Expert: Possible causes of Boeing battery burn-out
U-M Chemical Engineering Professor Levi Thompson discusses the grounding of the Boeing 787 jets due to battery malfunction. Thompson explains how overheating of Lithium Ion batteries could cause leaking of fluids, which may lead to ignition.
ABOUT THE PROFESSOR: Levi Thompson (http://che.engin.umich.edu/people/tho...) is the Richard E. Balzhiser Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering (http://che.engin.umich.edu/) at the University of Michigan. His research interests include Nitride and Carbide Catalysts, Microreactors and Fuel Processors for Fuel Cells, Novel Water Gas Shift and Steam Reforming Catalysts and Micro-Fuel Cells and Electrocatalysts.
