Yeah that's actually a common problem when trying to charge lithium batteries off a vehicle alternator. Lithium has almost no internal resistance (at least until you get up to the ~90% float level), so if you have a 100A lithium battery which is nearly empty, it'll cause the alternator to run at full tilt for an extended amount of time, which can cause it to overheat, especially when sitting idle. I've wondered if a water cooled alternator like they sell down under would help in that case.My understanding of their explanation is that the windings must dissipate heat under load anyway.
But if you have the perfect storm of high load and low RPM's it means the heat can't be removed fast enough.
They mentioned an alternator can actually catch fire.