- Author
- Litton, C. D.
- Title
- Laboratory Evaluation of Smoke Detectors for Use in Underground Mines.
- Coporate
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, PA
- Journal
- Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 44, No. 3, 387-393, April 2009
- Keywords
- mine fires | smoke detectors | evaluation | sensors | prototypes | smoke particles | ionization chambers | false alarms | diesel exhaust | airborne dust | diesel engines | wood | coal | rubber | diesel fuel | solid fuels | flaming combustion | smoldering combustion | warning systems
- Identifiers
- nuisance alarms; measured sensitivities for diesel exhaust particles and various combustion aerosols; using the bipolar ion chamber with floating collection electrode and the dual angle scattering module; sensitivity ratios for the three types of aerosols measured during these experiments; average values of the prototype ionization chamber response; alarm point of the commercial detector to smoldering fires