Contents - Spring 2005

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Detection Technologies & Systems

• Fire Detectors - Evaluation, Statistical Analysis and Quality Control by Audit Sample Testing

• Can the Petrochemical Industry Feel Safe with Traditional Gas Leak Detectors?

• Open Path Gas Detection and Continuous Point Combustible Sensors: The Case For Both Types As Complimentary Gas Detection Technologies

• D-Tec Video Smoke Detection Protects London's Newest Building

• Fire Detection in Atrium Buildings

• "Distance" Brings Fire Detection Closer to Perfection

• Optical Flame & Gas Detection for the Oil & Gas Industry

• Real Time Identification and Location of Forest Fire Hotspots

• Modern Accessories for Optical Flame Detectors

Fire Detectors - Evaluation, Statistical Analysis and Quality Control by Audit Sample Testing

By Dr. Serge Zbuiykov, Senior Materials Scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia

Results of audit sample testing of different fire detectors and analysis of failures of fire detectors tested by FSG to investigate their reliability, quality and performance.

Can the Petrochemical Industry Feel Safe with Traditional Gas Leak Detectors?

By Martin T. Olesen, General Manager, Innova Gassonic, Denmark

The main focus of this article is fixed hydrocarbon gas leak detection and its crucial need to industry.

Open Path Gas Detection and Continuous Point Combustible Sensors: The Case For Both Types As Complimentary Gas Detection Technologies

By Leslie Mitchell, Marketing and Communications Specialist for the MSA

Open path technology used in conjunction with traditional point gas detection may provide the best overall protection as well as a cost-effective means of gas detection.

D-Tec Video Smoke Detection Protects London's Newest Building

By Ian F. Moore, Managing Director, Detector Technologies Ltd (D-Tec)

Several factors led consulting engineers to choose video smoke detection over conventional smoke detectors, beam detectors or aspirating smoke detection systems.

Fire Detection in Atrium Buildings

By Juzo Unoki, George Kawada, Nohmi Bosai Ltd.

Atrium higher ceilings and greater space volume challenge fire protection technologies to create combined systems -- the beam type smoke detectors + flame detectors + fire scanning devices.

"Distance" Brings Fire Detection Closer to Perfection

By Donald Goosman, Construction Manager, Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc

By adding distance to multi-criteria sensors, cooperative multi-sensor technology has hastened the evolution of fire detection systems closer to fire-detection perfection.

Optical Flame & Gas Detection for the Oil & Gas Industry

By Estee Jacobson and Oded Spector, Spectrex, Inc.

Open path and flame monitoring systems, based on unique optical spectral analysis technology, have proven records in high-risk industries: immunity to sporadic false alarms, extreme weather conditions or surrounding radiation sources.

Real Time Identification and Location of Forest Fire Hotspots

By D. B. Wright, T. Yotsumata, N. El-Sheimy, Mobile Multi-Sensor Systems Research Group, University of Calgary

To reduce the impact of forest fires through earlier detection, researchers demonstrate the effect of an integrated WADGPS/INS unit for georeferencing and a thermal imager to detect hotspots.

Modern Accessories for Optical Flame Detectors

By Ian Buchanan, European Manager, Spectrex, Inc.

Long-range fire simulators, laser detection area coverage pointers, air shields, and PDAs improve a detector's installation, set-up, area-coverage determination, diagnostics and prognostics for maintenance purposes.

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