- Author
- Geiman, J. A. | Gottuk, D. T. | Milke, J. A.
- Title
- Evaluation of Smoke Detector Response Estimation Methods: Optical Density, Temperature Rise, and Velocity at Alarm.
- Coporate
- Hughes Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD Maryland Univ., College Park
- Journal
- Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 4, 251-268, November 2006
- Keywords
- smoke detectors | detector response | evaluation | optical density | temperature rise | velocity | threshold detectors (dosimeters) | uncertainty | large scale fire tests | methodology | combustion | ventilation
- Identifiers
- alarm thresholds; temperature approximation; critical velocity; Navy Tests (Hughes Associates, Inc. and the Naval Research Laboratory conducted the first series of tests); Kemano Tests (National Research Council of Canada (NRC) recently conducted full-scale fire detection experiments in residential dwellings in Kemano, British Columbia)