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Engineering

In Situ Gas Analysis and Fire Characterization of Lithium-Ion Cells During Thermal Runaway Using an Environmental Chamber

Byoungchul Kwon¹, Wohan Cui¹, Ankit Sharma¹, Ya-Ting Liao¹, Fumiaki Takahashi¹, Daniel Juarez-Robles², Mohammad Parhizi², Judith Jeevarajan²

¹Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, ²UL Research Institutes

Here, we describe a test procedure developed to characterize thermal runaway and fires in lithium-ion cells through in situ measurements of various parameters in an environmental chamber.