Battery Hydrogen Gas Emission

Lead acid motive power batteries produce hydrogen gas at 80 recharge point making proper ventilation in the battery charging area extremely important.

Battery hydrogen gas emission. Gases produced or released by the batteries while they are being charged can be a significant safety concern especially when the batteries are located or charged in an enclosed or poorly ventilated area or on the truck. Click here to go back the our sbs h2 hydrogen gas detector page. The two primary risks are from hydrogen gas formed when the battery is being charged and the sulfuric acid in the battery fluid. Sulfuric acid contains sulfur and hydrogen sulfide h 2 s is a possible by product of over charging and battery decomposition.

In existing battery rooms fans can be controlled by using the built in relay in the h2 to activate when the hydrogen level exceeds 1 gas concentration. For general safety precautions when working with batteries please see the osh answers garages batteries which covers automotive vehicle sized batteries. Additional sbs h2 safety features can be integrated with fire alarm panel zones building management systems network monitoring hubs and can interface with modbus and scada systems. Fraunhofer ise compares greenhouse gas emissions from battery and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles july 17 2019 by scott mcmahan in order to achieve climate protection goals the transportation sector must drastically reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by the use of fossil fuels fraunhofer ise pointed out.