Unique High Energy Power System Facility brings a new era to battery system evaluation

The perfect facility for evaluating high energy power systems should be extremely safe, contain high pressures, capture all gasses, and contain all fluids. Operations should be remotely controlled but still monitored. Equipment should be positioned such that damage from a major event would be minimal. For quality evaluations the facility must have a broad range of testing capability. The Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center has placed such a facility online: The High Energy Power Systems Facility. Military systems use lithium based batteries which present hazards to personnel, equipment, and the environment. The measures taken at the facility to contain these hazards and other unique features are discussed