Flame Detectors
- Flame detectors are typically used in open areas outdoors, but can also be used indoors
- Used to protect high risk areas such as oil rigs, fuel stores, petro-chemical plants, hangers etc
- They work by analysing the energy emissions from a fire (UV or IR) not the combustion products such as smoke and heat
- Hot objects (engines / exhausts / heaters) are potential false alarm sources, including the Sun
- Need to distinguish between emissions from a real fire and a false alarm source
- High value detectors covering large areas
The different types of Flame detector are:
- Ultra Violet detectors
- Single Channel IR detectors
- Combined UV and Single channel IR
- Dual Channel IR flame detectors
- Triple Channel IR flame detectors
- CCTV flame detection