October 15 – 16, 2024 | Freiburg, Germany

Program

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

The times given here refer to CEST = UTC+2h

09:00	Welcome Rainer Hoffmann - carhs.training gmbh
Drivers for Future Battery Safety Chair: Maren Finck - carhs.training gmbh
09:15	Battery Safety – A Holistic Approach in a Swappable World Dr. Frank Kindermann - NIO GmbH Introduction of NIO – its mission, its products, and its systematic approach External safety measures on infrastructure level Internal safety requirements of NIO’s batteries
09:45	Innovative Materials for Safe Battery Systems Dr. Kim Dana Kreisköther - Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Influences on battery safety like cell chemistry and battery design Safety materials for EV-batteries Application related testing procedure
10:15	Form Follows Function? How to Enable Rescue Operations. Vera Hertler - Plant Fire Brigade Automotive Insight into the practices of rescue & extrication teams in the context of electrified vehicles Organisation of the fire service and its training using Germany as an example Setting causes for thought for the design of rescue related vehicle functions
10:45	Coffee Break
Current and Future Requirements Chair: Maren Finck - carhs.training gmbh
11:10	EV BATTERY SAFETY: Testing, Regulations and Standards Thomas Carl - Intertek Deutschland GmbH Overview of current safety standards and regulations for electric vehicle batteries International and national tests, standards and regulations that apply in Europe, North America and China Specific processes for the homologation of high-voltage components and other relevant vehicle regulations
11:40	Safety Testing of Batteries: Current Status and Future Needs Dr. Natalia Lebedeva - European Commission, Joint Research Centre Development of test procedures for regulatory purposes for automotive and stationary applications
12:10	Battery Safety in Legal Requirements and Consumer Ratings Jan Krewinkel - Mercedes-Benz AG Overview of automotive-relevant core requirements in the field of thermal propagation Fokus on current and future ratings and regulations
Safe Battery Concepts Chair: Maren Finck - carhs.training gmbh
12:40	Comparison of Modular and Highly Integrated Battery Concepts With Respect to Loads on Cells Dr. Johannes Fender, Dr. Simon Königs - BMW AG Concept comparison of cell modules vs. Cell2Pack Influence of the concepts on the properties of the storage system Procedures and mechanisms for achieving comparable safety levels
13:10	Lunch Break
Testing and Simulation Chair: Dr.-Ing. Burkhard Eickhoff - carhs.training gmbh
14:10	SIMBAT: Combined Multi-Physics Battery Safety Model and Simulation for Pack Safety Assessment Dr. Christoph Breitfuß, Alexander Kospach - Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH Battery Safety Coupled Multiphysics Crash Thermal Simulation, Thermal Runaway Simulation
14:25	Simulation Models to Support the Design of Polymer-based Battery Housings against Thermal Runaway Benjamin Schaufelberger - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI; Tobias Hall - Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG; Luis Otavio Cortes Magalhaes - Fraunhofer-Institut für Kurzzeitdynamik, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI Motivating the simulation-based design of battery housings and derivation of requirements Transferring the experimentally observed phenomenology during thermal runaway of pouch cells into simulation models Capabilities and limitations of current modeling approach
15:05	How to Achieve noTP Pascal Hermann - Farasis Energy Europe GmbH
15:35	Influence of Thermal Runaway Trigger on the Failing Behavior of Automotive Lithium-Ion Batteries Dr. Andrey Golubkov - Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH Factors influencing the failing behavior of a battery are discussed and results of failing state-of-the-art cells will be presented and discussed. The focus will be on the comparison of trigger types and the influence of different settings for the same trigger type. The results will be compared in the categories: thermal behavior, vent gas production and vent gas composition.
16:05	Sustainability in HV Battery Testing Filip Klug - DEKRA Automobil GmbH Overview of the possible testing techniques that can be used and how they fit into the sustainable world of testing technology
16:20	Coffee Break
16:45	Introduction of the Live Demonstration Program at the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Stefan Hiermaier, Dr.-Ing. Michael Dlugosch, Dr. Jens Fritsch - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
What is happening in China? Chair: Dr.-Ing. Burkhard Eickhoff - carhs.training gmbh
17:00	Battery Safety and Unconventional Layouts of Battery Cells for Mitigating Fire Risk of Electric Vehicle in Collision Accidents Prof. Dr. Qing Zhou, Dr. Yong Xia - Tsinghua University
17:30	Electric Vehicle Fire Safety System Dr. Chen Bin - CMVR - China Merchants Testing Vehicle Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd. Current situation of electric vehicle fire safety technology Electric Vehicle Fire Mechanisms Electric vehicle fire prevention and control technology
18:00	End of Conference Day 1
19:00	Evening Network Event: Brewery Ganter

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Short Presentations on Testing and Simulation Technologies
10:00	Welcome to EMI and Safety Instructions Dr. Jens Fritsch - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
10:15	General Overview of Fraunhofer EMI Activities in the Field of Battery Safety Research Dr.-Ing. Michael Dlugosch - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
10:45	Coffee Break
Experience
11:15	Battery Safety Testing Dr. Sebastian Schopferer - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
11:35	Strain-Rate Dependent Mechanical Characterization and Post Mortem Analysis Mahesh Thalwaththe Gedara, Dr. Thomas Kisters - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
11:55	In-situ X-ray Imaging Jonas Pfaff - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
12:15	Propagation Experiments and Numerical Simulation Benjamin Schaufelberger - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
12:35	Lunch Break
13:35	Linear Accelerator and Synchrotron Dr. rer. nat. Malte Kurfiß, Dr. Siegfried Nau - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
13:55	X-Ray Car Crash Philipp Bösl - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
14:15	Using Laptops and Similar Devices Safely on Aircraft Dr.-Ing. Simon Holz - Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI
14:35	Holistic Solution for Monitoring High-Voltage Batteries in Crash Environments Using LoRaWAN: Combining Safety and Innovation Marko Martic - Kistler Instrumente GmbH
14:55	Measurement Technology for Electric Vehicles in Real Driving Conditions Matjaž Strniša - Dewesoft d.o.o.
End of the 2024 SafeBattery Experience