What is Thermal Runaway?
Thermal Runaway failure
Thermal runaway occurs when a battery enters a self-fed cycle of heating and degradation. This results in a catastrophic release of energy—usually accompanied by gas venting, sparks, and fire. In recent years, there have been a few high-profile cases of this happening with popular consumer goods, airplanes, and even
electric vehicles.
A thermal runaway event is caused by a failure in an individual cell that reacts and begins breaking down the internal battery structures. This causes a thermal chain reaction, creating a self-propagating cycle of rapid heating and deterioration.
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