Fire Protection in Data Centers, Computer Equipment Areas, and Energy Storage Systems

Nick Johnson is a research engineer in 3M™ Company’s Electronic Material Solutions Division, working the fluoro-chemicals lab. He provides technical support for Novec™ 1230 and is directly involved in new fire protection applications as well as vetting of new novel fluids with potential as future fire suppression agents. Over the past five years, Nick’s research has been focused on thermal management of lithium ion batteries and mitigating the potential of cascading thermal runaway within such batteries. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of St. Thomas and is an alternate on the developing NFPA 855: Standard for the Installation of Stationary Energy Storage Systems and a liaison member of SAE G27: Lithium Battery Packaging Performance.