| Author: | Wong, Hing-yi Annie |
| Title: | A study of photoelectric type smoke detector response |
| Degree: | M.Eng. |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Subject: | Hong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertations. Fire detectors. Optical detectors. |
| Department: | Department of Building Services Engineering |
| Pages: | viii, 94 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | This study investigates the fire safety problem of a smoke detection system in terms of the probable response time of photoelectric smoke detectors. Response influencing factors including fuel quantity, air velocity through the detector and detector configurations, which describe the smoke aerosol generation, bulk smoke transport with airflow and local smoke transport in a detector, are investigated. The response time of photoelectric light-scattering type detector in a test chamber as described in UL 268 were examined through cotton wick smoke flowing at design velocities of 0.5 ms-1, 0.8 ms-1, 1.4 ms-1, 2 ms-1 and 3 ms-1. Measurements of a 'base case' detector, i.e. a detector installed with a sensing chamber, a sensor screen and an outer casing, were compared with those of three other casing configurations: (1) a detector with the sensing element freely exposed; (2) a detector with a sensing chamber; and (3) a detector with a sensing chamber and a sensor screen. The results showed that the response time would be significantly affected by the airflow near the detector. A response time constant k for a photoelectric smoke detector was proposed and correlated with the airflow velocity. Detector casing configurations were proved to have significant influences on the constant. This smoke detector response time constant would be a design parameter for photoelectric type smoke detectors in the fire detection system. |
| Rights: | All rights reserved |
| Access: | restricted access |
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