ARC (Accelerating Rate Calorimeter)

Acceleratory rate calorimetry (ARC) is a common tool used in the thermal stability evaluation of hazardous materials to detect thermally exothermic decomposition reactions and to provide self-heat rate and pressure data that are used to model the kinetics of a reaction and even calculate relief vent sizing. In turn, the data allows for quantifying exothermic reactions, the effect of heat upon materials and simulating runaway reactions of battery cells. The general purpose of the ARC equipment is to investigate the fire safety of batteries and thermal degradation studies.

Responsible for equipment: PhD Wilson Ulises Rojas Alva
The ARC assembly will have two main users, ZAG and KI, with the corresponding main operators (one for each research organisation). All the research organisations in Slovenia will be granted priority access to the equipment based on a case-by-case agreement. Also, specific training and agreements on the use of the equipment and the fire laboratory facilities will be provided to the interested research organisations in Slovenia. A price list for the use of the equipment will be drafted following the Rules on Pricing for the Use of Research Equipment, Information and Reporting on the Use of Research Equipment, No 007.5/2023-1. This price list will be available for interested research organisations on the website https://www.zag.si/raziskave-in-razvoj/seznam-opreme/ and https://www.zag.si/raziskave-in-razvoj/podatki-o-opremi/