Fire-Emulator Detector-Evaluation.
Fire-Emulator Detector-Evaluation.
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Chernovsky, A.; Grosshandler, W. L.; Cleary, T. G.;
Anderson, M.
Safety Systems (SS-98) of International Information
Forum. International Conference, 7th. Proceedings.
Moscow Fire Safety Institute. October 28, 1998, Moscow,
Russia, Topolsky, N. G.; Lavlinsky, L. L.; Bludchy, N.
P., Editor(s)(s), 192-193 pp, 1998.
Keywords:
fire safety; fire detection systems; fire detectors
Abstract:
The performance of a fire detection system is determined
as much by its ability to recognize correctly the
non-fire state as to sense the presence of a real fire.
Common fire detectors respond to particulate matter in
the form of smoke from a flaming or smoldering source by
scattering light, absorbing light, or decreasing the
level of ionization. Atmospheric aerosols from non-fire
sources also can cause an ionization or photoelectric
detector to respond. While different manufacturers have
developed means to compensate for background particulate
levels, standard methods to assess how well a particular
detector discriminates background from fire-generated
aerosols do not exist. The purpose of the FE/DE is to
produce an environment representative of what would be
present immediately adjacent to an installed detector.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899