- Author
- Street, T. T. | Lawrence, K. D. | Williams, F. W. | Alexander, J. I.
- Title
- NRL Processor-Aided Fire Detection System.
- Coporate
- Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC
- Report
- NRL Report 8341, September 14, 1979, 116 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- fire detection systems | fire detectors | smoke | prototypes | test methods | fire alarm systems | sampling | reliability | shipboard fires | fuels | stability | fire tests | smoke detectors
- Identifiers
- detection
- Abstract
- A series of fire tests has been conducted simulating shipboard environments. During these tests an NRL prototype fire detection system was compared to two commercial fire detectors. The detectors were exposed to various fuel-type fires inolving both solids and liquids, and to different humidity and temperature conditions. Comparative results for 100 experiments are presented. The reliability of the detectors also is examined.