BATTERY FAILURE CHAMBER

Enclosure designed to control and contain battery failure experiments.

This chamber was used by UCL to capture high-speed X-ray images at Diamond Light Source.

Battery failure can be instigated through electrical failure and/or controlled-heating programmes whilst performing acoustic/ultrasound diagnostics and capturing electrical performance data.

• Sealed enclosure to withstand and contain battery failure

• Battery electrical contacts for charge/discharge and electrochemical testing

• 3x Thermocouple inputs

• Programmable heating

• Acoustic/Ultrasound diagnostics

• Gas ports for sampling and purging

SPECIFICATION

X-ray edition: Thinner aluminium walls in imaging region for reduced beam attentuation.

• Sub-assembly for the battery before fitting into enclosure

• Aluminium block housing the heating cartridges with ceramic base

• Single-cell pouch cells used in this experiment

• Interchangable sub-assembly depending on the battery format being tested (cylindrical, pouch, coin cell etc.)

BATTERY HOLDER

Special thanks to the Design and Fabrication facility in UCL, Albert C. and the UCL research team.

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