One delayed explosion battery ESS incident is particularly noteworthy because the severe firefighter injuries and unusual circumstances in this incident were widely reported (Renewable Energy World, 2019).
The large explosion incidents, in which battery system enclosures are damaged, are due to the deflagration of accumulated flammable gases generated during cell thermal runaways within one or more modules. Smaller explosions are often due to energetic arc flashes within modules or rack electrical protection enclosures.
The lithium-ion energy storage battery thermal runaway issue has now been addressed in several recent standards and regulations. New Korean regulations are focusing on limiting charging to less than 90% SOC to prevent the type of thermal runaway conditions shown in Fig. 2 and in more recent Korean battery fires (Yonhap News Agency, 2020).
Other fires in South Korea and elsewhere have involved explosions from other causes, including a vulnerability of some batteries to operate at abnormally high temperatures under certain fault conditions (Yonhap News Agency, 2020).
This incident occurred at the Arizona Public Service (APS, 2019) McMicken Energy Storage Unit facility in Surprise, Arizona, 28 miles northwest of Phoenix. As shown in Fig. 3, the facility is adjacent to an APS substation. It is a 2 MW, 2 MWh facility with 27 racks, each containing 392 Li-ion Nickel–Manganese–Cobalt pouch cells (DNV GL, 2020).
The thermal runaway gas explosion scenarios, which can be initiated by various electrical faults, can be either prompt ignitions soon after a large flammable gas mixture is formed, or delayed ignitions associated with late entry of air and/or loss of gaseous fire suppression agent.
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