by Mat Dirjish
The Soteria Battery Innovation Group is now licensing QinetiQ’s Q-TRED thermal-event detection technology for inclusion in the Soteria Battery Safety IP Exchange (IPX). Defense and security company QinetiQ’s technology helps battery systems detect early warning signs of dangerous thermal events before they progress.
Q-TRED uses coatings that emit detectable volatile compounds when a battery cell reaches elevated temperatures. Commercially available gas sensors can detect those compounds to alert systems to abnormal thermal conditions before a fire occurs. Unlike traditional approaches that rely on temperature monitoring at limited points within a battery pack, Q-TRED supports a distributed sensing strategy with volatile sensor molecules on every cell.
The Q-TRED technology will become part of Soteria’s Battery Safety IP Exchange, a licensing platform designed to reduce barriers to implementing battery safety systems. The IPX combines complementary technologies spanning internal cell materials, propagation resistance solutions, detection, mitigation, and safer battery design strategies under a unified licensing framework. Soteria’s long-term goal is to help accelerate the adoption of safety-enabling technologies by making them more accessible to manufacturers across the battery industry.
For greater gleanings, visit the Soteria Battery Innovation Group website. Also peruse the QinetiQ website.
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