Flame detectors

[Chris Houston]

I know that flame detectors are suitable only for certain types of fire (typically burning liquid) and their sensitivity makes them unsuitable for a number of environments.

I'm going to take a look at a site soon, its an aviation engineering site and has flammable liquids, it might be one rare situations where flame detection is the best solution.

How can I tell if the environment is suitable for flame detection, and, what precautions are needed to prevent false alarms, my understanding is that even sunlight reflected from watches etc can be enough to activate them.

[kurnal]

What about Video fire detection its come on in leaps and bounds- take a look at Dtec.

[Marcos Figaro]

What about Video fire detection its come on in leaps and bounds- take a look at Dtec.

I think it is their best place of use, as far as I remember video detectors have failed in underground sort of applications

[Graeme]

Chris

From Apollo


The Intelligent Dual Infra-Red (IR²) Flame Detector is designed for use in areas where flaming fires may be expected. The detector has two sensors which respond to different IR wavelengths to discriminate between flames and spurious sources of radiation. Applications include aircraft hangars, coal handling and paper manufacturing plants and woodworking environments.

Sensitive to flickering IR radiation Detects through films of oil, dust, water and ice Responds to flickering flames, including those invisible to the naked eye Compatible with Discovery and XP95 protocols Remote optical self-test function 90° field of view Up to 40m coverage