DocumentCode :
2976734
Title :
Autonomous fire extinguishing system
Author :
Rehman, Akif ; Masood, Nouman ; Arif, Suki ; Shahbaz, Umar ; Sarwar, F. ; Maqsood, K. ; Imran, Muhammad ; Pasha, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Islamabad, Pakistan
fYear :
2012
fDate :
22-23 Oct. 2012
Firstpage :
218
Lastpage :
222
Abstract :
Fires are very dangerous and detrimental to life, property, and the environment. They spread rapidly and indiscriminately obliterate all things in their path. Fighting fires entails undeniable danger to life and the majority of suppression systems used to control them is at a broad-spectrum or macro scale. We present the design, fabrication, and testing of an autonomous fire extinguishing system. This system provides a unique solution to the problem of fires and their destruction by targeting the initial ignition of the fire and suppressing it before it starts to increase in intensity and range. The presented system detects, targets, and extinguishes a fire within a working space by using heat sensors, a flow control system, servo motors, and a water extinguishing gun. The system scans its workspace through motors and uses thermopile arrays to detect heat concentration gradients in its range. After the detection of the fire, the system then locks on to the target by extrapolating its location. Efficiency of the system, suppression accuracy, response time, power consumption, and work space area are also documented and presented in this paper. Future considerations and recommendations are highlighted to advance the system´s design, efficiency, and scope. This is an indigenous solution to fire fighting in world and it is to make environment a healthier and safer place for the future.
Keywords :
chemically reactive flow; extrapolation; fires; flow control; flow sensors; heat transfer; ignition; servomotors; temperature sensors; thermopiles; autonomous fire extinguishing system design; broad-spectrum scale; fire detection; flow control system; heat concentration gradient detection; heat sensors; location extrapolation; macroscale; nozzle water suppression; power consumption; pyroelectric thermopile array; response time; servo motors; suppression systems; system efficiency; water extinguishing gun; work space area; DC motors; Fires; Pulse width modulation; Servomotors; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Automation; Autonomous; Fire Detection; Fire Extinguishing System; Flow Control System; Heat Sensors; Nozzle Water Suppression; Pyro Electric Thermopile Array; Servo Motors;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (ICRAI), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rawalpindi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4884-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICRAI.2012.6413387
Filename :
6413387
Link To Document :
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