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Contract No. DE-AC36-08GO28308

Platform Li-Ion Battery Risk 

Assessment Tool

Cooperative Research and Development 

Final Report

CRADA Number: CRD-01-406

NREL Technical Contact: Shriram Santhanagopalan

CRADA Report

NREL/TP-7A10-53589

July 2012
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Cooperative Research and Development Final Report

In accordance with Requirements set forth in Article XI.A(3) of the CRADA document, this document is the final 

CRADA report, including a list of Subject Inventions, to be forwarded to the Office of Science and Technical 

Information as part of the commitment to the public to demonstrate results of federally funded research.

CRADA number: CRD-01-406

CRADA Title: Platform Li-Ion Battery Risk Assessment Tool

Parties to the Agreement: Oceanit Laboratories

Joint Work Statement Funding Table showing DOE commitment:

Estimated Costs NREL 

Shared Resources

Year 1 $ 00.00

Year 2 $ 00.00

Year 3 $ 00.00

TOTALS $ 00.00

Abstract of CRADA work:

The pressure within a lithium-ion cell changes due to various chemical reactions. When a battery undergoes an 

unintended short circuit, the pressure changes are drastic 

– and often lead to uncontrolled failure of the cells. As 

part of work for others with Oceanit Laboratories Inc. for 

the NAVY STTR, NREL built Computational Fluid Dynamic 

(CFD) simulations that can identify potential weak spots in 

the battery during such events, as well as propose designs 

to control violent failure of batteries.

Summary of Research Results:

Please see slides (Oceanit WFO_Jan2012.pptx) attached.

Subject Inventions listing: None

Report Date: 01/16/2012

Responsible Technical Contact at Alliance/NREL: Shriram Santhanagopalan (x3944, MS 1633)

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