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Record Nr.

UNINA9911007165603321

Autore

Barnett Gregory J.

Titolo

Vehicle battery fires : why they happen and how they happen / / Gregory Barnett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Warrendale, Pennsylvania : , : Society of Automotive Engineers, , [2017]

ISBN

1-5231-2404-0

0-7680-8858-5

0-7680-8359-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 208, xxxi) : color illustrations

Disciplina

629.2593

Soggetti

Electric automobiles - Batteries

Automobiles - Fires and fire prevention

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automotive

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electrical

Automotive technology and trades

Electrical engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. History of the battery -- Chapter 2. Battery designs -- Chapter 3. Battery location design issues -- Chapter 4. Direct and alternating current -- Chapter 5. Lithium batteries -- Chapter 6. Nickel-metal hydride battery -- Chapter 7. Automotive electric fire science.

Sommario/riassunto

The main focus of the book resides in looking at differences in failure modes between DC and AC systems, general types of battery and electrical failure modes leading to fire, how to interpret electrical fire, determination of the primary failed part, and other skills the investigating engineer will require to perform technical failure mode analysis.