Sensors for Fire Detection

Dear Colleagues,

Sensors used in fire detection devices nowadays include a large variety of sensors due to very different applications, cost levels, detection coverage and so on. Optical fire detectors as an example are the most commonly used ones in industrial applications since several decades and in private homes since some years. Nevertheless severe drawbacks (sensitivity to phenomena like nuisance aerosols usually leading to false alarms) existed since optical smoke detectors are on the market. Recently several methods (multi-angle, multi-wavelengths) have been reported and implemented showing how to improve the optical scattering sensors for more robust operation. Other sensors like CO gas sensors aim at completely reducing these problems but the long-term stability and cross-sensitivities have to be considered.

So papers including research in the following areas are sought:

• Optical smoke sensors (e.g., scattered light smoke detector)
• Video-based smoke and flame sensors
• Smoke gas sensors
• Electrostatic sensors
• Linear extinction sensors
• Sensors for volume detection
• Sensors for smoke aerosol characterisation
• Fire detection sensors for extreme environments
• Advanced fire detection sensors for false alarm reduction

Both review and original research articles according to the topics described above are solicited. But particular interest concerns also papers highlighting aspects of sensor signals processing.

Prof. Dr. Ingolf Willms
Guest Editor

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