/PRNewswire/ The global economy is at a critical crossroads with a number of interlocking challenges and crises running in parallel. The uncertainty around.
Flammable gas sensors scan the surrounding air for flammable gases. They are deployed to detect gas leaks in residential gas stoves and heaters, gas stations, oil refineries, and facilities that store or utilize dangerous gases.
we study how fire grows and spreads. and we purposely instrument it so we can figure out how to keep people safe for emerging technologies like this. reporter: kerber s team outfitted the 1600-square-foot house with everything you d find in a typical home and rigged it with heat and gas sensors. it s going to release a lot of gas and we re going see an explosion. reporter: how quickly will it destroy a house like this? some of the other tests we ve run we ve seen from first sign of smoke until windows being blown out in 15 seconds or less. reporter: workers forced the battery to fail by overcharging it for two hours. first it smokes. 17 seconds later, windows buckle. inside the living area engulfed after 12 minutes. these same batteries power electric vehicles. they re also used in home energy storage systems to store solar energy. the battery industry said in a statement failures are rare, and the technology continues to be a safe and cost-effective way to provide reliable