Laboratory evaluation of smoke detectors for use in underground mines

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-393

  Litton, Charles D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Fire; Sensors; Smoke

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL DUST; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; FIRES; SMOKE DETECTORS; STYRENE;

AIRBORNE DUSTS; COMBUSTION SOURCES; DETECTION; LABORATORY EVALUATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NUISANCE ALARMS; OPTICAL SCATTERING; PHOTOELECTRIC SMOKE DETECTORS; SMOKE PARTICLES; UNDERGROUND MINE;

SMOKE;

EID: 59749089099     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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