Vented lead acid: This group of batteries is “open” and allows gas to escape without any positive pressure building up in the cells. This type can be topped up, thus they present tolerance to high temperatures and over-charging. The free electrolyte is also responsible for the facilitation of the battery’s cooling.
In addition, in the case of a thermal runaway, it's usually not the batteries that catch fire but their fumes, though lithium itself is flammable. Even after the fire is extinguished, the batteries can still generate tremendous amounts of heat and reignite fumes, hampering rescue efforts.
The fact that a battery is an energy storage unit is a risk alone. Other risks include the storage and transport conditions, handling operations, existing conditions and uses (Amon et al., 2012). The highest possibilities of fire risks are usually in facilities where batteries are produced, collected and stored, or recycled and disposed.
The problem is compounded by the fact that newer lithium-ion batteries store more electricity than other electrochemical storage systems. "The lead-acid battery has been around a long time" and is a mature technology, said Redfield. "The energy levels of lithium-ion batteries are much, much, much greater than that of lead-acid storage."
Failures associated with Li-ion batteries are described to be deflagration in nature. However, the gases produced as a result of a fire, smoke, and/or thermal runaway can accumulate to a combustible level in the installation location and cause an explosion (detonation).
A limited number of studies focused on large battery systems. For example, LFP and LNO/LMO Li-ion batteries ranging from a single module to full ESS racks comprising 16 battery modules have been tested, and the effectiveness of water in containing the fire, especially for LFP, has been reported.
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