EV fires show heat release comparable to fossil fuelled vehicles, but with additional risks of toxicity and extinguishing. A review of over 170 publications provides an up-to-date summary on fire risks of batteries in electric vehicles, including photos of EV fires...
“Battery fires are one of the most important issue impacting recyclers currently” E. Katrakis, EuRIC (European Recycling Industries Confederation). A report by recycling industry experts and industry federations says that occurrence of fires in electrical waste...
3D printing enables new approaches to flame retardancy, such as surface layers or enclosure of FRs in structural voids. This review summarises different current FR solutions for different polymers and outlines AM (additive manufacturing) technologies:...
Discussion of FRs in mobile phones in Ecodesign work. pinfa has input (November 2020) to the ongoing preparation of EU Ecodesign criteria for ‘Mobile phones, smartphones and tablets’ indicating the phosphorus ester FRs found in screens are probably being used for...
The European Commission’s proposed text targets sustainability and safety, but neglects battery fire safety. The proposed new EU Batteries Regulation is open to public consultation to 1st March 2021, and will then be debated by the European Parliament and Council...
