Are lithium ion cells intrinsically safe?

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2451-2460

  Dubaniewicz, Thomas H ^a   Ducarme, Joseph P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Batteries; electrical accidents; explosion protection; fires; hazardous areas; ignition; mining industry; occupational safety; standardization

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSION PROTECTION; HAZARDOUS AREA; INTRINSICALLY SAFE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTHS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUSCEPTIBILITY EVALUATIONS; UNDERGROUND COAL MINE;

ELECTRIC ACCIDENTS; EXPLOSIONPROOFING; FIRES; HAZARDS; IGNITION; LITHIUM; MINERAL INDUSTRY; SOLAR CELLS; STANDARDIZATION; UNDERGROUND EQUIPMENT;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84890108550     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2013.2263274     Document Type: Article

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