Battery knowledge · Vehicle and transport standards
Aircraft battery certification
The approval route for batteries on aircraft. In the US, advisory circular AC 20-184A, reissued in 2026, gives an accepted way to show that installed rechargeable lithium batteries are safe, including thermal-runaway containment demonstrated with every cell in runaway. In Europe, EASA’s Special Condition SC E-19 sets requirements for electric and hybrid propulsion systems, including the propulsion battery and its management system.
- Also called
- EASA SC E-19, SC E-19, AC 20-184A, FAA AC 20-184
Example
Vehicle and transport standards: an example situation
Shipping tests and vehicle battery approval tests address different uses; passing one does not automatically satisfy another.
Read Aircraft battery certification alongside Battery management system in this context. The electronics and software that keep a battery inside its safe window: measuring every cell voltage and many temperatures, estimating SOC and SOH, balancing cells, computing current limits, controlling the contactors and reporting over the vehicle network.
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References & further reading
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- UN Manual of Tests and Criteria, Revision 8
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe · 2023
Topic background · Dangerous-goods classification tests; subsection 38.3 concerns battery transport testing.
- Manual of Tests and Criteria, Revision 8, Amendment 1
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe · 2025
Topic background · Amendments to Revision 8, including changes to battery testing in subsection 38.3.