- Author
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Levine, R. S.
- Title
- Detection and Smoke Properties.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Panel on Fire Research and Safety. Volume 6. Fire Detection. October 19-22, 1976,
Tokyo, Japan,
1-31 p.,
1976
- Keywords
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fire detection
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fire research
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fire safety
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fire detectors
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smoke detectors
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sensitivity
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false alarms
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heat detectors
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ionization detectors
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taguchi gas sensor (trademark)
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photoelectric detectors
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ultraviolet detectors
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smoke generation
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light scattering
- Abstract
- In this paper I will first briefly view the state-of-the-art capabilities of difference kinds of detectors, then discuss smoke research that is relevant to properties that should be measured to make detectors more reliable and sensitive to real fires, and free of false alarms.