EN 62619:2017

Secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes - Safety requirements for secondary lithium cells and batteries, for use in industrial applications

IEC 62619:2017 specifies requirements and tests for the safe operation of secondary lithium cells and batteries used in industrial applications including stationary applications. When there exists an IEC standard specifying test conditions and requirements for cells used in special applications and which is in conflict with this document, the former takes precedence (e.g., IEC 62660 series on road vehicles). The following are some examples of applications that utilize cells and batteries under the scope of this document. - Stationary applications: telecom, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), electrical energy storage system, utility switching, emergency power, and similar applications. - Motive applications: forklift truck, golf cart, auto guided vehicle (AGV), railway, and marine, excluding road vehicles. Since this document covers batteries for various industrial applications, it includes those requirements, which are common and minimum to the various applications. Electrical safety is included only as a part of the risk analysis of Clause 8. In regard to details for addressing electrical safety, the end use application standard requirements have to be considered. This document applies to cells and batteries. If the battery is divided into smaller units, the smaller unit can be tested as the representative of the battery. The manufacturer clearly declares the tested unit. The manufacturer may add functions, which are present in the final battery to the tested unit.

Akkumulatoren und Batterien mit alkalischen oder anderen nicht säurehaltigen Elektrolyten - Sicherheitsanforderungen für Lithium-Akkumulatoren und -Batterien für die Verwendung in industriellen Anwendungen

Accumulateurs alcalins et autres accumulateurs à électrolyte non acide - Exigences de sécurité pour les accumulateurs au lithium pour utilisation dans des applications industrielles

L'IEC 62619:2017 spécifie les exigences et les essais pour le fonctionnement en toute sécurité des éléments et des batteries d’accumulateurs au lithium utilisés dans des applications industrielles, y compris les applications stationnaires. En cas d'existence d'une norme IEC spécifiant des conditions d'essai et des exigences pour des éléments destinés à des applications particulières, et qui serait en contradiction avec le présent document, la publication particulière est appliquée en priorité (par exemple, la série IEC 62660 sur les véhicules routiers). Ci-après figurent des exemples d’applications utilisant les éléments et les batteries inclus dans le domaine d’application du présent document: - Applications stationnaires: télécommunications, alimentation sans interruption (ASI), système de stockage d'énergie électrique, sélecteur de service, alimentation de secours et applications similaires. - Applications mobiles: chariot élévateur à fourche, voiturette de golf, véhicule à guidage automatique (AGV), ferroviaire et marine, à l'exclusion des véhicules routiers. Étant donné que le présent document couvre les batteries destinées à différentes applications industrielles, il inclut ces exigences qui sont communes et minimales pour les différentes applications. La sécurité électrique est incluse uniquement dans le cadre de l'analyse des risques de l'Article 8. Concernant les détails en matière de sécurité électrique, les exigences normalisées relatives à l'application finale sont à prendre en compte. Le présent document s'applique aux éléments et aux batteries. Si la batterie est divisée en unités plus petites, l’unité plus petite peut être soumise à essai pour représenter la batterie. Le fabricant déclare clairement l'unité soumise à essai. Il peut ajouter des fonctions, qui sont présentes dans la batterie finale, à l'unité soumise à essai.

Sekundarni členi in baterije z alkalnimi ali drugimi nekislinskimi elektroliti - Varnostne zahteve za velik format sekundarnih litijevih členov in baterij za industrijsko uporabo

Ta dokument določa zahteve in preskuse za varno uporabo sekundarnih litijevih členov in baterij za industrijsko rabo, vključno s stacionarno uporabo. Če obstaja standard IEC, ki določa preskusne pogoje in zahteve za člene za posebno uporabo ter je v nasprotju s tem dokumentom, ima prednost prvi (npr. skupina standardov IEC 62660 o cestnih vozilih).
Spodaj je naštetih nekaj primerov uporabe členov in baterij v okviru tega dokumenta.
• Stacionarna uporaba: telekomunikacije, napajalniki za neprekinjeno napajanje (UPS), sistem za shranjevanje električne energije, preklapljanje storitev, zasilno napajanje in podobni načini uporabe.
• Pogonska uporaba: viličar, voziček za golf, samodejno vodeno vozilo (AGV), železnica in pomorstvo, brez cestnih vozil.
Ker ta dokument zajema baterije za različno industrijsko rabo, vključuje skupne in minimalne zahteve za različne načine uporabe.
Električna varnost je vključena samo kot del analize tveganja v točki 8. V povezavi s podrobnostmi za obravnavanje električne varnosti je treba upoštevati standardne zahteve za končno uporabo.
Ta dokument se uporablja za člene in baterije. Če je baterija razdeljena na manjše enote, je mogoče manjšo enoto preskusiti kot reprezentativno za baterijo. Proizvajalec jasno deklarira preskušeno enoto. Proizvajalec lahko preskušeni enoti doda funkcije, ki jih vsebuje končna baterija.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 18-May-2017
• Withdrawal Date: 19-Mar-2020
• ICS: 29.220.30 - Alkaline secondary cells and batteries
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 21X - Secondary cells and batteries
• Drafting Committee: IEC/SC 21A - IEC_SC_21A
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 19-May-2017
• Completion Date: 19-May-2017
• Ref Project: SIST EN 62619:2018 - Secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes - Safety requirements for large format secondary lithium cells and batteries for use in industrial applications

Relations

• Replaced By: EN IEC 62619:2022 - Secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes - Safety requirements for secondary lithium cells and batteries, for use in industrial applications
• Effective Date: 05-Jul-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

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Secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes - Safety
requirements for large format secondary lithium cells and batteries for use in industrial
applications
Accumulateurs alcalins et autres accumulateurs à électrolyte non acide - Exigeances de
sécurité pour les éléments et batteries d'accumulateurs au lithium pour applications
industrielles
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62619:2017
ICS:
29.220.30 $ONDOQLVHNXQGDUQLþOHQLLQ Alkaline secondary cells and
EDWHULMH batteries
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 62619
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
May 2017
ICS 29.220.30
English Version
Secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-
acid electrolytes - Safety requirements for secondary lithium
cells and batteries, for use in industrial applications
(IEC 62619:2017)
Accumulateurs alcalins et autres accumulateurs à Akkumulatoren und Batterien mit alkalischen oder anderen
électrolyte non acide - Exigences de sécurité pour les nicht säurehaltigen Elektrolyten - Sicherheitsanforderungen
accumulateurs au lithium pour utilisation dans des für Lithium-Akkumulatoren und -Batterien für die
applications industrielles Verwendung in industriellen Anwendungen
(IEC 62619:2017) (IEC 62619:2017)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2017-03-20. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels
© 2017 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN 62619:2017 E
European foreword
The text of document 21A/617/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62619, prepared by SC 21A, Secondary
cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes, of IEC/TC 21 "Secondary cells
and batteries" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be (dop) 2017-12-20
implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
(dow) 2020-03-20
• latest date by which the national
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rightsEndorsement notice.
The text of the International Standard IEC 62619:2017 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:

IEC 60730-1:2013 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60730-1:2016.
IEC 60812 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60812.
IEC 61025 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61025.
IEC 61434 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61434.
IEC 61508 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN 61508 (series).
IEC 61511-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61511-1.
IEC 61513 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61513.
IEC 61960 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61960.
IEC 62061 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62061.
IEC 62660 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN 62660 (series).
IEC 62281 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62281.
ISO 9001:2015 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 9001:2015.

Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant

EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 62133 2012 Secondary cells and batteries containing EN 62133 2013
alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes -
Safety requirements for portable sealed
secondary cells, and for batteries made
from them, for use in portable applications
IEC 62620 2014 Secondary cells and batteries containing EN 62620 2015
alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes --
Secondary lithium cells and batteries for
use in industrial applications
ISO/IEC Guide 51 -  Safety aspects - Guidelines for their - -
inclusion in standards
IEC 62619 ®
Edition 1.0 2017-02
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Secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid

electrolytes – Safety requirements for secondary lithium cells and batteries,

for use in industrial applications

Accumulateurs alcalins et autres accumulateurs à électrolyte non acide –

Exigences de sécurité pour les accumulateurs au lithium pour utilisation dans

des applications industrielles

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ICS 29.220.30 ISBN 978-2-8322-3869-1

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Parameter measurement tolerances . 9
5 General safety considerations . 10
5.1 General . 10
5.2 Insulation and wiring . 10
5.3 Venting . 10
5.4 Temperature/voltage/current management . 10
5.5 Terminal contacts of the battery pack and/or battery system . 10
5.6 Assembly of cells, modules, or battery packs into battery systems . 11
5.6.1 General . 11
5.6.2 Battery system design . 11
5.7 Operating region of lithium cells and battery systems for safe use . 11
5.8 Quality plan . 11
6 Type test conditions . 12
6.1 General . 12
6.2 Test items . 12
7 Specific requirements and tests . 13
7.1 Charging procedures for test purposes . 13
7.2 Reasonably foreseeable misuse . 13
7.2.1 External short-circuit test (cell or cell block) . 13
7.2.2 Impact test (cell or cell block) . 14
7.2.3 Drop test (cell or cell block, and battery system) . 15
7.2.4 Thermal abuse test (cell or cell block) . 17
7.2.5 Overcharge test (cell or cell block) . 18
7.2.6 Forced discharge test (cell or cell block) . 18
7.3 Considerations for internal short-circuit – Design evaluation . 19
7.3.1 General . 19
7.3.2 Internal short-circuit test (cell) . 19
7.3.3 Propagation test (battery system) . 20
8 Battery system safety (considering functional safety) . 20
8.1 General requirements . 20
8.2 Battery management system (or battery management unit) . 21
8.2.1 Requirements for the BMS . 21
8.2.2 Overcharge control of voltage (battery system) . 22
8.2.3 Overcharge control of current (battery system) . 23
8.2.4 Overheating control (battery system) . 24
9 Information for safety . 24
10 Marking and designation . 24
Annex A (normative) Operating region of cells for safe use . 25
A.1 General . 25
A.2 Charging conditions for safe use . 25
A.3 Consideration on charging voltage . 25
A.4 Consideration on temperature . 26

IEC 62619:2017  IEC 2017 – 3 –
A.5 High temperature range . 26
A.6 Low temperature range . 26
A.7 Discharging conditions for safe use . 26
A.8 Example of operating region . 27
Annex B (informative) Procedure of propagation test (see 7.3.3) . 28
B.1 General . 28
B.2 Test conditions . 28
B.3 Methods for initiating the thermal runaway can include . 28
Annex C (informative) Packaging . 29
Bibliography . 30

Figure 1 – Configuration of the impact test . 15
Figure 2 – Impact location . 17
Figure 3 – Configuration for the shortest edge drop test . 17
Figure 4 – Configuration for the corner drop test .
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