TY - JOUR
T1 - Electric vehicle post-crash Recovery—Stranded energy issues and mitigation strategy
AU - Zhang, Bo
AU - Bewley, Randy L.
AU - Tanim, Tanvir R.
AU - Walker, Lee K.
N1 - Funding Information:
This manuscript is authored by Idaho National Laboratory, operated by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, with the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC07-05ID14517. The U.S. Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the U.S. Government retains a non-exclusive, paid up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes. The U.S. Department of Energy will provide public access to results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan ).
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) . The authors specifically would like to thank Sanjay Patel and Stephen Summers in the NHTSA for their project oversight and technical leadership.
Funding Information:
The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Tanvir R Tanim reports financial support was provided by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.This work was supported by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The authors specifically would like to thank Sanjay Patel and Stephen Summers in the NHTSA for their project oversight and technical leadership. This manuscript is authored by Idaho National Laboratory, operated by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, with the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC07-05ID14517. The U.S. Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the U.S. Government retains a non-exclusive, paid up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes. The U.S. Department of Energy will provide public access to results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/12/30
Y1 - 2022/12/30
N2 - In post-crash situations, passengers, bystanders, and first responders are exposed to the immediate safety risks of stranded energy in electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Stranded energy is the energy remaining inside any undamaged or damaged battery following an accident. A potentially damaged battery with an unknown state of safety might go into thermal runaway in the absence of proper monitoring, diagnostics, controls, and handling—thereby leading to potential loss of life and property damage. Therefore, it is imperative to develop standard guidelines, diagnostic methods, and tools to handle stranded energy appropriately and minimize safety risks from immediately after an EV accident to final disposal or re-entry to the road. This perspective paper identifies the challenges associated with handling stranded energy and proposes some potential solution pathways. We hope to draw attention of the research and development community, original equipment manufacturers, and policymakers for motivating new insights and research needs in mitigating safety implications associated with stranded energy.
AB - In post-crash situations, passengers, bystanders, and first responders are exposed to the immediate safety risks of stranded energy in electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Stranded energy is the energy remaining inside any undamaged or damaged battery following an accident. A potentially damaged battery with an unknown state of safety might go into thermal runaway in the absence of proper monitoring, diagnostics, controls, and handling—thereby leading to potential loss of life and property damage. Therefore, it is imperative to develop standard guidelines, diagnostic methods, and tools to handle stranded energy appropriately and minimize safety risks from immediately after an EV accident to final disposal or re-entry to the road. This perspective paper identifies the challenges associated with handling stranded energy and proposes some potential solution pathways. We hope to draw attention of the research and development community, original equipment manufacturers, and policymakers for motivating new insights and research needs in mitigating safety implications associated with stranded energy.
KW - Electric vehicle battery
KW - Incident investigation
KW - Post-crash handling
KW - Stranded energy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232239
DO - 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232239
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85140729015
SN - 0378-7753
VL - 552
JO - Journal of Power Sources
JF - Journal of Power Sources
M1 - 232239
ER -