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Isn't that the type of cell the 777 use(s/d)? I think Elon Musk very addressed the issue pretty well. http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/elon-musk-boein
by hemancuso 12y ago
Isn't that the type of cell the 777 use(s/d)? I think Elon Musk very addressed the issue pretty well.
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/elon-musk-boeing-787-battery-fundamentally-unsafe-381627/ http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/elon-musk-boeing-7...
"Large cells without enough space between them to isolate against the cell-to-cell thermal domino effect means it is simply a matter of time before there are more incidents of this nature," he adds.
"Moreover, when thermal runaway occurs with a big cell, a proportionately larger amount of energy is released and it is very difficult to prevent that energy from then heating up the neighboring cells and causing a domino effect that results in the entire pack catching fire," says Musk.
"They [Boeing] believe they have this under control, although I think there is aUnfortunately, the pack architecture supplied to Boeing is inherently unsafe," writes Musk in an email to Flightglobal.
"The fundamental safety issue with the architecture of a pack with large cells," writes Musk in an email. "It is much harder to maintain an even temperature in a large cell, as the distance from the center of the cell to the edge is much greater, which increases the risk of thermal runaway."