The Complementary Application of Very Early Warning Fire and Gas Detection in Manufacturing Environments

摘要

ASD is a reliable method for the detection of smoke from smoldering or active fires. The reuse and adaptation of ASD sampling systems can be applied to provide practical detection of environmental gases in manufacturing environments.This paper has outlined the challenges for smoke detection in the manufacturing environment and the mechanisms that ASD employs to overcome those challenges. The same strategies used to provide good smoke detection can ensure detection of a representative sample of gas in a set volume, overcome ventilation and sample entry impedance, and condition the air sample before detection. The combined "Aspirating Smoke and Gas Detection" (ASGD) solutions offer flexibility for the solution designer for the range of toxic gas detection, flammable gas detection, and multi-criteria fire detection.ASD, as the preferred technology for reliable and very early warning fire detection, now also provides solution designers with a gas detection scheme that offers the manufacturer a more productive and safer working environment.