Method and device for identifying and localizing a fire
First Claim
1. Method for detecting and localizing a fire and/or the origin of a fire in one or more monitored areas comprising the following process steps:
- a) extracting air samples in each case representative of the room air of the respective individual monitored areas from said individual monitored areas through a common suction pipe system;
b) detecting at least one fire parameter in the air samples suctioned through suction pipe system with at least one sensor for detecting fire parameters;
c) blowing out the extracted air samples within suction pipe system * by means of a blower or suctioning/blower device;
d) re-extracting air samples from the individual monitored areas through suction pipe system at least until the at least one sensor re-detects a fire parameter in air samples;
e) evaluating the time elapsed before the re-detecting of the fire parameter in the re-extracted air samples from process step d) in order to localize a fire or the site of an imminent fire in one of the plurality of monitored areas; and
f) emitting a signal indicating the development and/or presence of a fire in one or more of monitored areas wherein the signal contains further information for a precise localization of the fire in said one or more monitored areas.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device for detecting and localizing sources of fire in one or more monitored areas (R1, . . . , Rn) utilizing a suction pipe system (3) connecting the plurality of monitored areas (R1, . . . , Rn) and which communicates with each individual monitored area (R1, . . . , Rn) by means of at least one suction opening (4), a suction device (5) for extracting air samples (6) representative of the room air of the individual monitored areas (R1, . . . , Rn) from the individual monitored areas (R1, . . . , Rn) by means of the suction pipe system (3) and the suction openings (4), and a sensor (7) for detecting at least one fire parameter in the air samples (6) extracted through the suction pipe system (3), whereby the inventive device comprises a blowing device (8) for blowing out the air samples (6) suctioned into the suction pipe system (3) when sensor (7) detects at least one fire parameter in the extracted air samples (6). The fire is localized by means of the transit time measurement of a re-extracted fire parameter.
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1. Method for detecting and localizing a fire and/or the origin of a fire in one or more monitored areas comprising the following process steps:
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a) extracting air samples in each case representative of the room air of the respective individual monitored areas from said individual monitored areas through a common suction pipe system;
b) detecting at least one fire parameter in the air samples suctioned through suction pipe system with at least one sensor for detecting fire parameters;
c) blowing out the extracted air samples within suction pipe system * by means of a blower or suctioning/blower device;
d) re-extracting air samples from the individual monitored areas through suction pipe system at least until the at least one sensor re-detects a fire parameter in air samples;
e) evaluating the time elapsed before the re-detecting of the fire parameter in the re-extracted air samples from process step d) in order to localize a fire or the site of an imminent fire in one of the plurality of monitored areas; and
f) emitting a signal indicating the development and/or presence of a fire in one or more of monitored areas wherein the signal contains further information for a precise localization of the fire in said one or more monitored areas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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- 10. Fire detection device for detecting and localizing a fire and/or the origin of a fire in one or more monitored areas comprising a suction pipe system connecting said monitored areas which communicates with each individual monitored area by means of at least one suction opening, a suction device for extracting representative air samples (from individual monitored areas by means of suction pipe system and suction openings, and at least one sensor for detecting at least one fire parameter in the air samples suctioned through suction pipe system, characterized by a blowing device blowing out the air samples sucked into suction pipe system when the at least one sensor detects at least one fire parameter in said extracted air samples, and by at least one indicator element which identifies the site of a fire in one of monitored areas and/or by a communication device which transmits information on the development and/or presence of a fire in one or more of said monitored areas and on the precise location of the fire in said one or more monitored areas to a location remote of the device.
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