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LITHIUM BATTERY SAFETY
A question of information
Dubrovnik – September 10, 2013
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Eucobat: Mission statement and objectives
Eucobat is the European association of national industry-driven collection schemes for batteries. They assure that all waste batteries are collected and recycled in an ecological sound way, and contribute this way to a better environment. Objectives: • Represent the interests of the national compliance
organizations for batteries in Europe • Deal with all matters of strategic, economic, scientific
and institutional interest for national compliance organizations for batteries in Europe
• Harmonize and standardize procedures and ways of working
• Follow-up of EU Battery Directive 2006/66/EC
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Eucobat: members
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Eucobat: accomplishments
• Data collection and benchmarking: • Key figures 2011 – 2012
• Incident database
• Safety guidelines
• E-learning project (12/2013)
• Representation of interests of members at EU level
• Position papers: • Collection target
• Recycling efficiency
• Incident prevention project (10/2013)
• Fire extinguishing material project (10/2013)
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Eucobat: Strategic Topics
• Data collection and benchmark • Collection rate:
• Collection Target • Calculation methodology • Definitions Portable – Industrial – Automotive batteries • Consumer behaviour
• Safety issues related to collection and transport • Recycling efficiency:
• Calculation methodology • Certification model
• Recycling capacity: • Available capacity • Required capacity
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3 colour model
Identification of different waste battery flows and collection points where these can occur
• Damaged lithium batteries or lithium rechargeable with a weight per battery or cel > 500 g / piece (100 watt/h)
• General mix, with specific industrial / specialty batteries and possibility of large volumes of mono flow batteries
• General mix of household batteries
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Safety starts with information and identification
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Compliance organisations should identify especially
the orange and red collection points in order to :
- Raise awareness for safe collection and handling
- Give information on the risks involved
- Give recommendations to improve the safety
- Share best practices and solutions
No Identification
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Information
Information should be based on either verified sources and/or own experiences and tests.
Eucobat is doing safety tests with various kinds of batteries in situations based on reality :
• Coins cells in short circuit exploding in carton recipients
• Lithium batteries catching fire in collection barrels
• Rechargeable damaged lithium batteries catching fire
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Information
The fire caused by these situations is controlled with various types of extinguishing agents in order to test their effectiveness
• General mix of batteries (to test it as cushioning material)
• Sand
• Water
• Vermiculite
• Powder extinguisher
• Compressed Air Foam System extinghuisher
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Share Information & best practices
The results of these tests will be documented by the Flemish institute for technological development (VITO)
and Inspyro, a spin off from a thermodynamics workgroup of the Leuven university.
All tests will be captured on film and picture and commented in order to share the best practices and
do‘s and don‘ts
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methodology
All tests are performed in simulation of possible situations which can occur in real battery collection situations. • Capture on video • Still pictures • Written comment • Time registration • Thermo coupled data logger • Heat detecting camera
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Pictures from the field tests
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Damaged lithium solution
We will also include the new transport solution for damaged lithium batteries > 500 g - As presented by the collegues from GRS – in our testing programme and report on it.
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Ways of communication
- Websites
- Leaflets
- Information cards (plastified for internal and external usage)
- Presentations for training purposes
- E-learning for self training