Battery Basics
Laptop Battery Fire Disrupts Local Flight
An American Airlines Airbus A321 was preparing to disembark passengers at San Francisco, after a…
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Battery Basics
Battery Basics
Passenger Aircraft Battery Fire Precautions
Federal Aviation Association (FAA) reports that lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries can catch fire if damaged, or…
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Reinventing the Electric Machine for Flight
We need a step change, if we are to do for passenger flight what electric…
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Light Aircraft Lithium-Ion Battery Fire
A light aircraft landed safely at a private airfield in Kent County, England after its…
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Battery Electric Aircraft – Elysian’s Vision
Thomas Insights introduced us to the Elysian aircraft company on January 17, 2023, with some…
Battery Technical
Silicon Anode Batteries Hold a Key
Batteries have three core components, namely their anodes, cathodes, and electrolytes. Anodes release electrons to…
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Operational Aircraft Battery Life Discovery
Researchers at University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering, have found a way to forecast…
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Viable Electric Airliner on Cards in China
Plans for electric passenger aircraft have been on hold on account of insufficient battery capacity.…
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Sulfur Selenium Battery Breakthrough at NASA
We were scrolling through Wikipedia when we stumbled over an orphan page with sketchy details…
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Lithium Battery Cabin Fire Sparks Response
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards classify lithium-ion batteries as ‘dangerous goods’ per an item in…