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We are pleased to inform you that the 87^th edition of the FABIG Newsletter is now available on the FABIG website.

FABIG Members are able to download Issue 087 from the Technical Newsletters section of the website (once logged-in) whilst non-Members of FABIG are able to purchase it.

This issue comprises the following:

• Editorial
  G. Vannier - The Steel Construction Institute (SCI)
• Fire protection of lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles
  W. Mrozik¹, P. Christensen¹, J. McDonald¹, R. Wade² and D. Wickham² - ¹Newcastle University, ²AkzoNobel
  This paper presents the results of a series of full-scale fire tests investigating the use of an intumescent coating material to prevent or extend the time for the initiation of thermal runaway when an electric vehicle battery casing containing lithium-ion battery (LiB) modules is subjected to an external fire.
• Minimum ignition energy of hydrogen-air mixtures at ambient and cryogenic temperatures
  D. Cirrone¹, D. Makarov², C. Proust^2,3, V. Molkov¹ - ¹HySAFER Centre, Ulster University, ²Institut National de l’Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), ³Sorbonne University
  This paper describes a study the aim of which was to develop a model for the calculation of minimum ignition energy that only requires hydrogen-air mixture composition and temperature as inputs. The study investigates the use of laminar flame thickness to estimate the critical flame kernel. The validity of the correlation was assessed against previous experiments for hydrogen concentrations in air in the range 9-75% vol. with initial temperature equal to ambient. The applicability of the model was extended to hydrogen-air mixtures formed by releases from storage and equipment at cryogenic temperature, and the correlation was then validated against experiments carried out for the PRESLHY project on hydrogen-air mixture with temperatures in the range 123-293 K.
• A CFD analysis of liquefied gas vessel explosions
  F. Ustolin^1,2, I.C. Tolias¹, S.G. Giannissi², A.G. Venetsanos², N. Paltrinieri^1,3 - ¹Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), ²National Center for Scientific Research Demokritos, ³Università di Bologna
  This paper presents a study of BLEVEs for liquid hydrogen (LH2) vessels using CFD analysis. The CFD model was validated against CO2 BLEVE experiments, and hydrogen BLEVE scenarios were then simulated based on tests conducted in the 1990s for automotive applications. The parametric CFD analysis considered different filling levels as well as initial pressures and temperatures of the tank content with the aim of assessing the extent to which initial conditions influence the resulting blast wave.

Take care and stay safe,

The FABIG Team