- Author
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Egan, M. R.
- Title
- Diesel-Discriminating Detector Response to Smoldering Fires.
- Coporate
- Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA
- Report
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IC 9353,
December 7, 1992,
16 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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mine fires
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smoldering
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coal mines
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fire detection systems
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diesel engines
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diesel exhaust
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smoke detectors
- Identifiers
- mine safety; underground mining; discrimination
- Abstract
- Reliable fire detection is essential for both safe evacuation and containment or extinguishment. In order to increase reliability by reducing the number of nuisance fire alarms in underground mines that use diesel-powered equipment, the U.S. Bureau of Mines has developed a diesel-discriminating fire detector (DDD). It was designed to discriminate between smoke produced by a fire and the smoke-laden exhaust of a diesel engine. Experiments were conducted by the Bureau ot compare the smoke detection capabilities of the DDD with those of conventional fire detectors in response to smoldering coal and conveyor belting.