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Reducing Risk of Battery Fires on Ships

Saturday, May 18th, 2024

MACSEA and its development partner, PacMar Technologies, recently completed an ONR-funded research project to develop technology for monitoring battery rooms on all-electric ships and issuing early warning alarms at the slightest increase in battery temperatures. The system uses both images and temperature data supplied by thermal cameras, along with AI-based algorithms, to automatically detect evolving thermal threats and issue alerts to sailors long before the temperature of any battery becomes a problem. Read More