Fire detection in coal mines based on semiconductor gas sensors

Sensor Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-58

  Reimann, Peter ^a   Schütze, Andreas ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coal mining; Fire; Gases; Semiconductors; Sensors

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; COST-EFFICIENT; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FALSE ALARMS; FIELD TEST; FIRE DETECTION; FIRE DETECTION SYSTEMS; HARDWARE CONTROL; HIERARCHICAL EVALUATION; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFERING COMPOUNDS; RECALIBRATIONS; REDUNDANT DATA; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SELF-MONITORING; SEMICONDUCTOR GAS SENSORS; SMOLDERING FIRES; SYSTEM-BASED; TEMPERATURE CYCLES;

COAL MINES; FIRE DETECTORS; FIRES; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SENSORS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 84856917219     PISSN: 02602288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02602281211197143     Document Type: Review

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