So there was a serious fire in the
battery room in a state of the art hybrid
power ferry.
https://gcaptain.com/fire-and-gas-ex...power-warning/
Not a whole lot of solid info to go on, but it did get my attention, and it would have REALLY got my attention if I had a
Lithium battery pack.
The
lithium battery system was supplied by Corvus energy systems. Their website says things like "State of the Art Monitoring System", "True cell level thermal runaway isolation", Patented
Safety System". After the fire, they "issued recommendations to operators not to sail without communication between the shipboard energy management system and the battery packs, as well as what to do in case of a gas release or “thermal runaway situation".
Whether Corvus screwed up or the operators screwed up,"twelve firefighters were taken to the hospital for exposure to hazardous gases associated with the
batteries."
So can our LiFe experts shed some light on this?
Was the battery technology
LiFePO4??
What were the hazardous gases?
What caused the original fire?
What caused the later explosion?
Could this happen to a typical sailboat battery bank, which is quite a bit smaller, and discharges/charges at a lower rate?