Fire Insurance Association Selected as Lead Organization for Developing ESS Fire Extinguishing System

The Korea Fire Insurance Association announced on the 9th that the Disaster Prevention Testing and Research Institute has been selected as the lead organization for the Fire Agency's research and development project titled "Development of an Automatic Fire Extinguishing System for Energy Storage System (ESS) Fire Response."

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Hyung-gil] The Korea Fire Insurance Association announced on the 9th that the Disaster Prevention Testing Institute has been selected as the lead institution for the Fire Agency's research and development project titled "Development of an Automatic Extinguishing System for Fire Response in Energy Storage Systems (ESS)."

Accordingly, under the leadership of the Disaster Prevention Testing Institute, an industry-academia-research consortium involving related companies and universities will be formed to conduct research over five years. The research includes developing an AI-based early fire detection system for ESS linked to disaster safety platforms, developing an optimal automatic extinguishing system capable of preventing thermal runaway in ESS, and developing safety technical standards for ESS.

A representative from the institute stated, "In the event of an ESS fire accident, early detection through the fire detection system and initial extinguishing through the automatic extinguishing system will be possible, significantly reducing fire damage. We expect that the technical standards will be applied not only domestically but also in overseas ESS markets, greatly contributing to the stable growth of the related industry."

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