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PUBLICATIONS

Detection of Smoke From Microgravity Fires

Published

Author(s)

D L. Urban, DeVon Griffin, Gary Ruff, Thomas Cleary, Jiann C. Yang, George W. Mulholland, Zeng-guang Yuan

Abstract

The history and current status of spacecraft smoke detection is discussed including a review of the state of understanding of the effect of gravity on the resultant smoke particle size. The results from a spacecraft experiment (Comparative Soot Diagnostics (CSD)) which measured microgravity smoke particle sizes are presented. Five different materials were tested producing smokes with different properties including solid aerosol smokes and liquid droplets aerosol smokes. The particulate size distribution for the solid particulate smokes increased substantially in microgravity and the results suggested a corresponding increase for the smokes consisting of a liquid aerosol. A planned follow on experiment that will resolve the issues raised by CSD is presented. Early results from this effort have provided the first measurements of the ambient aerosol environment on the ISS and suggest that the ISS has very low ambient particle levels.
Proceedings Title
35th
Conference Dates
July 11-14, 2005
Conference Location
Rome, 1, IT
Conference Title
International Conference on Environmental Systems
Pub Type
Conferences

Keywords

aerosols, detection, fires, International Space Station, microgravity, size distribution, smoke, soot, spacecraft
Fire and Buildings and Construction

Citation

Urban, D. , Griffin, D. , Ruff, G. , Cleary, T. , Yang, J. , Mulholland, G. and Yuan, Z. (2021), Detection of Smoke From Microgravity Fires, 35th, Rome, 1, IT (Accessed April 19, 2024)

Created October 12, 2021