AI mitigation of lithium battery fires

On January 16th, a fire broke out at a lithium battery storage facility south of San Francisco. ” A study from the National Institute of Standards and Technology suggests that researchers have developed an artificial intelligence model that can identify the early stages of a lithium-ion battery fire — the moment when a safety valve in the battery’s hard casing breaks to release pressure from the swelling battery cell. ” 

As a result of this battery storage facility fire, the California Public Utility Commission adopted a general order on battery storage safety. 

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