Electric Vehicle Fire Experiment

Experiment Purpose

1. Try short-circuiting the battery
2. Fire Blanket test performance.
3. Sprinkler test performance.
4. Observe temperature changes.
5. Observation of Lithium battery combustion.
6. Firefighters try to put out the Lithium battery fire.

Experiment Date: May 5th, 2025

Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan

Weather: Sunny, 33.6 degrees Celsius

Participating Firefighters: 55 people
Participating Scholars: 16 people
Participating Engineers: 12 people

Let's start the fire

Method 1: Tried short-circuiting the battery (Failed)

Engineers tried to short-circuit the battery but failed after 20 minutes of trying.

Method 2: Firefighters lighting a fire (Succeeded)

Firefighters used gasoline to ignite the fire, and the flames immediately burned.

The protection system starts

Sensors detected excessive temperatures, and the automatic fire cover activates, covering the entire vehicle within 20 seconds.

The sprinkler system turned on

After the vehicle is fully covered, the sprinkler system is turned on and the temperature outside the cover dropped.

Let's see how it burns

After the vehicle had been covered for about 10 minutes, we decided to open the fire cover and inspect the burn. As expected, the fire became very intense within a minute and got out of control.

Fire Fighting

We saw that the fire was out of control, so the firefighters started trying to put it out. It took them about 15 minutes to get the fire under control, and another 15 minutes to completely extinguish it.

Inspect the fire cover

After more than an hour of burning at a high temperature of over 1000 degrees Celsius, the fire cover was still intact.

Analyze the data

We have 9 temperature sensors installed inside, outside, and beside the vehicle to easily get all the data we need.

We placed 3 sensors above, inside and below the vehicle and this graph shows the temperature changes when the system is turned on and off.

The temperature exceeded 800 degrees Celsius within just one minute after the fire started. When the fire cover and sprinklers were turned on, the temperature quickly dropped to 40 degrees Celsius. Once the sprinkler system is activated, thick black smoke is significantly reduced and replaced by white smoke. But once the fire cover is opened, the temperature quickly rises to 1000 degrees Celsius within one minute.

We also placed 6 sensors beside the vehicle, and this graph shows that once the fire cover is opened, the temperature will quickly rise to 1000 degrees Celsius.

Cconclusions

Rapid Response: Automatically and swiftly deploys to cover burning vehicles, keeping the fire contained and away from nearby sources.
Effective Fire Containment: Our high-performance fire blanket stops the spread of flames and heat in its tracks.
Smoke Suppression: Effectively blocks hazardous black smoke, improving visibility and air quality during emergencies.
Temperature Control: Combined with the sprinkler system, the surrounding area temperature remains safely below 40 degrees Celsius.
Cleaner Suppression: Once the sprinkler system is activated, thick black smoke is significantly reduced and replaced by white smoke.
Reliable and Reusable: Built to perform repeatedly our system can be activated and deactivated as needed.
Fast Heat Escalation Awareness: Without intervention, fire temperatures can rise to 800 degrees Celsius within just one minute, highlighting the need for rapid suppression.
Battery Fire Resilience: Even after visible flames are extinguished, the system accounts for lingering heat, such as 600 °C battery temperatures.
Extreme Heat Resistance: After enduring over an hour of burning at temperatures exceeding 1000 ℃, our fire blanket remains fully intact.
Peace of Mind: Designed to protect both lives and property, our automated fire system offers unmatched safety and reliability.

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