- Author
- Litton, C. D.
- Title
- Mathematical Model for Ionization-Type Smoke Detectors and the Reduced Source Approximation.
- Coporate
- Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA
- Journal
- Fire Technology, Vol. 13, No. 4, 266-281, November 1977
- Keywords
- mathematical models | smoke detectors | fire protection | fire fighting equipment | ionization chambers
- Identifiers
- detection systems
- Abstract
- This paper has characterized an ionization chamber's performance dominated by convective transport, provided exact solutions for different electrode geometries and a broad range of operating parameters, and developed an approximation to describe the performance of a detector in the presence of smoke particles.