Time Resolved Size Distributions of Test Smoke and Nuisance Aerosols.
Time Resolved Size Distributions of Test Smoke and
Nuisance Aerosols.
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Cleary, T. G.
International Conference on Automatic Fire Detection
"AUBE '04", 13th Proceedings. University of Duisburg.
[Internationale Konferenz uber Automatischen
Brandentdeckung.] September 14-16, 2004, Duisburg,
Germany, Luck, H.; Laws, P.; Willms, I., Editor(s)(s),
500-509 pp, 2004.
Keywords:
fire detection; fire detection systems; aerosols; size
distribution; smoke; soot; smoke detectors; cigarettes
Abstract:
An electrical low-pressure impactor (ELPI) has been used
to measure the size distribution of various test smokes
and nuisance aerosols generated in the fire
emulator/detector evaluator (FE/DE). Previously reported
size results were timeaveraged values with sampling
times on the order of five minutes required to collect a
weighable amount. The ELPI is a 12-stage cascade
impactor that separates particles between an aerodynamic
diameter size range of 0.03 mm to 10 mm, which covers a
wide range of particle sizes of interest in smoke alarm
research. A complete size distribution is recorded every
10 s. The size distributions of several test smokes
including: propene soot, smoldering cotton, and
smoldering wood smoke were measured throughout smoke
alarm exposure tests. The size distribution of several
nuisance aerosols including: dust, cigarette smoke, and
cooking smokes were also measured. Additionally,
comparisons were made between the ELPI results and
results from a tapered element oscillating microbalance
and the measuring ionization chamber.
