Lithium-Ion Battery Plant fire - Missouri

[stevieb92]

Now imagine you are driving a type of car that your floorboard is one big battery. Now imagine your government hates you (should be pretty easy) and they remotely lock your doors and overheat your batteries causing a fire. Hold on my pager is going o

https://www.emissourian.com/local_n...cle_44dae4ca-979e-11ef-94ca-972810a5a487.html

 

[Bullfrog08]

I can't remember which country, but the car battery fires have become so hard to put out, they just pick the car up and dunk it in a tank.

 

[Sniperwannabee]

It ok its good for the environment

 

[Sean the Nailer]

“The state-of-the-art fire prevention system is designed to detect fires before they start,” the company’s site says.

Lemme guess.... the "fire prevention system" was designed and built by Dominion.... right?

 

[sloporsche]

oil wells/refineries /crude oil tankers /gas stations /automobiles /pipe lines /fuel trucks/sherman tanks /pintos have a perfect safety record thank god . lol

 

[Blue Sky Country]

I can EASILY see governments doing that very exact thing to silence critics and popular bloggers that expose their dirt or are too influential online in ways they don't like. The tech is already here, almost ALL EVs in production are required to have Internet connection to operate and download periodic software updates, and where there is a will, you can expect the state to take the easiest and most cost efficient route. An e-bike battery pack going off in an enclosed room has proven to be an instant death sentence for any occupants within a matter of seconds. An EV battery and the space above it will reach arc welding temperatures in a millisecond upon a catastrophic failure.

 

[KYAggie]

This was a battery recycling facility.

From the article:
The fire erupted in spite of what the company’s website calls “likely the most sophisticated automated and remote supervised and controlled fire suppression systems in the world.”
“The state-of-the-art fire prevention system is designed to detect fires before they start,” the company’s site says. “The system covers all areas where battery materials are stored or processed. It is monitored remotely 24/7 employing high-intensity industrial forward looking infrared…camera technology.”

Lithium fires are very difficult to extinguish once they start as they generate their own oxygen and can’t be simply smothered. The best thing is prevention as the batteries heat up before the burn and if you can cool them enough before they start it can prevent a fire. Once they get going, good luck!

 

[Im2bent]

This was a battery recycling facility.

From the article:
The fire erupted in spite of what the company’s website calls “likely the most sophisticated automated and remote supervised and controlled fire suppression systems in the world.”
“The state-of-the-art fire prevention system is designed to detect fires before they start,” the company’s site says. “The system covers all areas where battery materials are stored or processed. It is monitored remotely 24/7 employing high-intensity industrial forward looking infrared…camera technology.”

Lithium fires are very difficult to extinguish once they start as they generate their own oxygen and can’t be simply smothered. The best thing is prevention as the batteries heat up before the burn and if you can cool them enough before they start it can prevent a fire. Once they get going, good luck!

They might want to get a refund on that " state of the art " system

 

[EddieNFL]

^^^^Could someone post a copy of the hurt feelings report?

 

[brianf]

I can't remember which country, but the car battery fires have become so hard to put out, they just pick the car up and dunk it in a tank.

That’s was in Beverly Hills

 

[Tack425]

That’s was in Beverly Hills

Or bury it in sand.
The thermal runaway and off gassing that happens just proliferates the fire far past what we can control with the usual firefighting techniques and equipment.

 

[sloporsche]

This was a battery recycling facility.

From the article:
The fire erupted in spite of what the company’s website calls “likely the most sophisticated automated and remote supervised and controlled fire suppression systems in the world.”
“The state-of-the-art fire prevention system is designed to detect fires before they start,” the company’s site says. “The system covers all areas where battery materials are stored or processed. It is monitored remotely 24/7 employing high-intensity industrial forward looking infrared…camera technology.”

Lithium fires are very difficult to extinguish once they start as they generate their own oxygen and can’t be simply smothered. The best thing is prevention as the batteries heat up before the burn and if you can cool them enough before they start it can prevent a fire. Once they get going, good luck!

RADIO CONTROL hobby knew that 25 years ago about keeping them cool

 

[DocRDS]

That’s was in Beverly Hills

I was going to say the USA....

There is no fire like a chemical fire and I have the scars to prove it.

 

[GBMaryland]

Now imagine you are driving a type of car that your floorboard is one big battery. Now imagine your government hates you (should be pretty easy) and they remotely lock your doors and overheat your batteries causing a fire. Hold on my pager is going o

https://www.emissourian.com/local_n...cle_44dae4ca-979e-11ef-94ca-972810a5a487.html

That would blow the physical interconnects (fuses) in between the individual batteries in the pack. Fire is only a real possibility in any current production car so long as it’s physically damaged usually by being hit…

 

[sirhrmechanic]

oil wells/refineries /crude oil tankers /gas stations /automobiles /pipe lines /fuel trucks/sherman tanks /pintos have a perfect safety record thank god . lol

You know that 80 percent of SH is too young to get tht reference. And by too young… I mean in their ‘50’s!!!



Sirhr

 

[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]

We shot a bad lipo RC truck battery with a .22 recently. It did not burst into flames but made lots of smoke.
wanted to see what it smelled like but thought better of it.

 

[Tack425]

We shot a bad lipo RC truck battery with a .22 recently. It did not burst into flames but made lots of smoke.
wanted to see what it smelled like but thought better of it.

Good thing because when the Li batteries off gas they emit high percentages of hydrogen, and compounds of hydrogen, including hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen chloride and hydrogen cyanide, as well as carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide and methane.

 

[EddieNFL]

But we can’t use napalm.

 

[375fan]

From the article:
The fire erupted in spite of what the company’s website calls “likely the most sophisticated automated and remote supervised and controlled fire suppression systems in the world.”
“The state-of-the-art fire prevention system is designed to detect fires before they start,” the company’s site says. “The system covers all areas where battery materials are stored or processed. It is monitored remotely 24/7 employing high-intensity industrial forward looking infrared…camera technology.”

The system was designed , built, and operated by humans. Which means it's not perfect and will fail at times. No system is perfect or foolproof.

 

[10ring'r]

You know that 80 percent of SH is too young to get tht reference. And by too young… I mean in their ‘50’s!!!



Sirhr

I had a '76 Pinto "Runabout" Hatch-Back. Neat little car. You know what the fix was? Ford had to install a longer filler neck in the gas tank. Mac

 

[sloporsche]

anyone remember ....old pickup trucks with the tank behind the seat, porsche,corvettes , military jeeps , abrams [diesel] , medium trucks saddle tanks [gas] just to name a few

 

[sirhrmechanic]

anyone remember ....old pickup trucks with the tank behind the seat, porsche,corvettes , military jeeps , abrams [diesel] , medium trucks saddle tanks [gas] just to name a few

Land rovers where you sit on the tank?

We didn’t care. We drove like men…. And died like men!

Sirhr

 

[sloporsche]

I had a '76 Pinto "Runabout" Hatch-Back. Neat little car. You know what the fix was? Ford had to install a longer filler neck in the gas tank. Mac

they put a shield where the differential cover bolts could puncture the tank , chevy citation made an steel cage around the mechanical fuel pump , ford used inertia switches for the electric fuel pump

 

[akmike47]

I can't remember which country, but the car battery fires have become so hard to put out, they just pick the car up and dunk it in a tank.

Lithium can still burn under water.

I keep my lipos in ammo cans with most of the gasket removed in the fireplace I don’t use.

 

[Threadcutter308]

You know that 80 percent of SH is too young to get tht reference. And by too young… I mean in their ‘50’s!!!



Sirhr

Back in the latter '70's, there was an AM Radio DJ here in seattle by the name of "Steven Raybo". He was a few fries short of a Happy Meal. He had a Yellow Ford Pinto that he drove all around town. Right about that time, the state of warshington just started coming out with personalized license plates.

So, ole Raybo has to have himself a set for his beloved Pinto. What did they say ?.................."KABOOM"