TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Optical simulations for fire detectors
JO  - Fire safety journal
A1  - Muller, K.
A1  - Loepfe, M
A1  - Wieser, D
SP  - 274
EP  - 278
VL  - 41
IS  - 4
N2  - In this paper, we present the method for optical simulation that we have successfully applied to new designs of fire detectors, with a focus on optical scattering smoke detectors. Our simulation is based on a commercially available software tool for non-sequential ray-tracing and on measurements of the differential scattering cross-section of test fire aerosols. With optical simulation, we succeeded in predicting the main characteristics of an optical scattering smoke detector, the zero-smoke signal and the response signal to test fires with sufficient precision.<p />
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SN  - 0379-7112
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -