Boeing 787 Dreamliner Battery Fire Problem
I'm bit surprised that no one's initiated a discussion on the problem that's haunting the airline industry - grounding of all the Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplanes. The problem seems to be the 'thermal runaway' - where the Li-Ion batteries produce heat because of the production of electricity and this heat further speeds up the production of electricity; forcing it into a kind-of continuous loop.
Thermal runaway seems to happen in a lot of reactions, but it's more critical in li-ion batteries being used in the 787 airplanes. Boeing's engineers focused on reducing the overall weight of the aircraft (to improve the overall fuel efficiency about 5x), and were certainly aware of the problem that might pop-up; but they ensured that there are enough backup systems in case things went wrong.
Boeing's rival Airbus is busy designing the A350, which boasts of a similar configuration as the 787, and may have an important lesson to learn from Boeing's Battery Fire Problem. What do you think can be done differently to avoid such problems?
Thermal runaway seems to happen in a lot of reactions, but it's more critical in li-ion batteries being used in the 787 airplanes. Boeing's engineers focused on reducing the overall weight of the aircraft (to improve the overall fuel efficiency about 5x), and were certainly aware of the problem that might pop-up; but they ensured that there are enough backup systems in case things went wrong.
Boeing's rival Airbus is busy designing the A350, which boasts of a similar configuration as the 787, and may have an important lesson to learn from Boeing's Battery Fire Problem. What do you think can be done differently to avoid such problems?
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