Test Fire Signatures and the Fire-Emulator/Detector-Evaluation.
Test Fire Signatures and the
Fire-Emulator/Detector-Evaluation.
(1213 K)
Grosshandler, W. L.; Cleary, T. G.
NISTIR 6030; June 1997.
U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural
Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 13th Joint
Panel Meeting. Volume 2. March 13-20, 1996,
Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editor(s), 375-390 pp,
1997.
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB97-184204
Keywords:
fire safety; fire research; fire detection; fire tests;
fire detectors; smoke detectors; gas detectors; heat
detectors; smoldering
Abstract:
Existing methods for evaluating the performance of smoke
and thermal detectors are reviewed. The levels of
combustion gases, smoke, temperature and velocity likely
to be produced in the European standard detector test
fires are discussed, and this information is used to
establish the operating conditions for a
fire-emulator/detector-evaluator (FE/DE). The first
generation FE/DE being developed by BFRL will handle
multi-criteria spot-type detectors over the anticipated
range of realistic operating conditions. Measurements
in non-flaming test fires (TF 2 and TF 3) are described
and example signatures are proposed for training the
FE/DE to evaluate combination smoke/heat/gas detection
systems.
