FT-IR Based System for Fire Detection.
FT-IR Based System for Fire Detection.
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Serio, M. A.; Bonanno, A. S.; Knight, K. S.; Newman, J.
S.
NISTIR 5499; September 1994.
National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual
Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts.
October 17-20, 1994, Gaithersburg, MD, 139-140 pp, 1994.
Sponsor:
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB95-104964
Keywords:
fire research; FT-IR; fire safety; photoelectric
detectors; semiconductors
Abstract:
A major advance in fire safety technology during the
past two decades is the availability of low cost smoke
detectors based on either ionization or photoelectric
detectors. However, these detectors have some drawbacks
because of the high frequency of false alarms and
maintenance problems. Other types of detector
technologies have been developed for specific gases,
such as CO2, CO, or O2, based on metal oxide
semiconductors, electrochemical sensors, or optical
sensors.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899