UK testing facilities
WMG Battery Safety Centre
University of Warwick, Warwick Manufacturing Group
University of Warwick, Coventry, England
Access: Conditional
Testing capabilities
- Inspection and failure analysis
- Electrical, power and batteries
- Fire and flammability
Services
Destructive abuse testing of cells and modules, electrical abuse, overheating, physical damage, thermal-runaway onset and propagation studies, gas/smoke measurement, calorimetry, side-wall rupture and battery forensic/imaging support.
Equipment
Seven fire- and pressure-tight test chambers with scrubbed exhaust; measures temperature, blast over-pressure, smoke and gas species and records high-speed/thermal video; EV ARC+ calorimeter and sealed pressure-chamber gas analysis are named.
Standards
No accreditation or test standard stated on the cited facility page.
Contact
Contact form: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/research/research-areas/battery-safety-centre/; Operator route: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/contact/; Email: wmgbusiness@warwick.ac.uk; Named contact: Dr Simon Jones (Chief Engineer, Energy Innovation Centre); Marek Smalera (Lead Engineer Battery Safety); Elliott Read (Lead Engineer, Cell Safety); Email: wmgbusiness@warwick.ac.uk; Named contacts: Dr Simon Jones (Chief Engineer, Energy Innovation Centre); Marek Smalera (Lead Engineer Battery Safety); Elliott Read (Lead Engineer (Cell Safety))
Approximate location
Coventry ยท Town location