Simplified Aid for Extra-Vehicular Activity Rescue (SAFER) Battery Assessment

Iannello, Christopher J ; Barrera, Thomas P ; Doughty, Dan ; Dalton, Penni ; Stuart, Sam

关键词: EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY;    RESCUE OPERATIONS;    LITHIUM BATTERIES;    ELECTRIC BATTERIES;    THERMAL INSTABILITY;    TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT;    HIGH TEMPERATURE TESTS;    SAFETY;    FAILURE ANALYSIS;    LESSONS LEARNED;    COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT;    COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF PRODUCTS;    MANGANESE OXIDES;    LITHIUM;    INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION;    NASA SPACE PROGRAMS;   

RP-ID  :  NASA/TM-2018-219818,L-20920,NESC-RP-14-00963,NF1676L-29778

学科分类：航空航天科学

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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

In 2013, the Boeing Company model 787-8 Dreamliner commercial aircraft experienced three catastrophic lithium (Li) battery failures. The cause of each failure resulted in a single-cell thermal runaway (TR) condition, which propagated to adjacent battery cells. Two of the failures involved rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-Ion) batteries, and the third event involved a nonrechargeable lithium-manganese dioxide (Li-MnO2) battery. In response to these Li battery failures, the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) approved a technical assessment of the International Space Station Simplified Aid for Extra-Vehicular Activity Rescue (SAFER) Li non-rechargeable battery. This assessment was conducted to evaluate the SAFER Li nonrechargeable battery safety design features against Boeing 787 Dreamliner Li battery failure lessons learned. Specifically, this investigation focused on assessing the severity of a SAFER battery TR hazard conditions.