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Testing is where we start. We combine physical tests, simulation and engineering judgement so you know why a product passes or fails, and what to change.
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Fire tests from materials and assemblies to cells, racks and full containers.
Battery thermal runaway testing (UL 9540A, UL 9540B)
Cell, module and unit level UL 9540A tests within our CNAS scope, UL 9540B for residential systems, and the gas flammability and explosion data that NFPA 68 and NFPA 69 designs need.
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Large-scale fire testing of energy storage systems
Full-size fire tests of outdoor cabinets and BESS containers up to 20–40 MW peak heat release: open-door or closed-door, with or without suppression, with adjacent target units — to answer what happens when a unit is fully involved in fire.
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Deflagration testing of energy storage enclosures
Controlled deflagration tests on cabinets and containers — commercial, industrial and utility-scale — to check that pressure is relieved only through the designed vents, and to measure overpressure, impulse, debris and flame hazards.
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Fire resistance of BESS enclosures and data centre modules
Fire resistance tests of the walls, roofs, doors and joints of battery energy storage enclosures and prefabricated data centre modules — to UL 263, ASTM E119, UL 10C, EN 1363/1364, EN 1634-1 and ISO 834 — for markets that treat these boxes as buildings.
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Fire resistance testing of building assemblies
Hourly fire resistance tests of walls, partitions, floors, roofs, ceilings and beams to UL 263, ASTM E119, EN 1363/1364/1365, ISO 834, BS 476 and AS 1530.4, in vertical and horizontal furnaces, under CNAS accreditation.
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Fire door testing for export (UL 10B, UL 10C, EN 1634-1)
Fire resistance tests of door assemblies, shutters and openable windows for North America, Europe and ISO markets — with indicative tests and failure analysis so the certification test passes the first time.
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Reaction-to-fire testing of materials
Euroclass testing (EN 13823 SBI, EN ISO 1182, 1716, 11925-2, 9239-1), UL 94 for plastics, IEC 60332 for cables, UL 2043 for plenum products and IMO FTP Code for marine materials.
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Non-standard and custom fire tests
For questions no standard method answers: we design the test around the real scenario, the product under development or the engineering question, run it in our furnaces, fire laboratory or large-scale sites, and report the method and its limits plainly.
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Simulation that explains and predicts test outcomes, so fewer tests fail.
Fire and explosion simulation
CFD simulation of gas dispersion, deflagration overpressure and fire spread in energy storage containers and data centre modules — used to design vents and spacing, plan large-scale fire tests and explain their results.
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Thermal management and thermal runaway research
Joint research with Tongji University on how thermal runaway starts and spreads, and how thermal management, barriers and enclosure design can stop it — supported by our 20 MW indoor fire hall co-built with Tongji.
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Technical advice around testing, from code interpretation to AHJ submissions.
Energy storage fire safety consulting (NFPA 855, 68, 69)
Code interpretation, gap analysis and remediation for energy storage systems entering North America and other markets: NFPA 855 compliance, NFPA 68/69 explosion protection design, hazard mitigation analysis and AHJ communication, with P.E. stamping through our partners.
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Technical advice centred on the test itself: what the target market requires, review of specimen design and construction details, test planning, and failure analysis — so a product passes first time with fewer specimens.
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