Development of a Computation Fluid Dynamics Model to Quantify Explosion Hazards in Li-ion Battery Powered Rail Vehicles.

TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF — FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION·Other·Federal

Scope

The proposed research aims to generate experimental data relevant to battery energy storage system (BESS) usage in rail equipment and use it to validate a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for assessing explosion hazards in rail applications.

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