"Characterization and Preliminary Assessment of Diesel Fire Prior to Se" by Robert Ilango Pushparaj, Guang Xu et al.
 

Characterization and Preliminary Assessment of Diesel Fire Prior to Setting Up Large Size Battery Fire Experiment

Abstract

Any fire could quickly destroy human lives including casualties. Fire risk exposure by diesel-powered vehicles in confined area is critical. Also, turning to battery powered vehicles, fire risk is worse. Li-ion battery fire produces intense heat, smoke, and complex toxic gasses. among them, toxic gases constitute a significant threat to human health. Therefore, it is necessary to study the detailed identification of gas emissions from the battery fire. Previous studies reported the emission of toxic gases after firing the different types of batteries, still unknown gases are not studied or quantified. Remarkably, real-time gas analysis is not explored very well which motivates us to conduct this work. in this primary study, we conducted a large-scale diesel fire test at the predesigned fire station. the fire was recorded using the IR radiation from the thermal camera. the total fire lasted about 20 min with a maximum fire temperature of 601ºC. Thermocouple 1 (T1) measured the maximum temperature of 39ºC which is comparatively lower than Thermocouple 2 (T2) due to the considerable distance between them about 2 ft. This primary fire characteristics investigation will provide a new way to conduct large scale battery fires and a detailed understanding of battery fire and associated health risks.

Department(s)

Mining Engineering

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-103255146-3

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

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text

Language(s)

English

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© 2025 Taylor and Francis Group; Taylor and Francis, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2023

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