Locating the very early smoke detector apparatus (VESDA) in vertical laminar clean rooms according to the trajectories of smoke particles

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 366-371

  Hu, Shih Cheng ^a   Chen, Chao Ching ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clean room; Fire; Particle; Very early smoke detector apparatus (VESDA)

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLEAN ROOMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; LOCATION;

FIRE LOCATION; FIRE SOURCE TEMPERATURE; RETURN AIR SHAFT; VERY EARLY SMOKE DETECTOR APPARATUS (VESDA);

SMOKE DETECTORS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLEAN ROOMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; LOCATION; SMOKE DETECTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; LAMINAR FLOW; SAFETY; SMOKE;

EID: 33748901326     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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