- Author
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Bukowski, R. W.
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Bright, R. G.
- Title
- Some Problems Noted in the Use of Taguchi Semiconductor Gas Sensors as Residential Fire/Smoke Detectors. Final Report.
- File
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get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=107106
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NBSIR 74-591,
October 1974,
10 p.
- Keywords
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false alarms
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taguchi gas sensor (trademark)
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fire detectors
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fire tests
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smoke detectors
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sensors
- Abstract
- This paper examines some aspects of Taguchi semiconductor gas sensors and their use as residential fire/smoke detectors based on theoretical and experimental considerations. It was found that these sensors have difficulty detecting fires involving complete combustion along with a greater than normal propensity to false alarm to other than fire conditions. Both of these problems raise serious questions as to the suitability of these sensors as resiential fire/smoke detectors, at least at their present state of development.