Safety Risks and Solution Recommendations for Lithium Ion Batteries

Year 2024, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 131 - 142

Murat Buldu , Serdar Altın , Fatih Bulut

https://doi.org/10.51764/smutgd.1511977

Abstract

In this study, the types and causes of failures in lithium-ion batteries are examined and solution suggestions are presented to eliminate the negative conditions or reduce their effects. Accordingly, external faults of the battery are categorized as mechanical, electrical and thermal, and the relationships between these faults are emphasized. Then, the thermal runaway situation that the faults cause to grow and the consequences of this situation were examined. Again, in the light of the reported data on battery-related electric vehicle accidents, the danger dimensions of the malfunctions are discussed. In addition, the latest version of the new generation preventive measures developed against these malfunctions in the literature is mentioned.

Keywords

Lithium ion, battery, electric vehicle, thermal runaway

Lityum İyon Bataryaları İçin Güvenlik Riskleri ve Çözüm Önerileri

Abstract

Bu çalışmada lityum iyon bataryalarda gerçekleşen arıza türleri ve nedenleri incelenerek olumsuz koşulları ortadan kaldıracak veya etkilerini azaltacak çözüm önerileri sunulmuştur. Buna göre bataryanın harici arızaları mekanik, elektriksel ve termal olarak kategorize edilerek bu arızaların birbiriyle olan ilişkileri üzerinde durulmuştur. Daha sonra arızaların büyüyerek oluşumuna sebep olduğu termal kaçak durumu ve bu durumun sonuçları incelenmiştir. Yine raporlanan batarya kaynaklı elektrikli araçlar kazalarının verileri ışığında arızaların tehlike boyutları ele alınmıştır. Ayrıca bu arızalara karşı geliştirilen yeni nesil önleyici tedbirlerin literatürdeki son haline değinilmiştir

Keywords

Lityum iyon, batarya, elektrikli araç, termal kaçak

Ethical Statement

Bu çalışmanın, özgün bir çalışma olduğunu; çalışmanın hazırlık, veri toplama, analiz ve bilgilerin sunumu olmak üzere tüm aşamalarından bilimsel etik ilke ve kurallarına uygun davrandığımı; bu çalışma kapsamında elde edilmeyen tüm veri ve bilgiler için kaynak gösterdiğimi ve bu kaynaklara kaynakçada yer verdiğimi; kullanılan verilerde herhangi bir değişiklik yapmadığımı, çalışmanın Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)' in tüm şartlarını ve koşullarını kabul ederek etik görev ve sorumluluklara riayet ettiğimi beyan ederim. Herhangi bir zamanda, çalışmayla ilgili yaptığım bu beyana aykırı bir durumun saptanması durumunda, ortaya çıkacak tüm ahlaki ve hukuki sonuçlara razı olduğumu bildiririm.

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