The Effect of Concentration and Particle Size Distribution from Cooking Nuisance Sources on Smoke Alarms

Published

September 25, 2024

Author(s)

Emma Veley, Thomas Cleary, Amy Mensch

Abstract

A new nuisance test was introduced to the ANSI/UL 217 Standard for Safety Smoke Alarms with a broiling hamburgers cooking scenario. This study examines alarms that are certified to the new standard and older alarms against a broiling hamburger scenario and against several other nuisance cooking scenarios. During these tests, the aerosols produced from the cooking were measured using an electrical low pressure cascade impactor to quantify the aerosol concentrations and diameters at the time of alarm. Overall, the broiling hamburger test produced the largest mean particle sizes and resulted in the second highest mass concentration of all the cooking scenarios.

Proceedings Title

Proceedings from Suppression, Detection and Signaling Research and Applications Conference (SUPDET)

Conference Dates

September 24-26, 2024

Conference Location

Duisburg, DE

Conference Title

18th International Conference on Automatic Fire Detection (AUBE'24) Suppression, Detection and Signaling Research and Applications Conference (SUPDET 2024)

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

Smokes, cooking aerosols, size distribution, nuisance alarms

Citation

Veley, E. , Cleary, T. and Mensch, A. (2024), The Effect of Concentration and Particle Size Distribution from Cooking Nuisance Sources on Smoke Alarms, Proceedings from Suppression, Detection and Signaling Research and Applications Conference (SUPDET), Duisburg, DE, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=958273 (Accessed December 13, 2024)