
Lithium-ion cells pose a major challenge to fire protection because the flames that arise during a fire reach extremely high temperatures and there is therefore a high risk of an uncontrollable fire spread.
The use of extinguishing water only leads to an extinguishing success with an extremely large amount of water. This is hardly feasible with mobile extinguishing systems and often not possible even with stationary sprinkler systems. In addition, when water comes into contact with burning battery cells, explosive amounts of hydrogen can be formed and when the lithium in the cells cross-reacts, highly toxic acids, such as hydrofluoric acid, for example, are formed. Therefore, the fire extinguishing water must also be collected and handled with particular care as it can be potentially hazardous waste.
That is why our aerosol as an extinguishing agent has now established itself among many users as the means of choice for fire protection of lithium-ion cells.
Aerosol has the following major advantages in the fire protection of lithium-ion batteries:
The ZSW report summarizes as follows: “… Burning lithium cells were effectively extinguished. The burning time (open fire) can be considerably shortened by the aerosol extinguisher. It has been shown that the use of the fire extinguisher can prevent or significantly reduce the spread of fire. … “The thermal runaway is significantly delayed and if there are greater distances between damaged and undamaged cells, the rapid extinguishing success can most likely prevent it from spreading.
Our extremely compact fire extinguishers and generators can be used in almost all transport or storage applications and in most cases can also be easily retrofitted or integrated into existing objects. When it comes to fire detection, we can rely on proven components for technical fire protection. Whether smoke or temperature detectors and/or manual activation, everything is possible.
