1、Partnering with JAD for NFPA 855 Compliant Battery Energy Storage SystemsTodd LaBerge,P.E.ESS Fire Safety2Todd LaBerge,P.E.Licensed Professional/Fire Protection Engineer in 25+StatesNFPA 101 Storage,Industrial,and Misc.Committee PrincipalNFPA 400 Principal CommitteeNFPA 420 Principal Author Internat
2、ional Fire Code Action Committee on Energy SystemsCSA C800 and C801 Committee Member NFPA 855 and NFPA 800 Task Group Member2NFPA 855 Compliant BESS Installationsq All new 2026 Edition of NFPA 855 Changes and Opportunitiesq Designing compliant BESS Equipment Critical Importanceq How to meet NFPA 855
3、 for BESS Equipmentq Examples of deployment of BESS in the United StatesqCompliance Solutions and Partnership with JAD3New 2026 Edition of NFPA 855q Just Released in September q Significant changes to fire and explosion protection q New Technologies Included q Introduction of Thermal Runaway Propaga
4、tion Prevention(TRPP)4Major Changes to NFPA 855 5Fire and Explosion ProtectionLarge-Scale Fire Testing requirements Explosion Protection Systems-compulsory NFPA 69 compliancePartial volume deflagration analysis likely NFPA 68 requirementTRPP Systems to Reduce Fire and Explosion Risks New Annex G Mat
5、erial for Explosion EvaluationsFULL-SCALE FIRE CONDITION REQUIREDqThe fire condition must simulate actual installationqThe objective is to determine if the fire will spread from the initial BESS to other BESS equipmentqTwo Standards currently address LSFT testing:qUL 9540A Newly Released and Updated
6、qCSA C800:2025 Updated from 20246Large-Scale Fire TestingNew requirement for a complete,large-scale fire test to be performed for ALL lithium-ion BESSUL9540A Unit Level Test MUST have a fire condition develop to determine if fire will spread.Previous UL9540A Unit Level Testing are no longer valid if