TY - JOUR
T1 - Miniaturized sensor systems for early fire detection in spacecraft
AU - Hunter, Gary W.
AU - Green Berg, Paul S.
AU - Xu, Jennifer C.
AU - Ward, Benjamin
AU - Makel, Darby
AU - Dutta, Prabir
AU - Liu, Chung Chiun
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - A fire in spacecraft or habitat supporting NASA's Exploration mission could jeopardize the system, mission, and/or crew. Given adequate measures for fire prevention, the hazard from a fire can be significantly reduced if fire detection is rapid and occurs in the early stages of fire development. The simultaneous detection of both particulate and gaseous products has been proven to rapidly detect fires and accurately distinguish between real fires and nuisance sources. This paper describes the development status of gaseous and particulate sensor elements, integrated sensor systems, and system testing. It is concluded that while development is still necessary, the fundamental approach of smart, miniaturized, multisensor technology has the potential to significantly improve the safety of NASA space exploration systems.
AB - A fire in spacecraft or habitat supporting NASA's Exploration mission could jeopardize the system, mission, and/or crew. Given adequate measures for fire prevention, the hazard from a fire can be significantly reduced if fire detection is rapid and occurs in the early stages of fire development. The simultaneous detection of both particulate and gaseous products has been proven to rapidly detect fires and accurately distinguish between real fires and nuisance sources. This paper describes the development status of gaseous and particulate sensor elements, integrated sensor systems, and system testing. It is concluded that while development is still necessary, the fundamental approach of smart, miniaturized, multisensor technology has the potential to significantly improve the safety of NASA space exploration systems.
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U2 - 10.4271/2009-01-2469
DO - 10.4271/2009-01-2469
M3 - 會議論文
AN - SCOPUS:85072465842
SN - 0148-7191
JO - SAE Technical Papers
JF - SAE Technical Papers
T2 - International Conference on Environmental Systems, ICES 2009
Y2 - 12 July 2009 through 12 July 2009
ER -