An application of Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) method to the assessment of Battery Life Cycle

Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) plays a central role in many Design for Reliability procedures and the Reliability Life Cycle (RLC) analysis. FMECA is a systematic system analysis procedure for identifying potential failure modes, their causes, and their effect on system performance. The paper presents and discusses an FMECA devoted to the potential failure modes related to a Battery System. Potential causes and indications about a monitoring activity devoted to catching high-risk, high-occurrence failure modes are discussed.